Migration Error Plesk Windows Server

Migration check in plesk shows this error: The ‘max_allowed_packet’ parameter on the source database server is 16777216, which is bigger than on the destination server, where it is 1048576 RDP the the server. The file is at C:Program Files (x86)ParallelsPleskDatabasesMySQLDatamy.ini Add this to it:

Sandworm Vulnerability Affects All Microsoft Operating Systems

On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, iSIGHT Partners and Microsoft announced a Zero-Day vulnerability named “Sandworm” found in all versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server 2008 and 2012. The vulnerability has been exploited in a small number of cyberespionage attacks against NATO, energy companies, a US academic organization and many others. Microsoft has since created … Read more

Windows Login security

Trying to find who is loggin in to the server. Look in Event Viewer for Security with the filter for 4624 events: Note it is normal to see multiple logins, you are looking for specific logon types: 2 and 10 https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventID=4624

How to Setup and Configure the SMTP Service for Windows Server 2012

Source: http://blog.hyperfive.com/2013/07/how-to-setup-internal-smtp-service-for.html Also Configuring the server so you can send mail using mail.domain.com instead of ‘localhost’ or the server’s IP address. If you add the following line to the server’s hosts file it will map mail.domain.com to 127.0.0.1 which is localhost. Please note this would need to be done on each server as reverse NAT … Read more

Add or Change IP’s Windows Server 2003/2008

Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754203%28v=ws.10%29.aspx Windows Server 2008 Membership in Administrators, or equivalent, is the minimum required to perform these procedures. To configure a static IP address on a computer running Windows Server 2008 Click Start, and then click Control Panel. In Control Panel, verify that Classic View is selected, and then double-click Network and Sharing Center. In … Read more

Tips for Windows Server 2003 Compromise

If your server is sending spam or compromised, here are a few tip. First thing is to do a password audit, you can view these passwords in plain text in this file: C:Program FilesParallelsPleskMail ServersMail EnableConfigAUTH.TAB If some passwords in use are very weak they will eventually become compromised. Pay extra attention to common business … Read more

Windows Server 2008 FTP Setup

Open Server Manager, go to Roles and click “Add Roles”   In the Add Role Wizard, select Web Server (IIS) role to install Click Next until you reach Select Role Services page, leave the default and check FTP Server, FTP Service and FTP Extensibility at the bottom. Click Next, follow the wizard and finish the role installation. … Read more