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AdBlockPlus now literally means it’s name

AdBlockPlus now means we will blocks ads PLUS give you ads folks pay them to allow.  I saw the initial link at hackernews but the full story is on theverge.   A couple of years ago I heard that the...

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Ad blockers and analytics

I just had an interesting conversation with my web design partner Lori Curley of Curley Marketing.  Third party analytics have gotten caught in the ad blocking drag net.  This means the numbers form...

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DDOS…The new wave of digital censorship

I have been watching the saga of security blogger Brian Krebs and his krebsonsecurity blog.  He has had the benefit of high powered DDOS protection from Prolexic which is an Akamai subsidiary. Krebs...

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IOT default insecurity = Internet infrastructure danger

Krebonsecurity editor Brian Krebs now posts another post showing the source code for the botnet that forced Akamai/Prolexic to boot him off their network.  What is amazing is that while Prolexic was...

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Another reason to block ads.

I have always blocked ads.  I knew that having a third party serve you ads with questionable security means these ad servers would be a problem for internet users.  Sure enough Spotify ads were...

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OCT 21st National DDOS news(Tons of links)

This post is not only about tonight’s massive DDOS attack but the terrible problems IOT is causing due to their horrid security.  If you want a quick overview skip right to the video.  If you want to...

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DDOS and Your Security Simplified

I have made another video where I attempt to simplify the DDOS and what it means for your security.  Take a look at this video and feel free to comment on my Facebook page. DDOS and your security...

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Sophos UTM DNS resolution bug leads to misclassification of web traffic.

The HTTP proxy in UTM 9 has always been a finicky beast.  Unfortunately ever since Sophos took over Astaro AND Sophos took the HTTP proxy from the Squid proxy to a proprietary in house proxy the...

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If you want to have access to Google’s latest technology do not pay for a...

I have always wondered why Google always struggles to make it’s hardware and new products “stick”. It turns out Google doesn’t really want folks to be subscribed to it’s “Gsuite” accounts. Why do I say...

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A Dubious IOT Product With Some Serious Network Problems..Are We Surprised?

From if it sounds to good to be true it probably is department: I was notified about something being hawked on a public Facebook page. Supposedly you can “fire your cable company” with this little box....

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Careless online behavior contribues to a Baltimore girl’s abduction

I am not trying to spread the “stranger danger” fear-mongering here.  If you are a parent, grandparent or any other kind of close relative please read the linked article at the bottom of this post.  I...

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Facebook is no longer free for commercial entities.

Facebook is now saying that if you are a business you must pay up or your reach is essentially zero.  I’ve not really pushed facebook at all because the reach is essentially zero. Businesses that post...

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At least 12 million home and business routers are a gateway into your network

If you router is vulnerable to this outsiders can easily take control of hte router and use it to jump into your network.  These devices have been coming under increasingly attacks due to their poor...

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When Virtualization and Comcast Tech Support meet

It comes at a great advantage to the knowledgeable tech when dealing with a company like Comcast who almost never looks to say the issue is on their end in terms of residential accounts.  I just had an...

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Dish Introduces Sling TV, Its Over-The-Top Alternative To The Cable Bundle |...

Sling TV features a dozen different live TV programming options to choose from at launch. To make it work, Dish negotiated rights with major media companies like Disney, Turner, and Scripps to create a...

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How to stop your ipad from ringing for iphone phone calls

Turn off iPhone cellular calls To turn off iPhone cellular calls on your iPad or iPod touch, go to Settings > FaceTime and turn off iPhone Cellular Calls. On your Mac, open the FaceTime app and go...

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Obamacare is coming to the Internet.

Title II is what gave us MA Bell..remember those days?  You HAD to buy phones from them?  Comcast isn’t going to get smaller nor is Comcast(nor anyone else) going to get more competitive.  The barrier...

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Title II Might be the end of several technologies on the Internet.

I am expanding on my previous post. I am saying this because “net neutrality” states that broadband providers cannot slow down traffic and allow other traffic to go faster so that all traffic is at the...

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L. Gordon Crovitz: From Internet to Obamanet – WSJ

The Supreme Court has ruled that if the FCC applies Title II to the Internet, all uses of telecommunications will have to pass the “just and reasonable” test. Bureaucrats can review the fairness of...

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Net Neutrality Vote In The FCC: You Lose America in [Market-Ticker]

Sure this is about trying to control the content but it goes even further than that.  Karl has this nailed here.  It WILL result in higher prices across the board AND will result in MORE monopolistic...

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Cuban: FCC Net Regs Will Spill Over, ‘TV As You Know It Is Over’– Breitbart

To further expand on my previous post now that “everything is equal” yes the FCC will now be the “decency” agency.  Not only has tv changed but the First Amendment as well.   Dallas Mavericks owner and...

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Something for everyone to watch.

First and foremost I positively DO NOT AGREE WITH the solution advocated by the guest in terms we have the gov’t take over this.  All we have to do is look at obamacare or any other area the gov’t runs...

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One of many reason I always recommend NOT using your provider provided e-mail

If you are residential user gmail, hotmail, yahoo.  Anything but your isp is.  If you are a business get a domain on the internet then pay the 50/year extra for your own e-mail addy at that domain so...

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IOS 8.4: It’s a mess that effectively steals your music from you

There are quite a few businesses that allow this software on their machines.  I would HIGHLY advise Itunes be removed from ALL company pc’s immediately and never be allowed to return. Just read this...

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Why would you want to use ETC Maryland as your webhost?

