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Exporting S/MIME Certificate Identities For iOS Use
Cryptographically-signed email is a complicated subject. There’s keys and certificates, there’s signing authorities, all of the wonderful PKI structures that allow us to communicate securely. Securely signed email is an easy way to indicate to other parties that you’re taking some precautions with your email that authenticates the sender in an end-to-end way. A typical…
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MacAdmins Podcast Episode 6: Dreyer, Rhymes with Slayer
We got the chance recently to sit down with Arek Dreyer, author of so, so many books, in time for the release of his new 3rd Edition of Managing Apple Devices. We talked about WWDC, writing books like Managing Apple Devices, as well as nearly getting arrested in a Chicago Server Room, and the first…
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Techno Bits vol. 60: Packaging Isn’t (Quite) Dead
This week in Techno Bits vol. 60: Packaging Isn’t (Quite) Dead yet, some feedback on last week’s issue that sparked a lot of commentary. There are updates to the idea of a future without packages and why we might not be there just yet that you should catch up on. I’ve also got a download…
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Techno Bits vol. 59: What if Packages Went Away Tomorrow?
This week’s newsletter contains highlights from the MacADUK conference, put on by Amsys in London, England this week. It was an incredible show where I got to talk with a lot of really great admins, kick around good ideas, ponder appropriate security changes necessary for our production environments, and plan for a better tomorrow. One particular…
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Techno Bits vol. 53: 2015 Finale
In the final volume of Techno Bits for 2015, there’s a reminder of how important community is to our common interest, some news of changes afoot in Microsoft Office 2016 for the Mac, and a bunch of good links (Wi-Fi Keys! The Pixel C! Airwatch’s REST API! Craig Federighi!) I’ll have a state-of-the-product post up…
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Sysadmin Secret Santa!
I have a complicated relationship with the winter months, due to seasonal affectation, but one thing I love is giving gifts. I’ve set up Sysadmin Secret Santa to help bring some fun to the Sysadmin community this time of year. Enjoy!
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Techno Bits vol. 49: I Am Concerned About The Security Of Your…
This week’s Techno Bits is up! Talking about Command Prompt Marks in El Capitan, MAS Failures, and General Security. Sign up today!
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Guest Hosting Command Control Power
My appearance on Command Control Power from last week is now live! Come listen to an hour about Mac Consulting!
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Techno Bits Vol. 47: WYSINAWYG
This week’s Techno Bits has a wrap-up of MacTech Conference 2015, initial thoughts on our new AppleTV, why Wi-Fi is like an orchestra, and some thoughts on CIOs that don’t want to do their damn jobs. Subscribe today!
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