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Hello Everyone,
This is Shijo from our team in Bangalore once again. Today I'd like to briefly discuss account lockouts, and some UI behaviors that can trip admins up when dealing with account lockouts.
If you've ever had to troubleshoot an account lockout issue, you might have noticed that sometimes accounts appear to be locked on some domain controllers, but not on others. This can be very confusing since youtypically know that the account has been locked out, but when you inspect individual DCs, they don't reflect that status. This inconsistency happens because of some minor differences in the behavior of the UI between Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012.
Windows Server 2003
In Windows Server 2003 the "Account is locked out" checkbox can be cleared ONLY if the account is locked out on the domain controller you are connected to. This means that if an account has been locked out, but the local DC has not yet replicated that information, you CANNOT unlock the account on the local DC.
Windows 2003 account properties for an unlocked account. Note that the checkbox is grayed out.
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
In Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 the "Unlock account" checkbox will always be available (regardless of the status of the account). You can tell whether the local DC knows if the account is locked out by looking at the label on the checkbox as shown in the screenshots below:
Windows 2008 account properties showing the "Unlock Account" checkbox. Notice that the checkbox is available regardless of the status of the account on the local DC.
Windows 2008 (and higher) Account Properties dialog box showing locked account on this domain controller
If the label on the checkbox is just "Unlock account" then this means that the domain controller you are connected to recognizes the account as unlocked. This does NOT mean that the account is not locked on other DCs, just that the specific DC we're working with has not replicated a lockout status yet. However, unlike Windows Server 2003, if the local DC doesn't realize that the account is locked, you DO have ability to unlock it from this interface by checking the checkbox and applying the change.
We changed the UI behavior in Windows Server 2008 to help administrators in large environments unlock accounts faster when required, instead of having to wait for replication to occur, then unlock the account, and then wait for replication to occur again.
Windows Server 2012
We can also unlock the accounts using the Active Directory Administrative Center (available in Windows Server 2008 R2 and later). In Windows Server 2012, this console is the preferred method of managing accounts in Active Directory. The screen shots are present below about how we can go about doing that.
You can see from the account screenshot that the account is locked which is denoted by the padlock symbol. To unlock the account you would have to click on the "Unlock account" tab and you would see achange in the symbol as can be seen below.
You can also unlock the account using the PowerShell command shown in the screenshot below.
In this example, I have unlocked the user account named test by simply specifying the DN of the account to unlock . You can modify your powershell command to incorporate many more switches, the details of which are present in thefollowing article.
Hopefully this helps explain why the older operating systems behave slightly differently from the newer ones, and will help you the next time you have to deal with an account that is locked out in your environment!
If you're looking for more information on Account Lockouts, check out the following links:
Troubleshooting Account Lockout
Account Lockout Policy
Account Lockout Management Tools
Shijo "UNLOCK IT" Joy
So, we've been quiet for a few months, which is extraordinarily embarrassing after I basically told everyone that we were going to not do that. The reality of what we do in support is that sometimes it's "All Hands on Deck", which is where we've been lately.
At any rate, here's some assorted news, updates, and announcements. Today we're going to talk about ADMT, SHA-1, Folder Redirection, Roaming Profiles, STOP errors, and job opportunites. Yup, all in one big post. It's not quite a mail sack but hopefully you all will find it interesting and or useful – especially the bit at the end. We'll try to get the regular posts moving again asap as we get into 2014.
ADMT OS Emancipation
Update coming to allow you to install on any supported server OS version
News just in: There's an updated version of ADMT on the way that will allow you to install on newer OS versions. Here's what we got from the ADMT product team:
In short, the update will allow ADMT to install on our newer OSs (both the ADMT and PES components). This should help alleviate some of the problems that customers have been reporting with the tool. We know that there are many of you who would like to see improvements or additional features in the tool beyond this, but we made the decision to focus this update on the OS compatibility issues, since that's the thing that is impacting migrations the most right now. We currently do not have any plans for further updates after this one (beyond bug fixes).
The changes we have made require a fair bit of testing before we can release them – among other things, we have to test full-scale migrations against each combination of OS versions to make sure that nothing unexpected occurs. Once that testing is complete, we'll publish the new version for public download, probably as an update to the existing 3.2 version. We don't have an exact date right now, since it's likely to take us a few months to finish our testing, but we're hoping to have it out and available in the first quarter of 2014.
