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  • IIS 6 and Secure Certificates vs IIS 5 and certificates

    Back flips isn't the word for it, but some routing device in front of the web server that can read the in coming site and bounce it correctly is the way to do it.

    How about using a basic web page when you come in on port eighty that reads the URL you're coming in on and bounces you to a different site based on it... Something like this for default.asp (you would put the specific port at the end (https://AlternativesOnline.com:443)...

    <%
    Option explicit

    'Redirect the user
    Response.Buffer = true
    Response.Clear

    select case lcase(request("server_Name"))
     case "www.ixchel.org", "ixchel.org"
      visit.shutdown
      Response.Redirect "ixchel/default.asp"
     case "gswitz.com", "www.gswitz.com"
      visit.shutdown
      Response.Redirect "geoff_switz/default.aspx"
     case "reedsquarefoundation.org", "www.reedsquarefoundation.org"
      visit.shutdown
      response.redirect "preservation/default.htm"
     case "www.partnersinservice.org", "partnersinservice.org"
      visit.shutdown
      response.redirect "partners_in_service/index.htm"
     case else
      visit.shutdown
      Response.Redirect "alternatives/default.asp"
    end select


    %>

    <html>
    <head>
    <title><%g_sitename%></title>
    </head>
    <body>
    Click <a href="alternatives/default.asp">here</a> to visit Alternatives Online's site.
    </body>

  • Do something with your computers' sparetime!

    How hard would it be to write a .Net process to take advantage of cycles in my companies LAN? are there any examples?

    BTW, I did download and I am running it.

    Thanks,

    Geoff

  • Why Does Windows Still Suck?

    Scan disc still exists. Right click hard drive > choose properties > tools > check disk. This will search the hard drive for bad sectors and ignore them in the future. Never a bad idea when you first get the machine or every once in a while. Especially useful for smokers.

  • Weapons of MS Destruction (Kapor)

    You think things are expensive now! just split up M$ and see what happens!

    We are much better keeping things as they are. Microsoft produces incredible products for next to nothing, as far as I'm concerned!

  • Career of a developer - How?

    Thanks for your post. It has caused me to do a lot of thinking.

    Everyone gets asked to do work that isn't their favorite, and the unfamiliar is always less appealing. Maybe one day you'll look back on the good old management days.

    Blessings,

    G

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  • Paid Outlook + MSN/hotmail = $59 a year

    Ok, seems steep, but you don't buy the software in addition. Doesn't seem like such a bad deal to me (if you only need Outlook).

    Why not buy time on Terminal Servers where you don't have to worry about being hacked or software upgrades or the like? (I don't think this is what is for sale, but it's an idea.)

    Think of it this way:
    The cost of a 2 Gig account at Yahoo with POP access to download the email is 29.95 per year and the cost of Outlook is 99.99 at Comp USA. That's $130 for the first year, and when an upgrade is released, you will need to buy Outlook (upgrade) again to stay up to date.

    Anyway, I'm not doing it b/c I own Office Pro 2003, but if I didn't, and I knew someone with a need, I might recommend it.

    Best,

    Geoff

  • Outlook 2003 - why is ​auto-​complete so messed up?

    Relax guy, you're giving me a headache.

  • Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Special Edition

    Buy now and upgrade. VS 2003 rocks too.

  • Why does XP allow empty admin accounts?

    I agree with Jorgie for the large part. I want to bring up another threat to companies' security I think they may not be aware of. If you set all your root local administrator passwords to be the same, and log onto one of those computers using that password, you can now access any of the other PCs or Servers on the network (with the same root account name and password, although a different machine name) as administrator.

    Additionally, it's not possible to delete built in accounts, so the best you can do is rename it. Indeed, it is a best practice to then create an administrator account with a complicated password and no rights. So then, you must create unique passwords (or admin account names) for each built in local Administrator account for each PC on your network. You can then create a method to track all these passwords, should you need one. An alternative is to teach your IS Department how to reset them and let the IS Department run around arbitrarily renaming admin passwords as they work. This might not ensure unique passwords, and again, if the admin account name and passwords are the same on two computers and you log into one of them with the admin account you can then access the other as admin.

    By the way, this goes for Server Class as well (although I haven't tested for W2003 Server).

    Can't you guys see some wiley new guy adding a Users account (we're all used to seeing the Users group) to a bunch of PCs on the network after logging in with an Admin password so he can later do what he wants, even if security gets tighter?

    Happy New Year, all!

    Geoff

  • Bless Tsunami Victims

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