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Rolling Out a Slick Rotary Phase Converter

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Home machinists can often find great deals on used industrial equipment, and many a South Bend lathe or Bridgeport milling machine has followed someone home. Then comes the moment to plug it in, and the new owner discovers that the three-phase plug needed to power the new beast is nowhere to be found in the shop. Thus commences the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Luckily, [Handmade Extreme] is ahead of the curve in terms of shop power, and built a rotary phase converter to power his machines. Industry generally runs on three-phase AC systems, mainly because three-phase electric motors …read more

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Samba Patches Two Critical Vulnerabilities in Server Software

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Samba released fixes for its networking software to address two critical vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to change admin password or launch DoS attacks. Continue reading Samba Patches Two Critical Vulnerabilities in Server Software→

Outlook Anywhere Gets the Bullet

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Outlook MAPI HTTP

Microsoft has announced the demise of RPC over HTTP (“Outlook Anywhere”) connections, which will be blocked for connections to Exchange Online from Outlook desktop clients from October 31, 2017. The year’s notice is intended to allow tenants to upgrade clients to the necessary versions.

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VU#813296: Microsoft Windows and Samba may allow spoofing of authenticated users ("Badlock")

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The Security Account Manager Remote(SAMR)and Local Security Authority(Domain Policy)(LSAD)protocols do not properly establish Remote Procedure Call(RPC)channels,which may allow any attacker to impersonate an authenticated user or gain access to the SAM database,or launch denial of service attacks. This vulnerability is also known publicly as"Badlock". Continue reading VU#813296: Microsoft Windows and Samba may allow spoofing of authenticated users ("Badlock")→