Monthly Archives: January 2020

Vulnerability Scan Looks Better

There was this one vulnerability regarding DH 1024 bit strength. I got some instructions to fix it in and I thought I tried it, but it did not work. Apparently I had the settings wrong, but one change is I … Continue reading

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Decomming Small Business Server

After over a decade of running Microsoft Small Business Server, I am officially decomming it. I have moved it to a secure location, blocked from the Internet, and I am spinning up a single VM that can access email if … Continue reading

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Resolving Vulnerabilties

So the scanner got me a bunch of things that I need to work on. I got most of it resolved, but there were some like dhparms at 1024 bits and cleartext logins. Kind of hard to get the last … Continue reading

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Vulnerability Scanning

Spent a nice chunk of the day scanning my forward facings systems with OpenVAS on Kali Linux. I lot of the vulnerabilities are due to weak ciphers. SSH, https, imaps, pops, smtps. From old SSLv3, TLS 1, and algorithms like … Continue reading

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Saving Up Money

Every Friday is finance Friday, today I put some cash in to our savings account. Hoping it will be good and we will save up enough. By summer it will be interesting. Weight: 291.4

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Recording Videos

Hoping to get a setup to record videos on maintaining a Linux box. First off I needed a Windows box to do the tasks. Then I need to test a few installs. Maybe will get a few videos soon. Weight: … Continue reading

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DVR Hard Drive Dead

Wow, the consumer grade hard drive in my DVR lasted for nearly a decade. I think this was the same hard drive since 2011 Ordered another one, hoping all it needs is a new hard drive. Weight: 299.8

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It Did Snow

So the weather did turn and today ended being a snow day. It wasn’t that bad though CRV totally handled the snow easily, but I think any of our vehicles would. Pretty sure I overate today stuck at home. Weight: … Continue reading

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Cool Password Script

Today I got a cool password script working to change a bunch of accounts and email the passwords encrypted with GPG. #!bin/bash pushd /run PWDFILE=hostname.txt echo $PASSWORD touch $PWDFILE chmod 0600 $PWDFILE echo “New Passwords” >> $PWDFILE date >> $PWDFILE … Continue reading

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Snow Again?

It is supposed to snow, but I don’t feel it in my bones. The outside looks wet, and it is cold, maybe I won’t be ready for this. Hoping I am right, I think my kids want snow, but right … Continue reading

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