If you're running a server and would like to prevent a particular country, that's right a country, from accessing the server, visit this site for help configuring your .htaccess file. You might find that you're getting a lot of spam or malicious traffic from a spam-heavy country and find it easier to block the entire nation than fighting to keep up with the never-ending … [Read more...]
AuditMyPC.com – Firewall, Privacy, and Popup Test Your Setup
AuditMyPC provides a free service with their website to: Test your firewall for open ports Show you the information your browser is transmitting Put your browser/popup blocking software to the test with all types of popups All TCP and UDP ports, just a range of ports, or a specific port can be tested to see if they are open and visible to the world with the firewall … [Read more...]
Bandwidth Monitoring – Bandwidth Meters for the Comcast Internet Cap
Comcast recently announced that starting in October there would be a hard cap on how much bandwidth its customers could use on a month to month basis. There is currently no way of checking how much bandwidth Comcast thinks you have used. From their FAQ: How does Comcast help its customers track their usage so they can [sic]avoid exceeding the limit? There are many online … [Read more...]
Making Setup.exe into Setup.msi
This post is a little different from the usual how-to or (lite) software review. This is the result of a decent amount of time spent researching the topic of converting Setup.exe (executables) into .MSI files so that they can be easily deployed and managed through Group Policy. Where I'm at currently with this project is that I first tried WinInstall 2003LE and successfully … [Read more...]
Educational Security Incidents site – Higher Education’s lower moments
To keep your finger on the pulse of technology and security in higher education's institute check out the Educational Security Incidents site. ESI keeps you in touch with security incidents at universities and colleges around the nation and helps you know what you might need to rebuff your defenses and user education about. All in all, it's a lot of interesting reports about … [Read more...]