Certificate not signed by trusted authority
We have been been communicating with Twitter from our iSeries. Recently Twitter increased their security and now required a digital certificate. We followed all the setup instructions but get this error on the green screen.  gsk_secure_soc_init() failed with rc = 6000 and errno = 0. 8 rc of 6000 means Certificate is not signed by [...]

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2011  11:39 PM
Certificate authorities, Certificate authority, Digital certificates, iSeries, iSeries communication, twitter

Validation error importing a digital certificate using DCM
While importing a CA digital certificate into the *SYSTEM store using DCM, we received the following error: “An error occurred during certificate validation. The issuer of the certificate may not be in the certificate store or the issuer may not be enabled.” How do we add an issuer to the certificate store?

Answer Question   |  October 9, 2009  4:09 PM
Digital certificates, iSeries DCM, issuer

Blank choose a digital certificate box popping up
I recently installed a 3rd party digital certificate to exchange OWA and IIS. Now when I go to the OWA website a box pops up in the middle of the screen that says “Choose a digital certificate” with nothing in the box. How can I fix IIS so that this box doesn’t pop any more.

Answer Question   |  June 29, 2009  3:53 AM
Digital certificates, IIS, Outlook, Outlook Web Access, OWA 2007, OWA 2007 popup box error

Digital document signatures for an enterprise
Does anyone have a good enterprise solution for digital document signatures using Microsoft PKI/CA? I am looking for something that provides a good indication that a document has been digitally signed using a user-certificate generated by Microsoft AD CA (Server 2003). I have tried it in Word 2003 but a Word 2007 user could not [...]

Answer Question   |  July 2, 2009  2:08 PM
Certificate authority, Digital certificates, Digital signatures, Microsoft Office, PKI

Do I need digital certificates to be sox compliant?
Dear LS, I´d like to understand to which extend I need digital certificates (PKI) in order to be in compliance with current most important regulations including sox, but also other relevant regulations that might be applicable. This includes topics like WIFI within an Enterprise on a Global scale or secure email or when I use [...]

Answer Question   |  June 8, 2009  3:13 PM
Digital certificates, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX, SOX compliance

Configure SSL on Apache 2.0 (Windows 2003)
I provide an application hosting service, and most of my clients require SSL. In most cases I generate the CSR on the server (which I host), I send the CSR to the customer and they get a certificate issued by a CA, and everything works nicely. For testing, I generate a self-signed certificate, and this [...]

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  3:15 AM
Apache, Apache 2.0, Apache SSL, Apache Web Server, Certificate Signing Request, Digital certificates, Root Certificate, SSL, Web security

Certificate enrollment failed – says RPC server unavailable
I checked my logs in windows 2003 R2 and received the following error: certificate enrollment for local system failed to enroll for one Domain Controller certificate from (SERVER NAME). (RPC server unavailable 0×800706ba (win32: 1722))

Answer Question   |  September 16, 2010  6:54 AM
Certificate Enrollment, Digital certificates, Error 800706BA, RPC, RPC Server Unavailable, Web security, Windows Server 2003

windows password question
I recently purchased a computer from a “going out of business” sale for my fathers business and when I try to logon to Windows I get the logon screen with domain. I have a valid username and password but obviously i am not connected to a domain. I need to bypass this if possible. The [...]

Answer Question   |  September 21, 2010  12:09 AM
Biometrics, Digital certificates, Firewalls, Forensics, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Interoperability, Intrusion management, Network security, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Software, Tech support, VPN, Wireless

Selecting an area within security to start
Hi, I’m studying for an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway University of London, I have a B.Engg. degree in computers and a PG Diploma in Networking and Communication as well as the CCSA and CCNA. I’m also studying for the CISSP. Now, with all these qualifications, could you please tell me which would [...]

Answer Question   |  June 25, 2008  4:06 PM
Access control, Application security, Biometrics, Browsers, Career development, CCNA, CCSA, Certifications, CISSP, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Intrusion management, MCSE, Network security, Networking, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Remote users with VPN client slow access times
I have couple of remote users with VPN clients. From time to time when they are not connected to main site they report that it takes long time to open documents on local machines. Their laptops are attached to domain; I enable logon cache in for 50 logons, via policy. Am I missing anything else? [...]

Answer Question   |  June 21, 2007  12:23 PM
Biometrics, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, Mobile security, OS, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SQL Server, Wireless

Procedures for a new area.
We are a company where we have expirience on network remote administration and now we have open a new area, The area of security. Now I need to start to make new procedures like when a new customer come to us and ask if we can handle the security for his network… I need to [...]

