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Frustrations with OVH

2015-09-29
A Case Study in How NOT To Process Orders

Reading SMTP Headers

2014-02-08
Reading email SMTP headers to trace the origin of the message.

Notes on NetBackup Client Installations

2014-02-07
Rants about the pains of performing what should be a simple package upgrade.

SNMP OIDs Worth Having

2012-01-16
SNMP OIDs which are worth having to hand.

Post-It Note Passwords

2009-01-20
Really complex passwords are a brilliant idea, right? Wrong.

Catch-All Mailboxes Are Evil

2008-07-30
Don't use Catch-All (or wildcard) email addresses. Just don't.

Testing Your Anti-Virus

2008-06-15
Have you ever wondered if your Anti-Virus software is actually working? It might appear to be running, but how do you know that in the event of a virus being discovered, it would actually do something - or would it not detect it at all?