Thursday, July 4, 2013

PowerShell Select-Object -ExpandProperty

If a field while using PowerShell ends with a “…}” indicating that more data is present, the cmdlet Select-Object –ExpandProperty can be used to return the entire data set.

How to disable SMB version 1 within Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 introduced a new version of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.  SMB version 3 includes new features such as encryption.  If your environment does not have any Windows XP or earlier clients, an option is available to disable SMB version 1 to improve security.  The PowerShell cmdlet Get-SmbServerConfiguration will offer information on the current status of SMB version 1 and 2.

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To disable SMB version 1, use the PowerShell command of Set-SmbServerConfiguration –EnableSMB1Protocol $false

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Fail2ban

Fail2ban scans log files and blocked IP addresses that show malicious signs by normally updating firewall rules.  Fail2ban includes filters for various services such as Apache and SSH.

http://www.fail2ban.org/

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3653354/using-fail2ban-on-fedora.html


Swish

Swish is a secure FTP client for Windows.

http://www.swish-sftp.org/

Obtain a list of installed applications using PowerShell

Use the following command to obtain a list of installed applications using PowerShell.

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object -Property Name

Sunday, June 2, 2013

iFunBox

iFunBox is a application/file manager for iOS-based devices.

http://www.i-funbox.com/

PhoneTrans

PhoneTrans is a free application to transfer data to and from an iOS device.

http://www.imobie.com/phonetrans/

Active Directory ACL Scanner script

The Active Directory ACL Scanner script is a PowerShell-based script that will create reports of access control lists within Active Directory.

https://adaclscan.codeplex.com/

Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica

The Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica guides the IT administrator to design the server, storage and network infrastructure which is required to successfully deploy Hyper-V Replica.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39057

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Dnstop

Dnstop is a libpcap application that displays various tables of DNS traffic on a network.

http://dns.measurement-factory.com/tools/dnstop/