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…
TS Gateway – the poor man’s GotoMyPC
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…
SSL Weak Encryption Algorithms – how to disable them under IIS
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…
Disabling SSLv2 support in IIS
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…