Out with the old (and the insecure)
We've announced the deprecation of SHA-1 algorithms
This one comes to us from former AskDS writer Mike Stephens. Mike changed roles last summer, and most of what he works on these days we can't talk about – but some things we can:
Some of you may remember this security advisory where we announced the deprecation of RC4-based cryptographic algorithms. Some of you may also remember this blog post from a few months ago where we talked about the upcoming deprecation of MD5-based algorithms.
Deprecation is a fancy word for "we don't support it anymore moving forward, so you should look at turning it off."
If you're sensing a trend here, you're not wrong. We just announced yesterday that we are planning the deprecation of SHA-1 algorithms.
This means that moving forward, the minimum security you want on anything cryptographic is SHA-2 with a 2048-bit key. Those of you running certificate authorities should start planning on transitioning to stronger keys as soon as you can. Those you who have server or web applications in your environment (pretty much everyone) should start reviewing your applications to find any applications that are using weak certificates. Update them if you can, contact the application vendor if you can't.
Just like the previous updates, we're not going to issue a hotfix that turns off SHA-1 on all your servers and workstations. We know that there are lots of older applications out there that might need to be updated before your environments are ready for this kind of change so you are in control. What we will do is give you a KB article that tells you how to turn SHA-1 off when you're ready. That, and we'll turn it off by default in the next version of the OS.
That being said, two notes of caution. First, make sure you really, really check before disabling support for older cryptography algorithms in your environments. We've had a few cases where admins didn't check the certificates their applications were using, and caused an outage with one or more of their applications when they turned off RC4. The point here is to test and verify application dependencies and compatibility before you make a widespread change. Second, have a plan to roll back the change if something you didn't expect breaks. Finally, don't wait to start transitioning your environment to stronger [using] crypto graphic algorithms. The longer your environment is using less secure cryptography, the more vulnerable you are to attacks. You can get ahead of the curve by updating your application requirements now to higher standards, and starting the work to transition your existing apps over to new certificates.
One way, or the other…
Folder Redirection Group Policy doesn't apply to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 clients when you also configure it in System Center
This one comes to us from one of our tech leads, Kapil Chopra. Among many other duties, part of Kapil's role is to watch for trends in the support cases that come into our frontline engineers, so that we can prioritize fixes that are affecting lots of customers.
I had a chance to work on multiple cases where in folder redirection doesn't gets applied on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. So I thought of posting the details to make sure that everyone is aware of the fact and should be able to resolve the issue.
In all the cases that I addressed, we see the below mentioned symptoms on the client:
1. In the RSOP, under the properties of User Configuration, we see that the Folder Redirection settings got applied successfully.
2. Under the RSOP, when we browse to the User Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings, we don't see Folder Redirection folder.
3. Under the GPRESULT /v output we see that the folder redirection setting is showing up as N/A.
4. There is no failures reported under the Application / System logs.
5. Group Policy Logging states that the policy is applied as mentioned below:
GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:136 ProcessGPOs(User): Processing extension Folder Redirection GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:136 ReadStatus: Read Extension's Previous status successfully. GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:136 CompareGPOLists: The lists are the same. GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:136 CompareGPOLists: The lists are the same. GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:136 GPLockPolicySection: Sid = S-1-5-21-2130729834-1480738125-1508530778-62684, dwTimeout = 30000, dwFlags = 0x0 - - GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:136 ProcessGPOList: Entering for extension Folder Redirection GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:136 UserPolicyCallback: Setting status UI to Applying Folder Redirection policy... GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:136 ProcessGPOList: No changes. CSE will not be passed in the IwbemServices intf ptr GPSVC(32c.43c) 12:55:50:136 Message Status = <Applying Folder Redirection policy...> - - GPSVC(32c.b6c) 12:55:50:152 ProcessGPOList: Extension Folder Redirection returned 0x0.
6. Under the folder redirection tracing, it isn't getting past fdeploy.dll into the shell components and is not even attempting to read the fdeploy.ini files.
