most of these require logout/restart to take effect
# Enable character repeat on keydown
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
# Set a shorter Delay until key repeat
A checklist for designing and developing internet scale services, inspired by James Hamilton's 2007 paper "On Desgining and Deploying Internet-Scale Services."
Tip
Microsoft active directory servers by default provide LDAP connections over unencrypted connections (boo!).
The steps below will create a new self signed certificate appropriate for use with and thus enabling LDAPS for an AD server. Of course the "self-signed" portion of this guide can be swapped out with a real vendor purchased certificate if required.
Steps have been tested successfully with Windows Server 2012R2, but should work with Windows Server 2008 without modification. Requires a working OpenSSL install (ideally Linux/OSX) and (obviously) a Windows Active Directory server.
default['sshd']['sshd_config']['AuthenticationMethods'] = 'publickey,keyboard-interactive:pam' | |
default['sshd']['sshd_config']['ChallengeResponseAuthentication'] = 'yes' | |
default['sshd']['sshd_config']['PasswordAuthentication'] = 'no' |