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So, up until very recently – today actually I guess – it was technically possible to "hijack" DNS queries. Someone would request www.domain.com and you could spoof/redirect that query to a website of your choosing. Not that anyone would do… Read moreDNSSEC & Cisco ASA & Windows Server DNS Changes
Wow, has it really been 2 months? I guess it has. For this Skunk Works project, we're attempting to fully integrate Cisco CUCM with Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging. In Part 1 we did the Cisco SIP Trunk creation & the… Read moreLC.tv IT Skunk Works #1 – Cisco CUCM + Exchange 2010 UM – Part 3
Hello Again. Welcome back to the LC.tv IT Skunk Works Project #1. We're integrating Cisco CUCM with Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging. Last time, in Part 1, we did the Cisco SIP Trunk creation, and the Exchange 2010 UM Role installation…. Read moreLC.tv IT Skunk Works #1 – Cisco CUCM + Exchange 2010 UM – Part 2
Hi there. LifeChurch.tv is a solid Cisco shop – routing, switching, firewalls, and even voice. We have 14 locations in 5 states and over the last year we've been on a quest to remove Single Points of Failure from our… Read moreLC.tv IT Skunk Works #1 – Cisco CUCM + Exchange 2010 UM – Part 1
So, this weekend was a busy weekend for Active Directory work at LifeChurch.tv – prep work for Exchange 2010 migration. Hooray! We have a multi-site (physical and Active Directory sites) network – with 18 domain controllers. Until a few weeks… Read moreDomain Controller Changes – Server 2008 R2 DNS Broken
Here's a summary of the last few weeks: ice snow rain ice snow rain Do you see a pattern? From January 4 – 25, I participated in a 21-day "Daniel Fast" along with the large majority of the staff at… Read moreJanuary 2010 Update (Time flies)
I've blogged before about how LifeChurch.tv uses Websense for filtering / logging our Internet traffic at our central location. At our remote locations, we've used IPCop + Dansguardian. It's worked okay. Recently, we performed the upgrade to Websense v7.1 and… Read moreWebsense: Synchronized Policies For Remote Campuses
Welcome back! I missed you. For the last year or so, we've been on a long-term plan to eliminate single points of failure (SPOF) in our network. I've blogged about several of them – I'll list a few posts below… Read moreCisco IOS-fu #5 – BGP / Redundancy
Hello again! A while back, oh I guess about 3 months ago now, I blogged about our Veeam Backup & Replication installation. I promised a "Part 2" discussing setup and stuff. Well, that never happened. I got distracted, and rather… Read moreUPGRADED: Veeam Backup & Replication v4.0
I feel like I've been doing a lot of "upgrade" blog posts recently. I guess that's a good thing because it means I like the products enough to keep using them 🙂 I've blogged before that we are using Websense… Read moreUPGRADED: Websense v7.1