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Kerio Connect: Messages in the Security Log and what they mean

Find below a list of messages that can appear in the security log of Kerio Connect 8.0 and what they mean: SMTP Spam attack detected from 85.51.174.157, client closed connection before SMTP greeting This message only appears if Spam Repellent is switched on. It means that the client (sending mail server) hasn't waited the 25 seconds (or whatever is configured in Spam Repellent) for the SMTP greeting. It closed the connection too early. This is indicative of bot net Spam as normal mail servers would Read more [...]

Blackberry OS10 Modes: Standby, Bedside and Shutdown

The modes in the Blackberry Z10 device are different than for previous devices (OS 7.1, e.g. Bold 9900). There are five modes: On Screen: On Notifications: On Alarm: On Network: On How to invoke: Press the standby button or swipe from bottom to top Standby (or Screen Lock) Screen: Off Notifications: On Alarm: On Network: On How to invoke: Press the standby button Password Lock  (only if device password is set) Screen: Off Notifications: On Alarm: On Network: On How Read more [...]

Sharepoint 2010: Missing patches detected

When upgrading the Sharepoint Server Farm with Security Patch MS13-024, the upgrade went fine on the first server in the farm, but on the second server, the "Sharepoint Products and Configuration Wizard" was displaying: Server Farm Product and Patch Status Security Update for Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation 2010 (KB2687418) 64-Bit Edition (14.0.6134.5001) ==> Missing on <localhost> Error: Some farm products and patches were not detected on this or other servers. If products or patches Read more [...]

Win Server 2008 R2: How to enable the Disk Cleanup Utility

Sometimes it is convenient to cleanup some disk space by deleting unneeded files like service pack files, the temporary folder an so on. On Windows 7 workstation, you have the Disk Cleanup Utility to do this: By default, this tool is not enabled on Windows Server 2008 R2. To enable it, there are two possibilities: (Not recommended) Install the Desktop Experience feature. I don’t recommend this as installing the Desktop Experience feature will not only install Disk Cleanup, but Read more [...]

Apple iOS: Shortcuts for App Close, Reboot and other stuff

I come from a Windows and physical keyboard world, so things that are simple in Windows seem very complicated or undoable in iOS. For example, shutting down an App (as simple as clicking the red X in the upper right corner of a window) didn’t seem possible in iOS. Find below some shortcuts that show how to do the “impossible”: Go to Standby: Press the Standby button shortly. Wake up from Standby: Press the Standby button shortly. Go to Home screen: Press the Home button shortly. Read more [...]

SharePoint 2007: Upgrade to SP3 fails with “Transaction log for SSP_Search_DB is full”

During the upgrade of SharePoint 2007 from SP2 to SP3, the “SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard” showed the following error message: This happened at Task 8 during the upgrade of the SQL databases. The error message above was not very helpful: “The following contains detailed information about the failure: Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products and Technologies” The upgrade.log in the 12 hive log directory shed some more light on it: [SearchDatabaseSequence] Read more [...]

Kerio Connect 7.4: Automatic License Update Failed

Starting 28-July-2012, I see the following entries in the KC warning log once a day: [28/Jul/2012 xx:xx:xx] License update failed: Automatic license update failed during attempt to contact registration server: (11) Unexpected server response [29/Jul/2012 xx:xx:xx] License update failed: Automatic license update failed during attempt to contact registration server: (11) Client-Server communication error.: couldn't connect to host [30/Jul/2012 xx:xx:xx] License update failed: Automatic license update Read more [...]

Windows Server 2008 R2: No Remote Desktop Access after SP1 Upgrade

When I updated my Windows 2008 R2 Servers to SP1 via Remote Desktop I lost my RDP session when the machines reboot (which is normal). But after they are up and running again, when I try to connect via Remote Desktop, they cancel my connection. After some research I found that this happens if you install the Security Hotfix 2667402 before SP1. From the KB, under the “Known Issues” section: After you install security update 2667402 on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 Read more [...]

Internet Explorer 8: How to enable Google Search

Many people prefer Google over Bing. But Internet Explorer just comes with Bing by default. You used to be able to add Google easily by choosing “Find more search providers …” within the Add-on page in Internet Explorer. But due to a recent change from Microsoft, you will now be presented with a page that contains all sorts of providers, but not Google: To solve this issue, just add the following keys to your registry, and Google will be there, including search suggestions and everything: Read more [...]

Most important TCP / UDP ports

I am only listing the well-known TCP/IP Ports I have ever used personally. There are of course more ports. ftp-data         20    File Transfer [Default Data] ftp              21    File Transfer [Control] ssh            22   Secure Shell telnet           23    Telnet smtp             25    Simple Mail Transfer domain           53    Domain Name Server (DNS) bootps           67   Bootstrap Read more [...]