Archive for February 2009

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Fixing a “Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)” – 400 Error through ISA Server

February 9, 2009

We were splitting two web sites to two new servers from the existing one. The sites all worked and resolved internally, so created a new web publishing rules on the ISA for the relocated sites and their host header names. When attempting to access the web site number two the web page displayed: Bad Request [...]

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SANS Canberra 2009 – Security training back again!

February 8, 2009

SANS Canberra 2009 The folks from SANS are back again to the capital city. Four tracks are being run this time 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling – John Strand 508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response – Rob Lee 401: Security Essentials Boot Camp – Mark Hofman 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking [...]

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SANS Melbourne 2009 on 11-16 May

February 8, 2009

SANS goes to Melbourne. A small, intimate gathering for those who want to master the security foundations. With Mark Hofman as your guide, it’ll be a week well spent getting your mind wrapped around the multitude of security risks, tools and avenues that exist today. Mark will get you through it while keeping it relevant [...]

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995 The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request

February 8, 2009

Like any normal day in the office, at some point I’ll get blamed for something not working. More specifically, one of the security systems I manage gets blamed, but I cop the flack for it. Moaning at an inanimate firewall doesn’t elicit the sheer pleasure of ranting a human being, or me, it appears. Anyway, [...]