For various reasons such as patch application or software installation, a server needs to be rebooted. This simple step could potentially make or break the availability of your application. Just to have a quick information when your server was rebooted can help you in troubleshooting an issue. There are several ways to find this information. Using Command Prompt A quick way to do this is … [Read more...]
How to Install Python on Windows Server
Python is an excellent general purpose language that can be used for batch processing and other tasks on your server. To install Python on Windows Server operating system, you just need to run the installer and use the simplest configuration. Steps to Install Python on Windows Server Operating System Download the installer (full as opposed to the web sintaller) and … [Read more...]
How to Setup HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) on IIS
HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) response header is used to tell browsers that the particular website should only be accessed solely over HTTPS. This is a powerful feature that is easy to implement to mitigate the risks for the communication to be intercepted by hackers and keep your website visitors safe. Enabling HTTP Strict Transport Security on IIS See the steps below to enable HSTS on … [Read more...]
How to Enable TLS 1.2 as the Default Security Protocol on Windows Servers
Transport Layer Security (TLS) are cryptographic protocols designed to provide communications security over a computer network, typically between a website and a browser. TLS 1.0 and its deprecated predecessor, SSL are vulnerable to some well-known security issues such as POODLE and BEAST attacks. According to NIST, these vulnerabilities cannot be fixed or patched, therefore all companies, … [Read more...]
How to Fix SMTP 550 5.7.1 Unable to Relay Error on Windows Server 2012 R2
Here is one way of fixing an SMTP error on Windows Server 2012 when you see an error message similar to the one below: Error Message Steps to Add Localhost to the SMTP Relay Launch IIS 6.0 Manager. Right-click on the STMP Server (on this example it's named default, but it could be named something else) and select Properties. Click on the Access tab and at the very bottom … [Read more...]