Around a week ago I redid my lab network and added 2 new domain controllers. I used one of my website domains as the lab domain to mimic how a corporation could be setup. So the domain for my network was “voltdrift” and the website domain is externally hosted with the domain of “www.voltdrift.com“ The Problem: Read More
Category: Windows Servers
How to Use DataBox to Migrate from NAS to Azure File Shares
This migration article is one of several involving the keywords NAS and Azure DataBox. Check if this article applies to your scenario: Data source: Network Attached Storage (NAS) Migration route: NAS ⇒ DataBox ⇒ Azure file share No caching files on-premises: Because the final goal is to use the Azure file shares directly in the Read More
How to Check the Headers of a IIS Server Locally?
You can use Powershell to view the headers. (invoke-webrequest http://localhost).headers
How to Fix IIS Default Index Page Vulnerabilities
TIPS: Scroll down this post and try soltuion#2 would be a easy and fast way to fix this. Solution #1 Penetration tools may alert if IIS server is accepting requests with HTTP OPTIONS method. This is because the response to these requests may reveal what other methods are supported by the web server. Warning: Disabling OPTIONS may have Read More
How to Disable Recursion on a Windows DNS Server
By default, the DNS server performs recursive queries on behalf of its DNS clients and DNS servers that have forwarded DNS client queries to it. Recursion is a name-resolution technique in which a DNS server queries other DNS servers on behalf of the requesting client to fully resolve the name and then sends an answer Read More
How to Modify the Password Policies for Windows Server by Using Commands
The Password complexity is a Local Policy setting named “Passwords must meet complexity requirements” under Computer Configuration/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Account Policies/Password Policy. In a Server Core installation, there is no graphical user interface to set this policy.Instead, use secedit to import and export the security settings from a Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 and later Read More