I recently decided to migrate my Mac OS X server apache installation (this wordpress site) to CentOS. I was having too many difficulties with it and when I went to change my SSL cert, it was causing SSL failures with clients connecting. The problem I had, is that in addition to apache, I am utilizing the wiki … [Read more…]
I recently heard about the DNSCrypt system which encrypts DNS queries (which are always sent in the clear) with upstream DNS servers. While DNSSEC helps to ensure that DNS responses are valid and have not been tampered with in transit, responses are still sent in the clear and anyone can see the requests. DNSCrypt uses … [Read more…]
I currently administer close to 80 Xerox WorkCentre 7800 series printers. I’ve been trying to find a way to easily and quickly deploy updated configurations to these machines. The printers have a cool feature where you can setup one and then generate a clone file of the settings. Out of the box it appears the … [Read more…]
I recently upgraded my digital press at work for Xerox’s new Color Digital Press 1000i. During the switch I opted to have their FreeFlow print server installed instead of the Fiery software. I’m not a huge fan of the Fiery software, I prefer the Creo software but that was not an option at the time. I … [Read more…]
I recently decided to upgrade my network. With the proliferation of the internet of things IoT, I’ve become concerned about the security (or lack thereof) of these devices. In a recent Security Now podcast Steve Gibson mentioned the idea of using multiple Wifi routers to segregate your network. I quickly dismissed this approach due to the … [Read more…]