The musings of an IT Consultant » SSL http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:50:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How safe is social networking? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/how-safe-is-social-networking/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/how-safe-is-social-networking/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:55:54 +0000 Raj Perumal http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/?p=763 Hi folks! So with the proliferation of users using social networking, the most often question I get asked is how safe is it?

Well there are a few ways to look at this. One, you could end up posting something that you regret later and it can come back to bite you later on . Two, the social networking site you are using may use your private data in ways that you aren’t aware of basically putting your private details out there for people to see. Finally, three, quite a few social networking sites are direct targets of hackers and the information gathered is used in criminal situations such as identity theft in an effort to launch other crimes.

So what can you do? Well abstinence from social networking would obviously be the most effective method of security, but that isn’t always feasible. After all in today’s business world, more and more companies are turning to use it. If you decide not to opt in, you can be left standing out in the cold. So instead I would suggest joining in, but contributing the least amount of information possible, and highly restricting who has access to your information using in built controls in your site of choice. Also practice safe browsing practices by using highly secure browsers with the appropriate add-ons/plugins and surfing securely. Try to avoid using public computers for social networking because  you never know when your login info can be compromised.

Follow these steps and you will have a much safer experience!

-RP

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/how-safe-is-social-networking/feed/ 0 SSL and Migrating Public Folders in Exchange 2003 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/ssl-and-migrating-public-folders-in-exchange-2003/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/ssl-and-migrating-public-folders-in-exchange-2003/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:37:51 +0000 Raj Perumal http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/ssl-and-migrating-public-folders-in-exchange-2003/ The other day I ran into an interesting problem with public folders. Someone was trying to run the pfmigrate.wsf utility (the same utility I mentioned in my blog) and they couldn’t get the script to recognize the public folders. The tool said that there were 0 public folders to migrate.

When they tried to view the public folders in the Exchange System Manager they received an SSL error. This is because someone has tried to require ssl on the public folders through IIS. This usually happens when someone is configuring SSL on their Exchange server for SSL access for their Outlook Web Access server or for RPC over HTTPS. They end up selecting all the sub folders in the default web site and apply SSL to everything. This adversely affects the public folders.

If you remove SSL from the sub folders you don’t need SSL on and then go back and try to run pfmigrate.wsf again it will work. You will also be able to view the public folders without an error in Exchange System Manager again.

 -RP

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