Securing RDP Connections using TLS certificates

Remote Desktop has been the must as remote administration tool for many IT professionals and sadly many even expose it to the internet leading to brutefoce attacks and Man in the Middle attacks in the past (and even during this period). Using TLS certificates can improve the security and the default access method to critical systems, even if those systems are reached only on internal business LAN environments. Read More …

Microsoft – Changing SID of cloned VMs

On the machine level, every computer is identified by a unique value; named Security ID or SID. SID is calculated in the process of the installation of every Windows machine. Whether the computer is part of the workgroup (or it’s just a stand-alone computer), the value of SID is not crucial. Read More …

VMware – OVF ha un manifest file non valido

Spesso, in ambienti VMware complessi si adopera molto la funzionalità di estrazione delle virtual machines in formato OVF/OVA, per poter trasferire tali VM su altri cluster VMware o semplicemente adoperarli come template su altri sistemi di virtualizzazione. Read More …

VMware – The OVF package is invalid and cannot be deployed

During a VM migration on a VMware ESX infrastructure, using OVA/OVF formats, VMware importing process could be difficult due to the possibility to deploy the OVF/OVA package, and the vSphere Client fails. Read More …