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Disable ECDH public server param reuse in Windows Server IIS

...(32-bit) value Value name: EphemKeyReuseTime Value data: Set EphemKeyReuseTime value to in Windows Registry editor Using PowerShell: if(!(Test-Path "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\KeyExchangeAlgorithms\ECDH")) { New-Item "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\KeyExchangeAlgorithms" -name "ECDH" } New-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\KeyExchangeAlgorithms\ECDH" -Name EphemKeyReuseTime -Value...

Jan Reilink
2024-04-09

Windows Server

Tunnel RDP through SSH & PuTTY

PuTTY Reconfiguration screen to tunnel RDP over ssh

Do you need to tunnel Remote Desktop over SSH with PuTTY? Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to perform remote administration on a Windows Server, and...

Windows Server

Retrieve SSH public key from Active Directory for SSH authentication

If you want to be able to log on to your Windows Servers through Win32-OpenSSH, you can make use of key-based authentication in OpenSSH through a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. But if...

Jan Reilink
2021-10-29

Windows Server

Install SSL/TLS certificates in Windows Server using PowerShell

The following PowerShell snippet can be used to quickly install an SSL (or TLS) certificate in Windows Server. It assumes you have a PFX file and its password. The default...

Jan Reilink
2023-08-10

Windows Server

Create strong passwords in Windows

You know the use of strong and unique passwords is important. Not-so-secure passwords are easily cracked and we read about account takeovers all the time. In this post I show...

Jan Reilink
2024-03-29

Disable ECDH public server param reuse in Windows Server IIS

Tunnel RDP through SSH & PuTTY

Retrieve SSH public key from Active Directory for SSH authentication

Install SSL/TLS certificates in Windows Server using PowerShell

Create strong passwords in Windows

How-to fix Windows Defender error “Get-MpComputerStatus : The extrinsic Method could not be executed.”