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Load Balancers Load Balancing Loadbalancer.org
Shannon Lewis

STunnel Cipher List and Qualys SSL Labs Testing

In the wake of all the recent vulnerabilities we have been working hard to make sure that we give the correct information to our customers. So we decided to setup our latest version of STunnel on our support server (https://support.loadbalancer.org) and test our Cipher Lists with the Qualys SSL Labs site (https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest)

ManageEngine Network Management
Shannon Lewis

Real-Time Change Auditing for ​Windows Active Directory

ManageEngine ADAudit Plus recently announced the addition of real-time change auditing for Windows Active Directory. Available immediately, the new feature provides administrators with real-time email alerts, when critical and unauthorized changes are made to AD. Similarly, administrators can view a real-time, live feed of alerts in the ADAudit Plus console along with a thorough analysis of “who did what, when and from where” in the solution’s 200+ pre-configured audit reports

ManageEngine Network Management
Shannon Lewis

Active Directory Delegation: It Does Not Need to Be Hard!

One of the most important and powerful reasons that organizations consider Active Directory is the fact that delegation is built into the product. W indows NT did not have delegation, unless you want to call membership in the Account Operators group delegation! Windows Active Directory provides ​ a simple method , using the Delegate Control Wizard, to grant a group of users granular control over all or even just a subset of your Active Directory objects. For example, if you have a help desk that should have the ability to reset passwords for all users except for those in IT, you can delegate this permission to the OU that contains the non-IT employees