Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Severe/Critical vulnerability in Windows DNS. Severe enough that DHS CISA is classifying it a level 10 (out of 10). A quick workaround is mentioned in the Microsoft link below: To work around this vulnerability, make the following registry change to restrict the size of the largest inbound TCP-based DNS response packet that’s allowed: Subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Parameters  Value: TcpReceivePacketSize Type: DWORD  Value data: 0xFF00…

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Share a Folder between Host OS and Guest OS in Virtual Box (Windows > Linux Mint)

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I use Linux Mint on Windows using Virtual Box, mainly to use as a sandboxed OS for security testing email attachments, links, and websites.  Easy to take a snapshot and revert if I fubar it. I wanted to create a shared folder between host Operating System and Guest Operating system so i can pass along…

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Koken – API Error. The theme is not able to make contact with your Koken installation.

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I ran Koken as a photo gallery for my personal website under a Godaddy hosting.  Worked well.  But at some point I decided I needed my own “external” server for troubleshooting purposes, to help with my day-to-day System Admin job. Something outside of our corporate network so I can see if things are accessible from…

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Increase the Max_Input_Vars in PHP For IIS WordPress Install

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Installed WordPress for a client, they wanted a particular theme. The theme has some sort of Server Health page which showed the Max_Input_Vars was set to 1000 and it was recommending to go higher. I searched hi and lo for  how to change it. All the websites I hit said add a php.ini with the…

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Batch Copy Logs From Server At Multiple Intervals Using Task Scheduler

Posted on By ninjatechnyc

I came across a situation where a vendor wanted logs files from a server at around 2am in the morning to troubleshoot why an application wasn’t sending a specific email at that time. Problem was, I wasn’t planning on being up at that early in the morning to grab log files and I didn’t know…

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Internet Explorer 8 Crashes on Manage Add-Ons

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Problem: In IE8, when you click to Tools –> Manage Add-Ons, Internet Explorer crashes with a Data Execution Prevention error. Symptoms: Application Event Logs show Event ID 1000 – Faulting Application iexplore.exe I tried reinstalling IE8, but that did not help Solution: For me, the problem was due to a faulty ActiveX control or Java…

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Internet Explorer 8 – Does Not Remember Password

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Problem: Internet Explorer 8 won’t remember the user’s password information for a website Symptoms: User starts IE8, types in “salesforce” in the address bar, which automatically brings him to to Salesforce.com. He clicks on the Login link, enters his Username and Password, checks off the box that says “Remember User Name”, and goes about his…

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Firefox 3.6.16 Back Button Not Working

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McAfee Site Advisor Add-On broke my back button in Firefox! Everything was fine and dandy until, my Firefox was updated to 3.6.16.  All of a sudden, the back button wasn’t working. Sooo, if I searched for something via Google, and clicked on a found link, I couldn’t go back to the search results page if…

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