One of the cool things that I saw last week at SMBNation in Las Vegas was a session by Dana Epp about Password Security. Dana as always kicks butt in his presentations and this one was no exception. One of the great tools that he talked about was a tool called Cain & Abel which did many things for us including revealing passwords already stored on a … [Read more...]
How can I create a file of specific size with random content?
Ok – so after the last FAQ on How to create empty files of a specific size, I figured I should also post about how I’ve created files of a specific size with random content. You see – there’s a need for both so that I can test various software and it’s effect on the system. I started with this utility here which allows the creation of the files that I need. Download the … [Read more...]
How can I create an empty file of a specific size?
I’m doing some testing right now and I needed to create a few files of specific size. I did some digging and found that the FSUTIL command would do exactly what I wanted it to do. The FSUTIL command will create an empty file of a specific size for you with just a few parameters The command you need to run is as follows; FSUTIL file createnew filename size The … [Read more...]
Cool ActiveSync Test Tool
I stumbled across this tool on my iPad on the Apple Apps Store. I used it to help diagnose why my iPad would not correctly sync with and Exchange 2010 server that I had deployed. The Microsoft tools said it was all working fine, but this tool helped me understand that there are in fact differences in the way the Apple iPhones/iPads perform ActiveSync vs the way that … [Read more...]
Free Microsoft Safety Scanner Released
Microsoft this week announced the release of a free antimalware tool called the Microsoft Safety Scanner. The tool – available here is designed to be downloaded and run on a potentially infected computer and it will run a scan for all known malware, virus, or trojan programs. It will remove anything it finds. It’s a 70MB download and runs on Windows XP SP3 and … [Read more...]