Blogs

I've seen quite a few people asking for a basic overview on how to configure Windows NPS (Network Policy Server, Microsoft's implementation of the RADIUS authentication protocol) to work with UBNT equipment. This guide focuses on Unifi, but should be easily translatable to Edge/etc. if you know your way around that system. I'll also drill down into configuring MAC Based Authentication (MBA) which is a popular way to authenticate clients that otherwise don't allow for WPA2-Enterprise...

Over the years I've tried quite a few password manager/autofill utilities, and none of them have quite offered the full integration experience I've needed, at least nothing above and beyond what browsers and operating systems have built into them...I've always ended up uninstalling them and going back to whatever is built in. My last attempt at this was LastPass, but it just felt kludgy, and got in my way more than it actually helped (continuous prompting for 2 factor auth, and the mobile...

Recently I attained the title of Solutions Architect in my career, which is exactly what I wanted to be when I embarked on this career path 16 years ago. Even though I’ve basically been doing the role of a Solutions Architect for a few years now, obtaining the official title and the official responsibilities has been such an incredible feeling for me. So what is a Solutions Architect, and what do we do in the field of software engineering and product development? First some background. At most...

Configuring websites to only allow SSL traffic is pretty much the norm these days (and if it isn’t, it should be). The problem with taking this route to secure your web traffic is that there really isn’t an intuitive way to then make sure all http (port 80) traffic then gets properly redirected over to https (SSL port 443) within IIS. Microsoft’s industrial strength firewall solutions had built in rules to enable this behavior, but they’ve all been discontinued or EOL’d. If redirects are not set...

I normally don't like to participate in the so called "browser wars" and that is not the intention of this post. But, I feel that the title poses a legitimate question: What is going on with modern browsers sucking down memory like tequila shots these days? As a web developer, I have a slew of browsers installed on my machines for testing: Internet Explorer (unfortunately): Necessary evil, plus it's the only browser that supports Windows Integrated Authentication, which is mandatory...