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Ok, so you’ve completed your install of ASPDNSF 9.x onto a Windows 2008 R2 server, and when you first try to access the domain, you get this error: Server Error in ‘/’ Application. Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific…
I hope this is of help to anyone trying to get a current version (meaning 8.x or 9.x) of ASPDOTNETSTOREFRONT running on a Microsoft Windows 2008 server, or Windows 2008 R2 Server. One issue that we have experienced that is not documented or explained well are the permissions for certain directories you need to configure…
Well, now that Microsoft is shipping Windows 2008 Server R2, we need to know how to (easily) migrate a site from one W2K8R2 machine to another, right? Microsoft didn’t exactly make this an easy process because there is no built-in method in the IIS 7.0 GUI to do the site export. So to do the…
Want to connect into your business network, but don’t want to spend the $$$ paying for multiple GoToMyPC accounts? Well, if you have control over your firewall, a static IP, Windows Server 2008 or later on your business server, and enough technical expertise, you can likely use Terminal Services Gateway service (TS Gateway) to connect into…
It’s a good idea if you have a domain – and you have access to your DNS server, that you setup and use (properly) SPF records. SPF = Sender Policy Framework. This is an an e-mail validation system designed to prevent e-mail spam by addressing a common vulnerability, source address spoofing. Here at Amixa, we…
Chances are if you are reading this you’ve failed a “Trustkeeper Scan” – with “Low severity” – due to having weak SSL encryption algorithms enabled on IIS. It’s pretty easy to solve this, but if you read the microsoft KB article it looks pretty complicated. Launch regedit and go to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Ciphers You basically want…
If you have undergone a “Trustkeeper Scan” and failed due to your Microsoft web server using SSLv2, then read on. NOTE: PLEASE READ THIS POST IN OUR BLOG HERE. It is TWO YEARS NEWER and simplifies most of the tasks regarding SSL settings. SSLv2 is considered a “medium” security risk and will cause your…
If you are trying to process a transaction against the “live” Chase Paymentech payment gateway and get the following response code back: 9717 Security Information – agent/chain/merchant is missing the problem is that the IP address being used by your server, is not in the merchant approved IP address list with Chase Paymentech. You, or…
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