James - Neurotechnics

Linux: Failed to start Raise network interfaces

We use a lot of virtualization technology in our stack, particularly during development. It just makes life easier. However, there are times when problems arise purely from the fact we're testing the latest

git

git commit accidents - how to undo one

So you've just pushed your local branch to a remote branch, but then realized that one of the commits should not be there, or that there was some unacceptable typo in it. No

authentication

Automatic NTLM Authentication in your browser

If you're in an authenticated network environment, an intranet or other workplace environment where you need to authenticate using NTLM, you've probably been frustrated by the situation where you need to enter your

iis

Windows Fall Creators Update (1709) and the IIS Error 503

We finally began the process of updating our Windows 10 desktops to version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) today, and what happened... all of our in-developement websites stopped working. Pretty much every application pool

windows

Quickly generate large test files in Windows

Often as a developer, for testing disk performance, or perhaps your internet or network connection speed, you need to generate a large file of a specific size. Windows includes a utility that allows you to quickly generate a file of any size instantly.

qnap

Rescue a QNAP NAS "Unmounted" RAID Volume

We recently suffered a strange issue with one of our NAS devices - a QNAP 8-bay NAS. The device itself has two RAID-5 volumes of four disks each. After a power outage that

security

Enable remote SSH access to Ubuntu Server

So, you've just installed your new Ubuntu Server and you're thinking, so now I can go back to my desk, and access my new server remotely.... how exactly... Ubuntu Server is generally installed

ssl

Configure MongoDB (and a client) for SSL/TLS

MongoDB supports encrypted data transport (communication between your application and the database engine) but requires some configuration on both the client and the server in order to set things up correctly. Below, I'll

vpn

VPN Review - NordVPN vs Hide.me

I've been trialling several public VPN services these last few months to see which one can handle the kind of speeds and traffic required from Australia. The two favourites I've settled on (so

rdp

Terminal Services in Windows 8.1 and 10

This has been written about a dozen or more times in various places, but I'm re-hashing it all here mostly for my own record, and to keep it all together. In addition to

software

Responsible Software Design: Clean up after yourself

Today, for what ever reason caused it to pop into my head, I decided I should delete some temp files from my system as I try to do on a regular basis. It

windows

Windows up-time

Ok, so you want to know how long it's been since your windows workstation or server was last (re)booted. There are two options. The first is built right into windows, the second

ssl

SSL CA Bundles for cURL and PHP

If you've ever tried connecting to a remove service or server using SSL from your server side cURL or PHP script running on a Windows Server, you may very well have encountered the

security

Data security - how hard can it be?

There have been quite a few high-profile web, corporate and government security breaches in recent months and years, and no one seems to have learned a thing from them. Despite the intense media

Reset the Net

Reset the net is really just about spreading knowledge and tools to help the general public protect themselves a little better on-line. See more at https://www.resetthenet.org/ Why June 5? June

OpenSSL Heartbleed Security Vulnerability

Recently the OpenSSL project released an update to address a security vulnerability nicknamed Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160) in their OpenSSL version 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f. What versions of the OpenSSL are affected?

Unmark firefox extension

Unmark for Firefox NOTE: This extension is no longer under active development and DOES NOT work with Firefox 48+ due to Electrolysis (e10s) muti-threaded execution engine. The Unmark extension for firefox, adds a