Category Archives: Security

SpiraTeam database hack for user access

My test colleague uses SpiraTeam and needed some help restoring a backup. After restoring we granted access to the database from IIS (network service). But now he tells me nobody knows the Administrator password. What to do? Solution The SQL … Continue reading

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Renew certificate

In my post Resolve certificate error for Synology Diskstation part 3 of 4 I created a SSL certificate for my NAS. Today I received an e-mail notifying me about the expiration of that certificate. Following my original post I created … Continue reading

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Change remote desktop public port in Windows Azure

When you cannot connect to your Windows Azure Virtual Machine with remote desktop, maybe you’re being blocked. Most companies don’t allow communication over all ports. This limitation can be overcome by changing the public port Windows Azure uses for Remote … Continue reading

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Resolve certificate error for Synology Diskstation part 4 of 4

My Synology NAS allows the use of SSL to encrypt traffic. The default certificate supplied works, but gives an exception in the browser: There is a problem with this websites security certificate. The problem is the address and the certificate … Continue reading

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Resolve certificate error for Synology Diskstation part 3 of 4

My Synology NAS allows the use of SSL to encrypt traffic. The default certificate supplied works, but gives an exception in the browser: There is a problem with this websites security certificate. The problem is the address and the certificate … Continue reading

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