Author Archives: Tom Aafloen

My two sessions from TechX [in Swedish]

Posted on 25 February, 2017

I gave two talks at the TechX conference held at Microsoft headquarters in Stockholm on February 13-17 2017. The sessions were recorded and are now available to watch on YouTube [see links below]. Note that they are delivered in Swedish. … Continue reading →

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Translate Windows messages in other languages

Posted on 4 February, 2017

Sometimes I run into error messages in foreign languages, like this French one: Ok, I admit it, I made the dialog box myself, but the message text is real. And I have no idea what it means. So, how can … Continue reading →

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LastPass now also free on mobile devices

Posted on 3 November, 2016

The password manager LastPass has always been free to use in your web browser, but they just announced that they will no longer require a paid subscription for accessing your LastPass from mobile devices: If you are not using a … Continue reading →

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Azure Information Protection client – now with diagnostics!

Posted on 28 October, 2016

The Azure Information Protection client was recently updated to version 1.2.4.0. One of the improvements is a built-in diagnostics tool: You get to this dialog box by going to the Home tab and clicking on the Protect icon in an … Continue reading →

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Get free SSL certificates with Let’s Encrypt

Posted on 17 October, 2016

I have previously blogged about how you can get a free SSL certificate from the Certification Authority called WoSign, but they have been misbehaving lately (see details here) and some big companies like Apple, Google and Mozilla are actually considering … Continue reading →

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Links from my Windows Security and ATA session

Posted on 6 October, 2016

A few days ago I spoke about IT security in general and Advanced Threat Analytics in particular at Microsoft’s headquarter in Stockholm. I showed a few sites and was asked to share them. So here they are: Norse Norse is … Continue reading →

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SSL Certificates and SAN – What domain names are valid?

Posted on 29 March, 2016

An SSL certificate has a field called Subject. The Subject field contains the domain name that the certificate is valid for. Subject can only contain one domain name: The field Subject can have more information, like the screenshot below, but … Continue reading →

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Get a free publicly trusted SSL-certificate

Posted on 23 March, 2016

This blog post will guide you through the steps of obtaining a publicly trusted SSL certificate with up to 5 domain names, at no cost. There are no hidden costs, ads or referrals involved. You do need to be able … Continue reading →

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My Advanced Threat Analytics session (in swedish)

Posted on 15 March, 2016

About a month ago I gave a talk about Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) at TechX, a Microsoft event here in Sweden. The session is now posted on YouTube and available for everyone to see. Please note that the talk … Continue reading →

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Installing CA via PowerShell : “-Whatif” not working

Posted on 18 February, 2016

I just installed a CA server for testing, and noticed something strange. First I installed the binaries with the cmdlet Add-WindowsFeature, without any issues: When I was about to install and configure the CA role with the Install-AdcsCertificationAuthority cmdlet, I … Continue reading →

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