Not sure have you ever paid attention to the Windows default setting ‘Register the connection’s address in DNS’ for DDNS (Dynamic DNS) in the DNS tab within the IP V4 and IP V6 Advanced settings. If yes, then did you understand how it works? which service you assume does this job? DNS client? DHCP client? … Continue reading Register This Connection’s Address in DNS
AlienVault: File Integrity Monitor
AlienVault is an OSSIM product. OSSIM stands for Open Source Security Information Management. The installation package can be found here. One of the things that AlienVault can do is to monitor the file integrity. To do that, you have to install ossec agent on the servers that you want to monitor. ossec is an open … Continue reading AlienVault: File Integrity Monitor
vSeminar 2011
It’s been a busy week for me, lots of things are on my to do list. However, I managed to save half day for the vSeminar 2011 that was hold in Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center Today. To my disappointment it is more about marketing and sales than technical stuffs. Anyway, it is always good … Continue reading vSeminar 2011
PCI DSS: Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program
Requirement 5: Use and regularly update anti-virus software or programs Requirement 6: Develop and maintain secure systems and applications
VSS Provider Order in Windows Server
I troubleshot a failed backup job Today. The log shows it is a VSS relavent error. We use Symantec backup exec to backup some files on a Windows server. And the job is configured to use ‘Microsoft software shadow copy provider’ as the VSS provider. While in the Windows server, I found there are two … Continue reading VSS Provider Order in Windows Server