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2008  10:13 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Cabling, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, Hubs, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network management software, Network security, Networking, Outsourcing, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, provisioning, Remote management, Risk management, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Switches, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Critical Error in Security Log
All, I mamange a Windows 2003 Small Business Server Network with 9 clients. The server provides all network services. We use Logon/logoff, shared storage, and print server functions. We do not use exchange except for the server reporting tool. We do use about 4 instances of SQL. All clients are Windows XP Professional patched to [...]

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2006  7:08 AM
Biometrics, configuration, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, OS, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Software, SQL Server, Tech support, vulnerability management

Moving into the InfoSec role
I work at a company that currently does not have a position dedicated to information security. I come from a background in networking with a good portion of my focus on firewalls and other security related technologies. I am interested in positioning myself into the role of InfoSec Admin at my compnay and was hoping [...]

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2006  1:36 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

convert public folder IPM.POST to IPM.NOTE
i have an sbs 2003 with exchange runing on it and gut a public folder that i’ve created for general mail to the employee’s. i’ve routed all mail to that folder from specific account, the problem is that the mail’s arrived as a IPM.POST format mails and not like the traditional mails that is more [...]

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2006  6:56 PM
Application security, Availability, Bandwidth, Biometrics, Business/IT alignment, Database, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, E-business, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange security, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SQL Server

User rights,
Key applications/services: Active Directory, Domain controller, Terminal Services, Dentrix. 2 Servers running Win server 2003 standard. Network Setup, server3 hosts database/application called Dentrix. Server4 hosts the client for Dentrix and is a terminal server so that remote users can access program. This client needs to be run as (minimum) poweruser when run on a “normal” [...]

Answer Question   |  November 15, 2006  8:46 AM
Active Directory, Biometrics, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SQL Server

security problem
Hello, I have small workgroup having 10 computers in my office. I do some personal work in office like using yahoo messenger, checking personal e-mails and some online banking site. But how does one of my senior knows it? I do everything lonely and securely so that nobody in the office knows it. But he [...]

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2008  3:44 AM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Backup & recovery, Biometrics, Browsers, Career development, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, DB2, Desktop management applications, Development, DHCP, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Ecommerce applications, Encryption, Enterprise Desktop, Exchange, Exchange security, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intel, Interoperability, Intrusion management, LANDesk, Lotus Domino, McAfee, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, Mobile security, Network security, Networking, Networking services, Oracle, patching, PC/Windows Connectivity, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Postini, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Software, Spam, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Symantec, Systems management software, Tech support, Trojans, Vector Networks, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Application Access Control Management
Is there an enterprise wide software management program that can manage access to our web-based applications, vendor specific programs located thru out the entire company, and our MS applications, including MS Outlook? In other words, we would like to control all of the various software programs and applications thru the use of one product. For [...]

Answer Question   |  February 17, 2011  11:38 AM
Biometrics, Compliance, CRM, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Identity & Access Management, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Systems management software

accessing password protected hd
Hello everyone. Computer A crashed unexpectly. It turned out to be the motherboard but what im concerned with is the hard drive. I put the hard drive from computer A into a spare IDE slot on computer B. I booted computer B with computer B’s own hard drive and attempted to grab the files i [...]

Answer Question   |  October 27, 2006  7:09 PM
Application security, Biometrics, Database, Digital certificates, Encryption, Exchange, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Microsoft Windows, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Software

accessing a password-protected hd
Hello everyone. My brother sent me his hard drive becuase his motherboard crapped out and he needs the data from his hard drive. I plugged it into my computer through an IDE connection and i can see most of the files on the computer. However, the data he needs resides within his “documents and settings” [...]

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2010  7:03 PM
Application security, Biometrics, Database, Digital certificates, Encryption, Exchange, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Microsoft Windows, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Software

Dos attack
I have been receiving security alert messages from our firewall nearly everyday. e.g TCP Packet – Source:144.120.8.89,39341 Destination:192.168.1.1,25 – [DOS] TCP Packet – Source:210.7.0.36,3473 Destination:210.7.12.23,135 – [DOS] Thu, 2006-10-19 16:30:03 – UDP Packet – Source:192.168.1.111,1443 Destination:202.62.124.238,53 – [Any(ALL) match] can someone help me… Thanks in advance Wanz.

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  4:36 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms