1. Open up the Exchange Management Console. Double-click on Organization Configuration and click on Hub Transport. Click on the “Send Connector” tab. Either right-click on the whitespace or select “New Send Connector” under the Actions task list.

2. Enter a name for the send connector. Under intended use, select “Internet” in order to send to external domains. Click Next.

3. Under Address Space click “Add…” and select “SMTP Address Space…” Click Next.

4. Under SMTP Address Space -> Address, put a * (asterisk) in order to send to all external domains. This is where you may wish to customize the address space by only allowing external emails to specific vendors or customers. Click OK, then click Next.

5. If you are using a smart host to route your emails (sometimes required by an ISP), configure it here. Otherwise, check “use domain name system” to route emails (typical). Click Next.

6. For a single-server installation of Exchange 2010, the source server will be the only one in the list. If you have multiple servers with a hub transport role installed in your organization, you can select a specific server to use. Click Next.

7. This is a summary page of the send connector. Click Next.

8. After the send connector has been configured, this page will appear. The syntax shown is also the powershell equivalent to what was run. Click Next.

9. Once the send connector has been created, you’ll need to configure one last item. Right-click on the connector and select “Properties.”

10. In order to get past some of the more strict spam filters, you need to configure the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). This is typically the internet-facing address of your email server. Click OK. You’re ready to send email to external domains!

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One of the reasons to use Web Playlists is to hide the true path of your video. This makes it difficult for users to download a full copy of your video, perfect for streaming copyrighted or pay-per-view content. Although users can still use screen capture software (such as Camtasia) to record your video, the process is more involved and less likely.

JW for flash and most other players require the media file (.mpeg, .mp4, etc) to be in a folder below the root path accessible by visitors. Web Playlists for IIS allows you to add videos from any folder on your server, and does not directly access the video when a viewing is requested. It uses a one-time security token to obfuscate the path.

Step 1 – Add a New Playlist in IIS

Here you’ll add a new playlist by opening up the IIS Manager, selecting your website and double-clicking on “Web Playlists.” Once it is open, on the right-hand side click on “Add Playlist.”

Once you type in a name for your playlist it will generate a URL that needs to be used by your web-based player. As you can see here, we are looking at iishacks.com/VMWareCertificate.isx.

You’ll need to add the specific video file by going to “Media entries” and clicking “Add.” You can select a Physical Path (excellent for hiding a file above the root folder), a Relative URI (if the file is in the root folder or below), or a Remote URL (if it is on another server or domain). I’ve chosen Physical Path and selected a folder that is not accessible via IIS.

You’ll notice you have options to disable skip back/forward or seek. If you choose to attach multiple videos together, or have required advertisements before, between or after videos, these options are for you. Networks such as Global TV utilize these options to ensure visitors are viewing the advertisements before a video starts.

Step 2 – Add the Playlist to JW Player

Once you’ve added your video file(s) you can now add the playlist to a web-based video player such as JW Player. JW Player for Silverlight is the only free player that supports the ISX playlist format and doesn’t require ASP. IIS Web Playlists supports .asf, .avi, .flv, .m4v, .mov, .mp3, .mp4, .rm, .rmvb, .wma and .wmv.

You can download JW Player for free here: http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-wmv-player/

Here is the code I used for my VMware video. This can be embedded into Wordpress or any PHP/HTML file.

<center><div name="mediaspace" id="mediaspace"></div>
<p> <script type='text/javascript' src="/silverlight.js"></script><br />
 <script type='text/javascript' src="/wmvplayer.js"></script><br />
 <script type="text/javascript">
  var cnt = document.getElementById("mediaspace");
  var src = '/wmvplayer.xaml';
  var cfg = {
   file:'http://iishacks.com:80/VMWareCertificate.isx',
   height:'470',
   width:'600'
  };
  var ply = new jeroenwijering.Player(cnt,src,cfg);
 </script></center>

As you can see the ISX/ASX playlist is located at http://iishacks.com:80/VMWareCertificate.isx . If you try and open the file it will direct you to either a broken link or a text file with the following:

Notice how the ISX playlist has a tokenized session id appended to the URL? Try and open that. It’s a dead end. You’ll never be able to simply download the file. Here is a full set of features with Web Playlists.

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It doesn’t by default. No official reason why, but it probably has something to do with POD (Ping of Death) and Ping Flooding. Commonly used in Denial of Service attacks, POD is when a target server is sent an unusually large ICMP packet. For Ping flooding, if the target server is set to respond to pings, it may become bogged down and unable to effectively respond to other requests such as HTTP and FTP. Denial of Service attacks usually require a coordinated effort among multiple computers to halt a server - but it happens, and often!

To enable pings on the public profile (ie. over the Internet), go to Administrative Tools -> Firewall with Advanced Security -> Inbound Rules and find “File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In)” -> Right-click and select “Enable.”

You can also open up the command prompt and type:

or type the following to disable the setting:

For Windows Server 2008 R2, type:

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Use the netstat command in the command console to find out what program is using a particular TCP port. Replace the ## with the port you wish to test. This works on Windows Server 2003 and 2008.

The above command will return a PID (process ID). You will need to match that to a running program or service. Type the following command:

Here is an example using port 21. In this example you can see the “ftpsvc” service is using port 21 through svchost.exe – which is normal. In a client’s machine, it was MSUpdate2.exe that was using port 21 – a piece of malware using an FTP server to serve pirated movies!

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1. Navigate to the SSL folder where VMWare Server is installed (ex. C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server\SSL).
2. Double-click on RUI.crt.
3. Click “Install Certificate” on the Certificate Information window that pops up.
4. Click “Next” to start the Certificate Import Wizard.
5. Select “Place all certificates in the following store” and click “Browse”.
6. Select “Trusted Root Certification Authorities” and click “OK”.
7. Click “Next” and “Finished”.
8. A Security Warning box will pop up, click “Yes” and then “OK”.
9. Close the Certificate Information window.
10. The SSL warning will no longer show on the VMWare Server login screen.

I’ve also been playing around with some screen capture stuff, so here’s a quick video detailing the steps (silverlight required).

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