network protocols

When it comes to configuring network-attached storage (NAS) for home or small business use, the debate between Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) as file-sharing protocols often becomes a focal point. But what’s sometimes overlooked is the practical reality that using...

Here’s a summary of the issues described in the BornCity blog post "WSUS has synchronization problems (July 9, 2025)": What Happened? Since July 9, 2025, administrators have reported that WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) is unable to synchronize with Microsoft’s update servers. Attempts to...

As of July 8, 2025, there is no record of a vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-49669 in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). However, several similar vulnerabilities have been documented in RRAS: CVE-2025-33064: This is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Windows...

A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-48821, has been discovered in the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host service. This flaw allows an authorized attacker on the same network to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining control over affected systems...

When news of a significant vulnerability surfaces, especially one affecting a core service like Windows SMB, the IT world takes notice. The recent disclosure of CVE-2025-33073—a Windows SMB Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability—has raised urgent discussions among security professionals...

A newly disclosed vulnerability in Windows DHCP Server — cataloged as CVE-2025-32725 — underscores the substantial risks organizations face when core network services suffer from protection mechanism failures. As enterprises and SMBs alike increasingly rely on automated provisioning and seamless...

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), now catalogued as CVE-2025-29836, has set off a fresh wave of concern among IT administrators, enterprise security teams, and cybersecurity analysts. This flaw, discovered and publicized through...

Windows Server 2025, Microsoft's latest server operating system, is currently grappling with a series of critical issues following recent security updates. Among the most pressing is a domain controller bug triggered by a firewall profile misapplication after a server reboot, alongside a...

For months, a significant portion of Windows 11 users were entangled in a bizarre episode: their USB-connected printers, instead of faithfully reproducing documents, suddenly began churning out pages of cryptic text, network commands, and protocol gibberish. This unintended printer séance, as...

Microsoft’s latest patch troubles have the IT community raising an eyebrow—and a few RDP session restart buttons. A recent advisory from the tech giant warns that a seemingly routine security update, KB5051987, released on February 11, 2025, has introduced an unexpected freeze issue on Windows...

Windows Server 2025 Security Update Sparks RDP Headaches: What IT Pros Need to Know In a concerning turn of events for system administrators and IT professionals, Microsoft’s February Patch Tuesday update for Windows Server 2025 (KB5051987) has introduced a significant hiccup: freezing Remote...

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Hello we have a Windows Server 2008 R2 with SQL Server 2008 R2. We have. months having disconnections during certain hours, We called the ISP and since they changed the administration some problems began to occur, We used for example a primary DNS and Secondary addresses that were provided to us...

I realize there are a number of XP/7 networking threads. I'm not seeing in any of them the specific situation I have so I'm starting antoher. This is an existing wireless network, with three XP machines and one Vista machine. All connect and share just fine. I'm adding one Win7 machine...