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IT/Computer security. Very important stuff. If I come across anything of interest or do any kind of research I think could be useful to people I'll write about it here.

Windows End of Life List

Published by Osayidan on May 7, 2016

Windows Server End of Life List

Windows Operating Systems Life Cycle Details

Microsoft’s product life cycle/support is fairly simple but they do a good job of making it look complicated and annoying to gather all the information.

There’s usually 2 dates of importance: mainstream support, and extended support end dates.

Mainstream is basically all the new features / improvements and standard non-security focused updates.

Extended support begins after Mainstream, and ensures the continuation of security patches.

They also throw in the dates of service packs but you can generally base yourself on the “Extended Support” date as your deadline for migrating to a newer system.

Your systems will still work perfectly fine past these dates, this is mainly a security issue as there will no longer be patches for any issues found. In the case of completely isolated systems this is not a huge deal, but for anything connected to a network or that has user interaction it can be a nightmare waiting to happen. Did you know that as of early 2016, many bank terminals/ATM systems still run on Windows XP? Let that sink in for a minute.

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Filed Under: Security, Software Tagged With: end of life, support, windows

KB3079904 – Get it now!

Published by Osayidan on July 21, 2015

If you normally only check for updates on Patch Tuesdays, break that habit and run windows update as soon as possible. CVE-2015-2426 is fixed by the Microsoft update KB3079904, or KB3074667 for Windows 10.

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Enable HTTPS on web services

Published by Osayidan on June 17, 2012

What is HTTPS

Note: this article is obsolete as most popular online services now offer HTTPS as default. Thank you Mr. Snowden.

HTTPS is the secured version of HTTP. Basically it uses certificates, issued by a certificate authority (CA) to validate the identity of the website you are visiting while also encrypting the connection between you and the website’s server. I will write an article explaining HTTPS and certificates soon. This article is intended to educate people about its existence, and the fact that they can be using it more often than they think on websites they use every day.

With mobile internet access such as your phone service provider, or public wifi becoming ever more popular, and the already popular browsing from work or campus, encrypting your web browsing is essential to maintain a maximum level of privacy and security.
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Filed Under: Security Tagged With: browser, facebook, google, https, secure, security, ssl, twitter, web browsing, youtube

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