November 20, 2010

Attack of the Local Failures


You read that correctly. It is a 82 GB mailbox filled with Local Failure messages. Jon Jeffels spotted this when we couldn't figure out why his Outlook client kept crashing and hanging. Read his full post here:

November 15, 2010

Trend Micro WFBS UPX Packed Updates

I had a client with a myriad of issues related to some infected machines on the network. While digging through the firewall logs (SonicWALL TZ-170 or 190 I believe), I found this entry:

November 04, 2010

Case-sensitive DNS? Believe it.

DNS is not case-sensitive, that's what you thought, right? Me too, but apparently somebody disagrees.

Red Flags and the Value of Experience

One of the things I hear often said, and something I subscribe to as well, is the idea that a lot of technical knowledge in the world of IT ...