at the CLI: net stats srv i’ve been looking for something like this for quite some time…much better than looking through system event logs. source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555737

i started playing portal1 yesterday for the first time and i believe i got through the first 16 levels within 1 hour and 40 minutes or so. i only mention that to point out that the bulk of the levels can be finished in a relatively short time. i wouldn’t describe levels 1-16 as easy, […]

registry keys disable_sslv2.reg Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\Schannel\Protocols\SSL 2.0\Server] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 disable_weak_ciphers.reg Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers\NULL] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers\RC2 128/128] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers\RC2 40/128] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers\RC2 56/128] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers\RC4 128/128] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers\RC4 40/128] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers\RC4 56/128] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers\RC4 64/128] “Enabled”=dword:00000000 alternatively, here’s how to enable TLS 1.2… enable_tls1.2.reg Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\Schannel\Protocols\TLS […]

in esxi 5.x this can be done from the DCUI (direct console user interface) as well as the CLI. from the CLI: /etc/init.d/hostd restart /etc/init.d/vpxa restart source: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003490

i was reminiscing the other day about how i was first introduced to h.p. lovecraft. i had a friend in highschool who was reading up quite a few of the del ray lovecraft publications at the time. this publication run were the books with the mostly greyscale covers that contained one element of the color […]

list registered SPNs: setspn -L <hostname> add SPN: setspn -A <SPN> <hostname> example listing (domain controller): Registered ServicePrincipalNames for CN=DC-DEV,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=o365 ,DC=local: TERMSRV/DC-Dev.o365.local Dfsr-12F9A27C-BF97-4787-9364-D31B6C55EB04/DC-Dev.o365.local DNS/DC-Dev.o365.local HOST/DC-Dev.o365.local/o365.local GC/DC-Dev.o365.local/o365.local HOST/DC-Dev.o365.local/O365 ldap/DC-Dev.o365.local/O365 exchangeAB/DC-Dev.o365.local ldap/DC-Dev.o365.local/ForestDnsZones.o365.local ldap/DC-Dev.o365.local/DomainDnsZones.o365.local ldap/DC-Dev.o365.local/o365.local RestrictedKrbHost/DC-Dev.o365.local HOST/DC-Dev.o365.local ldap/DC-Dev.o365.local exchangeAB/DC-DEV TERMSRV/DC-DEV RestrictedKrbHost/DC-DEV HOST/DC-DEV/O365 HOST/DC-DEV E3514235-4B06-11D1-AB04-00C04FC2DCD2/fec2ebc2-bb43-49b0-bc78-291f975c51b b/o365.local ldap/DC-DEV/O365 ldap/fec2ebc2-bb43-49b0-bc78-291f975c51bb._msdcs.o365.local ldap/DC-DEV

to renew: open the certification authority mmc and right-click the CA object and choose All Tasks->Renew CA Certificate… to publish to Certification Authorities Container in AD: certutil -f -dspublish rootca.cer RootCA to publish to NTAuthCertificates in AD: certutil -f dspublish rootca.cer NTAuthCA use the pkiview.msc to easily check the status of the AD containers: once […]

i saw so much stuff about this game online, rave reviews, and so on. i was intrigued by the concept from watching a few videos. so i picked up the game on sale and played it without really knowing what the game was about. this will include **spoilers** of course…but mostly i’d like to provide […]