Monthly Archives: February 2016

Important security update released for ADFS 3.0

A new February 9, 2016 update resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). If an attacker successfully exploits this vulnerability, by sending certain input during forms-based authentication to an ADFS server, this can cause the server to become nonresponsive. The new update addresses the vulnerability by adding additional checks on input data during… Read More »

How to request custom certificates using the MMC snapin

A common misunderstand is that creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) can only be performed using tools like Internet Information Service (IIS) or the Exchange Admin Center console. On any Windows computer, you can use the Certificates MMC snap-in to create custom certificate signing requests, including wildcard and multi-SAN certificates for web server authentication. How… Read More »