Windows – ‘Telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command
Nov17

Windows – ‘Telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command

KB ID 0000455 Problem Telnet client from Windows, and have it as an “Optional Extra”. For most people that’s fine, but for anyone who programs network devices, or needs to test that ports are open, or test mail flow by telnet to port 25, that’s a pain. Solution Enabling Telnet – Windows 10 1. From PowerShell execute the following command; dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient Enabling...

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Microsoft Certificate Services Configuring  OCSP
Nov17

Microsoft Certificate Services Configuring OCSP

KB ID 0001084  Problem I seem to have done a lot of PKI the last 18 months. This week I needed an OCSP server deploying for the CA server on my test bench so I took the time to document it for future use. One of the most overlooked parts of a PKI deployment, is how to cope with ‘revoking’ certificates. Traditionally this has been done with a CRL, but there is a downside to CRL’s. Network devices tend to cache them,...

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