vCenter 5.5 Update 3b Upgrade Bug
Got bit by a pretty annoying vCenter 5.5 Update 3 bug. https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2134141 Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely…
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VMware 6 : Unable to connect to the MKS: Internal Error
Almost EVERY SINGLE time I see this error, it’s DNS related. When I ran into it tonight, I immediately thought I had fat fingered the DNS entries in…
VMware View 6.2 XP Support issues.
Recently, I was working with a client on an upgrade to their VMware View environment. We were upgrading from View 5.2 to 6.2. A nice jump in versions…
Easy Hotfix list for Microsoft TS/RDS patching
Tracking down patches is a pain in the ASCII. You want to keep your servers up to date but digging through endless Google searches to find relevant KB…
PSA: VENOM Exploit on Citrix XenServer
I’ve had some clients ask about a new exploit making it’s way around security desks lately. It’s called VENOM and it leverages a buffer overrun scenario that has…
Is your Citrix Netscaler vulnerable to the FREAK Attack?
I have heard this asked before and thought it would make a good post to get some information out. The FREAK (Factoring RSA Export Keys) attack is the…
Safe to upgrade to vSphere 5.5 Update 1 with NFS
After a couple of months of ignoring Update Manager’s rollup patch to vSphere 5.5 Update 1, it is now safe to click install. :) (Although you might want…
Citrix NetScaler Security Hotfix Update
Since Citrix doesn’t put out a ton of NetScaler Firmware updates, Marcos Velez sent over this heads up on one that addresses a few security vulnerabilities in the…
Citrix Netscalers and Heartbleed Bug
If you haven’t heard about the 2 year old OpenSSL security flaw named Heartbleed, check out the official site for information : Heartbleed.com. Sadly, it was just ‘discovered’…