A blog about curiosity being a good habit
Have you configured your web servers so that TLS 1.0 is disabled and your website no longer is accessible? Is it running behind a Brocade ADX load balancer? Are you running SSL healthchecks? Before disabling TLS 1.0, make sure to confirm that the Brocade software is 12502e, or higher. The healthchecks don’t support TLS 1.1+ until… Continue reading Brocade ADX load balancer and TLS 1.0
Problems with Google Maps plugin in IE? Try this: Tools > Compatibility View Settings > Uncheck “Display all sites in Compatibility View” Restart Browser. Still a problem? Tools > Compatibility View Settings > Check “Use updated website lists from Microsoft” Remove *.google.com (or *.google.th) If still experiencing problems go > Tools>Internet Options, Advanced tab, click “Reset Advanced… Continue reading Google Maps and IE
IIS Crypto, Great tool for reducing cipher exposure on your Windows boxes. Note: you may need to disable TLS 1.0 at this point, something that is not included in the “Best Practices” button of the tool. I expect they will update this eventually. https://www.nartac.com/Products/IISCrypto/
A couple handy scripts to help tune MySQL https://answers.launchpad.net/mysql-tuning-primer/+question/166577https://launchpad.net/mysqltuner https://answers.launchpad.net/mysql-tuning-primer/+question/166577 Update: not worth using these as the actually end being self-defeating. They use the very same resources that they suggest modifying and can skew the results. Apparently, tuning your db should be more about configuring your db for your purposes. http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/45551/how-to-optimize-table-cache
Google Chrome is great for easily managing credentials for the various sights you visit. For convenience, these passwords are stored in local file that you access through Chrome itself. Copy & Paste this into your Chrome URI: chrome://settings/passwords You will see a list of credentials which you can search. To view the password, click on the… Continue reading Retrieving website credentials stored by Chrome password manager