Windows Server Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 04 Nov 2025 01:03:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Victory ping. https://dfarq.homeip.net/victory-ping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=victory-ping Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:00:14 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7628 “Whatever happened to the Legions of Doom server?” a coworker asked me as a technician swapped her computer. I smiled a wicked smile. “Victory ping!” I then turned to my computer. “Ping pmprint02. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed

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]]> 7628 The State Department is just one of many examples of IT gone rogue https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-state-department-is-just-one-of-many-examples-of-it-gone-rogue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-state-department-is-just-one-of-many-examples-of-it-gone-rogue https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-state-department-is-just-one-of-many-examples-of-it-gone-rogue/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:00:43 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7624 Much has been made of Hillary Clinton’s use of her own mail server, running out of her home. It didn’t change my opinion of her, and I don’t think it changed anyone else’s either–it just reinforces what everyone has thought

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-state-department-is-just-one-of-many-examples-of-it-gone-rogue/feed/ 3 7624 Don’t wait for Service Pack 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/dont-wait-for-service-pack-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-wait-for-service-pack-1 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:00:49 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7509 I was on a conference call discussing the Microsoft product lifecycle with several coworkers and our Microsoft-assigned support engineers when someone asked if a server version of Windows 10 was going to come out. The Microsoft rep said no comment.

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]]> 7509 What is Winshock? https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-is-winshock/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-winshock Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:00:47 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7461 So the other day I got blindsided with a question at work: What are we doing about Winshock. Winshock, I asked? I had to go look it up, and I found that’s what they dubbed what I’ve been calling MS14-066,

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]]> 7461 CMD.EXE and its shellshock-like qualities https://dfarq.homeip.net/cmd-exe-and-its-shellshock-like-qualities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cmd-exe-and-its-shellshock-like-qualities Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:00:13 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7397 “So did you know there’s a Windows version of Shellshock?” a coworker asked the other day. “What, Cygwin’s bash?” I asked. “No, in CMD.EXE.” I thought for a second, back to some really nasty batch files I’ve seen that do

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]]> 7397 More Home Depot details emerge https://dfarq.homeip.net/more-home-depot-details-emerge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-home-depot-details-emerge Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:00:04 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7380 Late last week, Home Depot finally released a statement about its data breach. At least they had the decency to call the attack “custom” and not spin it as “advanced” or “sophisticated.” Even “custom” is really a euphemism, as the attack

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]]> 7380 How to clean up a Windows server https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-clean-up-a-windows-server/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-clean-up-a-windows-server https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-clean-up-a-windows-server/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:00:35 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7365 From time to time, Windows patches will fail to install because a server doesn’t have enough space to install them. Finding the ginormous files are that are hogging all the space on the C drive is really tedious if you do

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-clean-up-a-windows-server/feed/ 2 7365 How to patch less https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-patch-less/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-patch-less https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-patch-less/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:00:06 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7103 One of my former supervisors now works for a security vendor. He told me the other day that someone asked him, “Does your company have anything so I don’t have to patch anymore?” The answer, of course, is that there’s

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-patch-less/feed/ 2 7103 How to get started in regulatory compliance https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-get-started-in-regulatory-compliance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-started-in-regulatory-compliance Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:00:53 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6933 I had a search query about getting started in regulatory compliance, which I’ve written about before, but more from an organizational perspective. That won’t help you much from a career perspective. I think most any CISSP will answer that question

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]]> 6933 Have a busload of servers? Need to know what version of Windows they’re all running? https://dfarq.homeip.net/have-a-busload-of-servers-need-to-know-what-version-of-windows-theyre-all-running/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-a-busload-of-servers-need-to-know-what-version-of-windows-theyre-all-running Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:00:09 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6740 Every once in a great while, I have to answer a question like what version of Windows a range of servers is running. If the number of servers is very small, you can just connect to them with a Terminal

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