Category Archives: Security

Renew certificate 2020 edition

Posted on December 18, 2020 by erictummers

It’s that time of the year to renew my certificate. In my Renew certificate 2017 edition post I wrote about switching to another source, that now has reached the end of the 3 free certificates. Time to switch again 🙄 A … Continue reading →

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Manage windows service with asp.net core webapi

Posted on December 26, 2018 by erictummers

We’re building a webapi for our administrators. One of the features is stopping and starting a windows service on the webserver the webapi is hosted on. We needed to allow our application pool user to manage the windows service. For … Continue reading →

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Renew certificate 2017 edition

Posted on March 21, 2017 by erictummers

Today I used my trusty post Resolve certificate error for Synology Diskstation part 3 of 4 again to renew my certificate. The site startssl.com is still alive, is still free and still works. They even send me a reminder 2 weeks … Continue reading →

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PNY ThinkSafe review

Posted on December 28, 2015 by erictummers

My new laptop is the MacBook Pro from Apple. The processor power, the brilliant screen and the speedy SSD make it to my perfect device. To keep it MY device I needed a security measure. Since it lacks the Kensington … Continue reading →

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Password issues on mac

Posted on November 9, 2015 by erictummers

Our company enforces the use of complex passwords. They must contain letters, numbers and symbols, have a minimal length and differ from the last x passwords. My password is no exception. But when I log-in from my mac I always … Continue reading →

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