Storming the Castle
I've been learning about so many development strategies in the last few months that my head is spinning! My journey has taken me in two main directions: Learning about concepts …
The Way We Were, 1977 to 1984
Today as I was pondering some modern architectural paradigms, I got to thinking about my procedural programming roots, which led me down memory lane to my early computing days. Basement …
Changing DNS Root Hint for b.root-servers.net
The Only Thing Constant is Change On January 29, 2004, the the IP address for the DNS root hint for b.root-servers.net changed to 192.228.79.201: New IPv4 address for b.root-servers.net Copy …
NetDiag Warns about NetBT Errors Because Messenger Service Not Running
System and Configuration I manage a server running Windows 2003 R2. This is a single-server network. The server acts as an Active Directory controller and as a DNS server. There …
Testing SMTP Using Telnet
I’m trying out a hosted anti-spam solution. This service works by becoming my public-facing mail server (DNS MX record), and relaying non-spam mail to the mail server in my office. …
Windows Media Services and a Change of IP Address
A short while ago I changed the IP address configuration on my Small Business Server 2003 SP2 machine. The main reason for the change was to choose an oddball local …
Exchange IMF and Custom Weight Lists
One of the features built in to Exchange 2003 SP2 is Intelligent Message Filtering. While this is a major step forward in blocking incoming spam, IMF does have its limitations. …
SoCal Code Camp Rocks!
This past weekend I attended the SoCal Rock & Roll Code Camp, held at the UCSD Extension campus. This really is a cool idea–let anybody who wants to give a …
DNS Root Hints and Forwarders
A post in the Yahoo group mssmallbiz asked an interesting question: when DNS Forwarders are configured under SBS 2003, is there a way to get the secondary nameserver to automatically …
Excuse Me, Your SCSI Is Slipping
So you’ve got a hot-swap SCSI RAID array and you figure you are covered, even if a disk fails. Well, that is usually true. Kinda. Here is a long story with …