Links for several services to check for additional access

Facebook, Twitter, Google, Dropbox, and other web services can be accessed by various applications and other services. Below are some links that can verify what external services have been configured to allow access.

Google –> https://www.google.com/accounts/IssuedAuthSubTokens

Facebook –> http://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=applications 

Microsoft’s Live –> https://profile.live.com/Services/?view=manage

Dropbox –> https://www.dropbox.com/account#applications

Twitter –> http://twitter.com/settings/connections

The site MyPermissions.org http://mypermissions.org/ contains links for several different services not listed above.

Services for transferring large files

Below are a list of services for transferring large files.

http://www.typhoonupload.com/

http://www.securelysend.com/

http://www.bitzen.net/

https://www.yousendit.com/

https://www.titanfile.com/

http://pando.com/

http://www.sendthisfile.com/

https://www.filestofriends.com/

FreeBookSifter

Freebooksifter is a web site that lists available free book titles from Amazon.

http://www.freebooksifter.com

Topera

Topera is a IPv6 port scanner.  One claim is scans are not detected by Snort.

http://code.google.com/p/topera/

Scheduled scan with Defender within Windows 8

The Security Essentials application that is available for Windows 7 includes an option within the GUI to modify the default scheduled scan.

The Windows Defender that is included within Windows 8 has a similar interface, but the scheduled task option is not present.

The scheduled task entries for the application has moved to the standard Scheduled Tasks interface.

A new scheduled task can be created if needed by using the command line switches that are available.

Hurl

Hurl is a web site that allows HTTP requests.  If you’re making a PUT or POST request, you can add standard key/value parameters as well as paste in post body data. For all types of requests, you can also add custom HTTP headers.

http://www.hurl.it/

Troubleshooting Utility for Windows Store Apps

Microsoft has released a utility to assist in troubleshooting issues with Windows Store applications.  Access the link below and execute the file in question.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=271185

How to use PowerShell to create a Group Policy report with Windows Server 2008 R2

To create a report of all existing Group Policy entries, launch the Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell on a domain controller.  Enter the following commands:

Import-Module GroupPolicy

Get-GPOReport –All –ReportType HTML –Path C:\gpreport.html

Community edition of NexentaStor

The community edition of NexentaStor is a no-charge version of the company’s storage appliance. The Community Edition includes all the common SAN features of the paid version  and can be used on storage setups up to 18 TB of used storage.  The available ISO images can be installed on “bare-metal” x86/64 hardware and VM installed images are available as well.  The application has the option for ISCSI as well as CIFS and NFS.

http://www.nexentastor.org/

Security settings within the Java plug-in

Starting with version 7 update 10, the Java plug-in has some new security options available.  To access the Java settings, access the Java icon under the Control Panel and then click on the Security tab.

The initial checkmark option is to enable or disable the Java component within a browser.

The slider controls when a confirmation warning will be displayed.  The medium security level will allow unsigned Java apps to run, but only if the Java version is considered secure.  Setting the security level to very high will prompt the user for permission every time a Java app, signed or unsigned, attempts to run in the browser.  If the Java version is deemed insecure, unsigned apps won't run at all regardless of what the user decides.