Beware of PICS FOR MSN FRIENDS Phishing Websites

Posted on by wooway
If you see this kind of message from your MSN/Live Messenger buddy:
(1) Do NOT click and/or log yourself in that website, it’s a fake!
(2) Tell your buddy to reset his/her MSN/Live password immediately.
Detail in this link:
 
Here is another one, different style, same purpose.  Tell your friend to reset the password immediately!

Joe Smith has asked us to add you to his/her social network of Messenger friends on MeetYourMessenger.co.uk

Hi Bob

I would like to add you to my social network of Messenger friends on MeetYourMessenger.co.uk

-Joe Smith

See invitation from Joe Smith

 

“The client could not connect. You are already connected to the console of this computer. A new console session cannot be established.”

Posted on by wooway
 
How did I find this problem?  There was a power outage, my Workstation in the basement rebooted and hanged at POST.  I turned on my Dimension upstairs as usual when I came back home, and tried to remoted to Workstation, I got this error.  I went to the basement, let the Workstation boot up and logged in, didn’t see anything unusual.  Have read a lot of articles and posts, finally, I found the IP address I thought is used by Workstation is actually used by Dimension – I was literally connected to the console of this computer! 
If you really have a problem in connecting to your Windows server or other machine, the following links may give a hint.

SECURE FTP (SFTP, SSH, FTP over SSL)

Posted on by wooway

 

There are many ways to send files over the internet.   You can just ftp a file, email a file, upload a file, or even share via a vpn.   This easy task of sending a file gets difficult when the information in the file needs to be secured.  I have seen / used many solutions to make a secure file transfer. Some use custom code (http and .net) others just use https and an upload feature, some add the use of file encryption (PGP or similar).  I have never found the best mix because it always depends on requirements or needs.  I have however found what works well with Windows / IIS.

There are 3 or 4 ftp servers I would recommend using with IIS that allow for secure ftp.  I won’t go into the benifits of each type of secure ftp (FTP over ssl, ssh, or sftp).  I will mention some of the products I have evaulated and used in my past projects:

Globalscape Secure ftp server (http://www.cuteftp.com/gsftps/) – This was the first secure ftp server I have ever installed an used.  I found it very easy to configure and integrate into an environment.  I was very successful using the Active Directory user model as well.  I think this may be the only product that can integrate with AD (don’t quote me)  The price for globalscape is also reasonable – $490 is not that much to pay for a reliable and supported server software.  I have used this product since the early days and found that version 2.0 was a bit buggy on 2003 (when Server 2003 came out)  However the Globalscape team updated the software and corrected the issues very quickly.  The newer version have been able to handle 1000’s of transactions for me in the past, with great reliability.  The secure part of the server worked well with almost any client, Filezilla (more on Filezilla to come) and also other vendors ftp clients.

Glub Tech – Secure FTP (http://www.glub.com/products/secureftp/) – This is the only product I have not used in a production environment.  The install is fairly painless, but I found the configuration and use a bit cumber sum. I also liked the price (25) but was not sure on the licensing if that was for the client or the server.  I only list this one because it is found on most searches.

Ipswitch – WS FTP server –  (http://www.ipswitch.com/products/ws_ftp-server/index.asp?t=features)  Ipswitch also makes a fine product.  The cost $395 is very reasonable.  I found it was very easy to install but hard to navigate through the options.  I also have used this in a production environment for a few years and found the reliability very good.  The secure section of this product did not work well with other client than the IPswitch client.  I never got over the fact that it did not play well with other clients.

Filezilla server  (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) – I did not discover this product until I had been using globalscape for about a year and a half.  When I fisrt stumbled upon it after using the Filezilla ftp client with the globalscape server.  I did not know what to make of beta ftp servers running in a production environment.  Since that time I have deployed this server in about 3- 5 environments with great success.   It is a fantastic FTP server as well as a Secure ftp server.   It allows you to use all the mentioned protocols above. If you are in need of sending secure files I would recommend trying this out.  You cannot beat the cost (FREE).

I hope this information helps out the next Admin that is in need of some secure file transfers.

It is worth mentioning some other products available. They may not be the same as Secure ftp but they do allow for secure communication.

OPEN SSH on windows – (http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/ )  this is a little gem if you are willing to work through a tough install and configuration.  Once you have this running you can use Filezilla (client) and connect to a windows machine via SSH and use it like an ftp server.

SSL Explorer – (http://www.sshtools.com/showSslExplorer.do) – this is more of a vpn solution, but it works very well.  It creates a SSL based vpn and you can transfer files via that.  They offer a free solution for non commercial use.

Source: http://www.iisinformation.com/blogs/jimiz/archive/2007/04/25/secure-ftp-sftp-ssh-ftp-over-ssl.aspx