I may not be the cheapest out there but pricing isn’t the only thing. Unfortunately many look at the bottom line and do not truly know what they are getting for their dollars. I do not offer...

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Building the “Perfect” network.

I will do my best to elaborate without seeming to insult the previous provider…this is not my intention but I am trying to highlight the  philosophical differences between ETC Maryland and the previous...

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This is why I always block ads at the network edge.

I have been asked multiple times why I am so adamant about blocking ads at the edge due to the configuration headaches it can cause online.  Besides other posts i have made here, and here, read the...

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Why Self-Signed Certs Are the Way to go.

I have said many times that our current model of trusting a third party to assert your identity is stupid and prone to abuse.  Well the owner of Verisign( Symantec) has been making master certs for...

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IOT and BYOD Must be Kept off Your Internal Network

I have talked about keeping IOT(Internet of Things) and BYOD(Bring your Own Devices) out of your internal network privately for a while.  I have often told my clients in private that allowing...

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Update Your Kindle or Loose Internet Access

Amazon has pushed out a critical update for its Kindle readers.  If you fail to install this update before midnight tonight your kindle will not have Internet access any longer.   As noted on the...

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ETC Maryland Suffers Major Website Outage

I woke up about 0730 this morning to my phone being alerted that my webserver was offline.  right after that several of my web hosting clients also began texting and messaging me about the issue.  Once...

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Time’s ways to not get infected are incomplete.

This is an example of current best practices not being forward thinking enough.  I was recommending my basics of not getting infected way back in 2008.  Time’s article lists the standard advice: The...

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Gotomypc owned. The cloud fails once again.

As I have stated over and over the cloud is NOT secure.  It never will be and never can be.  the highly centralized nature of the various cloud services means you do NOT want to put anything critical...

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Ransomware is now web enabled. E-mail is not the only infection vector

  Windows has issues that make it easy for this type of infection to take hold: Javascript once it gets onto the system is run by the Windows Scripting Host which has a very high level of system...

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Microsoft: We beat other browsers on power usage. Real world…uhh no.

I can verify the author’s experiences below.  I have a Surface 3 and an HP laptop running windows 10.  I also have a shuttle box with a sandy bridge core i-3 cpu and 8 gigs of ram.  Edge is a total...

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The Internet is Acting Funky and an Update on My UPS Failure.

The Internet is acting funky. I have an update on my UPS situation and another client just had bad power kill their 4 month old UPS. Posted by Emmanuel Technology Consulting on Tuesday, February 28,...

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The Cloud Cleared Out..An Outsiders Perspective on the Amazon Outage

An Outsiders Perspective on the Amazon Outage Posted by Emmanuel Technology Consulting on Tuesday, February 28, 2017

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Why Choose ETC Maryland to Host Your Website

There are tons and tons of companies that can host your website for you.  Within the sea of hosting providers what sets ETC Maryland apart from the others? All accounts receive a free basic SSL...

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ETC Maryland Assists in Website Rescue

I got a call from a friend that I had not been in contact with for quite some time.  He asked if I could help him with his website.  After a good conversation on the phone it turns out what he really...

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The Worldwide Ransomware Outbreak.

Ok the news is on fire with news of a massive malware attack.  This malware is called ransomware.  I have been talking about ransomware since early last year and I have been talking about how to not...

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Firefox Releases New Version. Let’s Test it Against Chrome.

The Mozilla Foundation has released their new Firefox with multi-process capabilities. This means Firefox should take better advantage of today’s computer hardware, namely the multi-core CPUs that are...

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Hosting Company Pays Massive Ransomware Payment. Is Your Web Host Ransomware...

This is unfortunate.  I do not wish this type of disaster on anybody.  ANY operating system is vulnerable to ransomware…yes even Apple.  This is why I am a big proponent of ransomware resistant...

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Another Ransomware Package is Spreading Rapidly

There is a new ransomware package spreading worldwide and it is even getting more companies in the US then WannaCry hit. It uses the Petrwrap ransomware package. This package leverages known...

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Firewall IOT Properly..Yet Another 0-day for IOT

Yet another IOT security issue.  this one is actually a remote code exploit so once again a flaw allows IOT devices to get taken over Two things: Do not let IOT have access to your internal network....

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Net neutrality is Hooey.

At least in terms of how it has been reported in the media and by “tech sites”.  Karl Denninger has good take on this: Net Neutrality: The Liars Need To Be Locked Up The last couple of days have been...

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Post-Mortem on the Nationwide “Comcast Outage”

I started getting multiple calls about issues on Comcast this afternoon.  My initial research showed it was not an IP issue, however dns was not responding on the Comcast network.  Comcast has had DNS...

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Amazon key(Based upon IOT) makes your house absolutely insecure

Amazon Key IMO is a bad idea.  The fact that it is based on IOT makes it worse.  The very concept of you give someone access to your house with no other controls…there’s a camera to watch them but a...

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Net Neutrality. Karl Denninger Continues to Show the Flaws in the Screamfest

I have run a small business myself and I can tell you this is 100% true.  There are folks online like Leo Laporte of Twit.tv who obviously has no idea about how networking operates because I routinely...

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Comcast Business Fiber Fiobles..Temporarily Stymied

November, 2017: I received an e-mail saying that Comcast has pulled fiber into this area and that their gigabit pro service was available to me as a business class customer.  This is a pure fiber to...

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Major Internet Outage Affecting Comcast and Other Providers

There have been multiple fiber cuts affecting the largest Tier 1 backbone providers.  This is causing connectivity issues for Comcast, Verizon and other providers.  If you are experiencing Internet...

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