Miscellaneous Tech News
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LE says you must force renew your certificates TODAY.
On Leap Day, Let's Encrypt announced that it had discovered a bug in its CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) code.
The bug opens up a window of time in which a certificate might be issued even if a CAA record in that domain's DNS should prohibit it. As a result, Let's Encrypt is erring on the side of security and safety rather than convenience and revoking any currently issued certificates it can't be certain are legitimate, saying:
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
LE says you must force renew your certificates TODAY.
On Leap Day, Let's Encrypt announced that it had discovered a bug in its CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) code.
The bug opens up a window of time in which a certificate might be issued even if a CAA record in that domain's DNS should prohibit it. As a result, Let's Encrypt is erring on the side of security and safety rather than convenience and revoking any currently issued certificates it can't be certain are legitimate, saying:
Check whether a host's certificate needs replacement
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Pets 'go hungry' after smart feeder goes offline
/s Whatever happened to just leaving a 40lb bag of food open on the floor?
That's how you turn a dog into a pot bellied pig... ask me how I know, lol.
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Why Exchange admins should be very worried
If you haven’t already done so, this week you should be applying patches to your Exchange Servers. A reasonably easy to exploit vulnerability has been disclosed by Microsoft as CVE-2020-0688.
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@JasGot said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Why Exchange admins should be very worried
If you haven’t already done so, this week you should be applying patches to your Exchange Servers. A reasonably easy to exploit vulnerability has been disclosed by Microsoft as CVE-2020-0688.
Did my only on prem server last weekend.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JasGot said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Why Exchange admins should be very worried
If you haven’t already done so, this week you should be applying patches to your Exchange Servers. A reasonably easy to exploit vulnerability has been disclosed by Microsoft as CVE-2020-0688.
Did my only on prem server last weekend.
My server was missing the Feb Servicing Stack Update and was failing to install - fixed the SSU and poof - finally installed.
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Is it KB4494175???
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PowerShell 7 Now Commercially Released
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that PowerShell 7 has reached "general availability" (GA) commercial release.
PowerShell 7 is notable for being a cross-platform (Linux, macOS and Windows) scripting tool that attempts to bridge the gap between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and the PowerShell Core 6.x releases. In addition, while Microsoft based PowerShell 7 on the open source .NET Core 3.1, a near-term goal is to base it on a coming open source and cross-platform .NET 5 release, which is expected to roll out in November.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
PowerShell 7 Now Commercially Released
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that PowerShell 7 has reached "general availability" (GA) commercial release.
PowerShell 7 is notable for being a cross-platform (Linux, macOS and Windows) scripting tool that attempts to bridge the gap between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and the PowerShell Core 6.x releases. In addition, while Microsoft based PowerShell 7 on the open source .NET Core 3.1, a near-term goal is to base it on a coming open source and cross-platform .NET 5 release, which is expected to roll out in November.
Until they force it down to existing Windows systems as part of a normal update, it is basically not relevant. It does not matter how good it is.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
PowerShell 7 Now Commercially Released
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that PowerShell 7 has reached "general availability" (GA) commercial release.
PowerShell 7 is notable for being a cross-platform (Linux, macOS and Windows) scripting tool that attempts to bridge the gap between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and the PowerShell Core 6.x releases. In addition, while Microsoft based PowerShell 7 on the open source .NET Core 3.1, a near-term goal is to base it on a coming open source and cross-platform .NET 5 release, which is expected to roll out in November.
Until they force it down to existing Windows systems as part of a normal update, it is basically not relevant. It does not matter how good it is.
Right, because the only way to get or use someing on a computer is if it's included in the OS or as an OS update... lol
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
PowerShell 7 Now Commercially Released
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that PowerShell 7 has reached "general availability" (GA) commercial release.
PowerShell 7 is notable for being a cross-platform (Linux, macOS and Windows) scripting tool that attempts to bridge the gap between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and the PowerShell Core 6.x releases. In addition, while Microsoft based PowerShell 7 on the open source .NET Core 3.1, a near-term goal is to base it on a coming open source and cross-platform .NET 5 release, which is expected to roll out in November.
Until they force it down to existing Windows systems as part of a normal update, it is basically not relevant. It does not matter how good it is.
Right, because the only way to get or use someing on a computer is if it's included in the OS or as an OS update... lol
We have whole threads on the concept of if it is best practice to use the OS native tooling. The answer has consistently been yes.
