Admin Tips

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 11 Oct. 2005
• Section: Security

A common misconception concerning network security is the meaning of the term "defense in depth"... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 6 Oct. 2005
• Section: Security

It's not easy to slipstream a bunch of patches properly into Windows... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 5 Oct. 2005
• Section: Admin

Slipstreamed installation points are good for deployment--provided you remember what you slipstreamed into them!... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 4 Oct. 2005
• Section: Admin

One way of minimizing downtime due to patching systems is to batch a bunch of patches together and apply them in one shot... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 29 Sept. 2005
• Section: Miscellaneous

Load balancing and clustering can be used to prevent downtime caused by patching systems... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 28 Sept. 2005
• Section: Security

Which kind of management software is more secure, agent-based or agentless?... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 27 Sept. 2005
• Section: Miscellaneous

Should the Automatic Updates (AU) feature be used to keep your servers patched?... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 20 Sept. 2005
• Section: Miscellaneous

The Performance can be helpful for testing a patch before applying it to a system... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 14 Sept. 2005
• Section: Network

It would be nice if you could just copy the metabase file from one IIS box to another to make a clone of your web server... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 7 Sept. 2005
• Section: Network

Serving up files from a web server running IIS 6 can sometimes be problematical... Read More