Certificate Enrolment – URI This ID conflicts with an Existing ID
Oct22

Certificate Enrolment – URI This ID conflicts with an Existing ID

KB ID 0001248 Problem When attempting to connect a host to a Certificate Enrolment Policy Server I got this error; The URI Entered above had ID : “{Random-GUID}”. This ID conflict with an existing ID Solution On your certificate enrolment policy server, open the Internet Information Servers (IIS) Management console. Expand {Server-Name} > Sites > Default Web Site > ADPolicyProvider_CEP_Kerberos, (yours may not end...

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MAC TFTP Software (OS X )
Oct15

MAC TFTP Software (OS X )

Mac TFTP KB ID 0001247 Problem Every time I go to a networking event theres a sea of MacBooks in the audience, If techs like MacBooks so much why is there such a lack of decent Mac TFTP software? Solution The thing is, I’m looking at the problem with my ‘Windows User’ head on. When I have a task to perform I’m geared towards looking for a program do do that for me. OS X is Linux (There I said it!) Linux in a...

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Cisco IOS ‘Crypto’ Unrecognized Command?

KB ID 0001246 Problem I was working on a Cisco 3750-G last week, and I was in the process of setting up SSH access. When I went to generate the crypto key and enable SSH, It fired an error at me. In fact it wouldn’t execute any crypto commands; Core-SW(config)#crypto ? % Unrecognized command   Now I have seen this before, (but not for a while). You need to be running a K9 version of the code. A quick ‘show version’...

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Upgrade Your Microsoft PKI Environment to SHA2 (SHA256)
Oct12

Upgrade Your Microsoft PKI Environment to SHA2 (SHA256)

KB ID 0001244  Problem This is pretty much PART TWO of two posts addressing the need to migrate away from SHA1 before February 2017. Back in PART ONE we looked at how to upgrade the ROOT CA. It does not matter if it’s an offline or online root CA the process is the same. In many organisations their PKI is multi tiered, they either have a RootCA <> SubCA, or a ROOTCA <> IntermediateCA <> IssuingCA. (which is...

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Certificate Services – Migrate from SHA1 to SHA256
Oct10

Certificate Services – Migrate from SHA1 to SHA256

SHA1 to SHA256 KB ID 0001243  Problem It’s time to start planning! Microsoft will stop their browsers displaying the ‘lock’ icon for services that are secured with a certificate that uses SHA1. This is going to happen in February 2017 so now’s the time to start thinking about testing your PKI environment, and making sure all your applications support SHA2. Note: This includes code that has been signed using...

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