Pull your lips off of Microsoft's ass and think for yourself. Just because I say something that your precious MS did is not useful....
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
PowerShell 7 Now Commercially Released
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that PowerShell 7 has reached "general availability" (GA) commercial release.
PowerShell 7 is notable for being a cross-platform (Linux, macOS and Windows) scripting tool that attempts to bridge the gap between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and the PowerShell Core 6.x releases. In addition, while Microsoft based PowerShell 7 on the open source .NET Core 3.1, a near-term goal is to base it on a coming open source and cross-platform .NET 5 release, which is expected to roll out in November.
Until they force it down to existing Windows systems as part of a normal update, it is basically not relevant. It does not matter how good it is.
Right, because the only way to get or use someing on a computer is if it's included in the OS or as an OS update... lol
We have whole threads on the concept of if it is best practice to use the OS native tooling. The answer has consistently been yes.
Pull your lips off of Microsoft's ass and think for yourself. Just because I say something that your precious MS did is not useful....
Maybe pull your face out of your own ass. I never said anything about not using native tooling. That was your own concoction. PS7 can and will be used by default in so many other places than on the Windows 10 clients. There's a much bigger world outside of your little bubble.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I never said anything about not using native tooling. That was your own concoction.
You clearly stated
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Right, because the only way to get or use someing on a computer is if it's included in the OS or as an OS update...
Meaning exactly what I said. You want to use non-native tooling.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I never said anything about not using native tooling. That was your own concoction.
You clearly stated
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Right, because the only way to get or use someing on a computer is if it's included in the OS or as an OS update...
Meaning exactly what I said. You want to use non-native tooling.
Your response to the news article suggested the assumption in the first place. It was never mine.
So yes, PS7 has lots of relevance outside of your limited bubble.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I never said anything about not using native tooling. That was your own concoction.
You clearly stated
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Right, because the only way to get or use someing on a computer is if it's included in the OS or as an OS update...
Meaning exactly what I said. You want to use non-native tooling.
Your response to the news article suggested the assumption in the first place.
The response to the news article means exactly that. It is useless until pushed down.
because even if I have PS7 on my system, it does not matter when I need to connect to various remote systems and issue commands. Because they can only accept commands they understand. Which menas I can only build scripting to the lowest common denominator. This is like basic admin 101..
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I never said anything about not using native tooling. That was your own concoction.
You clearly stated
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Right, because the only way to get or use someing on a computer is if it's included in the OS or as an OS update...
Meaning exactly what I said. You want to use non-native tooling.
Your response to the news article suggested the assumption in the first place.
The response to the news article means exactly that. It is useless until pushed down.
because even if I have PS7 on my system, it does not matter when I need to connect to various remote systems and issue commands. Because they can only accept commands they understand. Which menas I can only build scripting to the lowest common denominator. This is like basic admin 101..
You can totally remotely connect from PS7 to windows device with 5.1 and issue commands.
It also depends on how you connect, in which way.When creating scripts, you create the script for the appropriate target language. Not sure why you would do otherwise.
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I’m excited for having the opportunity to use .net core and powershell core 7 on my Windows and Linux systems
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I’m excited for having the opportunity to use .net core and powershell core 7 on my Windows and Linux systems
Yeah, that's pretty cool. Feel much different than PS6?
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
PowerShell 7 Now Commercially Released
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that PowerShell 7 has reached "general availability" (GA) commercial release.
PowerShell 7 is notable for being a cross-platform (Linux, macOS and Windows) scripting tool that attempts to bridge the gap between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and the PowerShell Core 6.x releases. In addition, while Microsoft based PowerShell 7 on the open source .NET Core 3.1, a near-term goal is to base it on a coming open source and cross-platform .NET 5 release, which is expected to roll out in November.
Until they force it down to existing Windows systems as part of a normal update, it is basically not relevant. It does not matter how good it is.
I agree. It's weird that you have to add it as a third party style tool rather than being built it. PS6 was like this. Every time you used PS5, it was tell you that you should download and install 6, but it was never built in. So we avoid telling people to use it because when you work on someone's computer, there is almost no chance that you'll have those tools. So taking the time to learn them seems wasted as they aren't in Microsoft's current roadmap or setup. no matter how good they would be if they were.
