Secure AD CD on Essentials 2016
This month, Microsoft is re-fixing an NTLM Relay Attack vulnerability and recommending additional mitigations on some servers. I checked how Server 2016 with Essentials is affected.
Certify the Web on Server 2016 with Essentials
I’ve been testing Certify the Web on my Windows Server 2016 computer with the Essentials role. This sets up a Let’s Encrypt certificate for use as the server’s public certificate. …
More Essentials Certificate Woes
I wrote in November 2017 about Windows Server Essentials certificates getting renewed every two days. That problem suddenly stopped. The only change I had made was replacing a router. Now, …
Use PowerShell to Find and Display a Certificate
Need to get information on a certificate from the command line? This article has some great info on doing that with PowerShell. Here are couple that I’ve adapted: List details …
Firefox and Intermediate Certificates
Recently I was trying to get a Snom D785 phone to connect to a server that uses an SSL certificate issued by COMODO (now rebranded as Sectigo). Snom uses the …
Essentials Certificates Re-Issued Every Two Days, VPN Fails
I installed Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role about three months ago. I set up mydomain.remotewebaccess.com in the Anywhere Access Wizard. It automatically revoked a certificate with the same …
Kerberos Event 19 after Server Migration
I recently migrated from Server Essentials 2012 R2 to Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role. Both of these machines run a self-signed Certification Authority (CA). The old machine has …
Find Comodo Root and Intermediate Certificates
Finding Comodo root and intermediate certificates can be a challenge. If you start with Google, you might find a promising knowledge base article with a direct link, but then be …
Generate an SSL Certificate Request without IIS
I’m planning to installed 3CX 15 on a Windows 2012 R2 server. I want to use a new SSL certificate. The machine does not have IIS installed. How do I …
Set Up TLS on a Grandstream UCM Device Using a Public SSL Certificate
I wanted to get TLS connections working between remote Grandstream phones connected over the Internet to a Grandstream UCM6102 PBX. This location already has an SSL certificate for its web …