Tag Archives: Security

Mac OS – SIP or System Integrity Protection

Posted on February 13, 2019 by

SIP (System Integrity Protection) isn’t a bad thing. It actually protects your mac from a whole host of otherwise nasty infections. However, it can sometimes get in the way of doing important mac management tasks. To disable SIP: Boot the … Continue reading →

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Java Config file and excepted sites deployment

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

Some older Java-based websites are so out-of-date that Java refuses to run unless the web site is in the “excepted sites” list. This is normally a user-specific setting however you can set this up as a system wide exception list. … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 – Windows Update Delivery Optimization – OFF !

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

Under Windows Updates “Advanced Options” then “Choose How Updates are delivered” and you get to “Updates from more then one place” Apparently, now, Microsoft believes it is wise to allow random PCs on the internet to distribute windows updates. Here … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 – Group Policies related to security and privacy

Posted on May 3, 2016 by

See the extensive list of Windows 10 group policies for privacy at: https://4sysops.com/archives/windows-10-privacy-all-group-policy-settings/#prevent-the-usage-of-onedrive-for-file-storage

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Mac – Disable/Enable Gatekeeper from command line

Posted on November 24, 2015 by

GateKeeper is the application on Mac OS 10.8 and above that prevents running applications from unknown sources. On the “Lab” image this can not be enabled since many of the older academic software programs would not be able to run. … Continue reading →

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