From the above symptoms, it is pretty evident that there is something that is stopping the Folder Redirection engine from proceeding further. So we went ahead looked into the Folder Redirection operational logs under "Event viewer > Application and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Folder Redirection > Operational Logs".
Under the Operational logs we found an interesting event which might be causing the problem:
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Folder Redirection/Operational Source: Microsoft-Windows-Folder Redirection Date: 11/4/2013 11:54:58 AM Event ID: 1012 Task Category: None Level: Information User: SYSTEM Computer: WIN8TEST.contoso.com Description: Folder Redirection configuration is being controlled by WMI configuration class Win32_FolderRedirectionUserConfiguration.
In order to confirm if it's only the Folder Redirection or other components as well getting controlled by WMI, we ran the powershell command "gwmi Win32_UserStateConfigurationControls" and found that all components i.e. Folder Redirection / Offline Files / Roaming User Profiles were controlled by WMI. =================================================== __GENUS : 2 __CLASS : Win32_UserStateConfigurationControls __SUPERCLASS : __DYNASTY : Win32_UserStateConfigurationControls __RELPATH : Win32_UserStateConfigurationControls=@ __PROPERTY_COUNT : 3 __DERIVATION : {} __SERVER : WIN8TEST __NAMESPACE : root\cimv2 __PATH : \\WIN8TEST\root\cimv2:Win32_UserStateConfigurationControls=@ FolderRedirection : 1 OfflineFiles : 1 RoamingUserProfile : 1 PSComputerName : WIN8TEST ===================================================
Now the question is, what this WMI Class "Win32_FolderRedirectionUserConfiguration" has to do with Folder redirection?
In order to answer that, everyone should be aware of the fact that with Windows 8 we have introduced new WMI classes to manage and query Folder Redirection and Remote User Profiles configuration using WMI controls. These WMI classes are mentioned below:
The redirection properties of a known folder
The health of a known folder that is being redirected
The health configuration properties for a known folder that is being redirected
The user's folder redirection configuration settings
Represents a roaming profile background upload operation
The roaming profile configuration for a computer
The slow-link parameters for roaming profiles
Represents a roaming profile user configuration
Represents health configuration properties for all roaming user profiles on a computer
Represents a user profile
Contains properties that control the user state configuration for a computer. The property value settings for this class determine whether Group Policy or WMI should be the configuration mechanism for user state components.
So, the big question is - who is giving the control on FR/CSC/RUP to WMI? In all the cases that we have dealt with, we found that the machines were deployed and managed using SCCM. So there might be something in the SCCM configuration which is changing the default behavior and passing on the control to WMI. We looked into the System Center Configuration Manager and found the setting which might be causing all the pain. The exact configuration is mentioned below:
Under the SCCM Configuration manager, - Select Administration - Select Client Settings
- Pull up PROPERTIES of Default Client Settings configuration and click on Compliance Settings
- Enable User Data and Profiles mentioned above is the setting which drives the control of Folder Redirection and Remote User Profiles.
The above configuration by Default is set to NO. Once enabled (set to YES), it passes the control of Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and Remote User Profiles to WMI and stores this configuration under the registry path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UserState\UserStateTechnologies\ConfigurationControls
This is evident from the fact that FolderRedirection, OfflineFiles, and RoamingUserProfiles registry entry mentioned in the above snippet is set to 1.
More details about Managing UserState via System Center Configuration is documented under the articles mentioned below: - How to Create User Data and Profiles Configuration Items in Configuration Manager : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj591610.aspx - Example Scenario for User Data and Profiles Management in Configuration Manager : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj870707.aspx
To resolve the issue we need to change the value of "Enable User Data and Profiles" to NO under the Compliance settings in SCCM Configuration.
Another important fact that I need to point out is, changing the value of above registry entries to "0" will resolve the issue for a while on a client but the registry entries will automatically be flipped to 1 once the SCCM configuration client piece gets executed on the Win8 or Win8.1 machines. By default, this configuration runs every hour to pull changes from the System Center Configuration Manager server. So you have to make the change in System Center if you want it to stick.
Most customers don't realize what they are doing when they set this value to YES, so they will want to make sure it is set to NO in their environments. If a customer does want to use it, then they will need to make sure they are managing Folder Redirection through WMI and not through Group Policy or they will run into the problems mentioned above.
Getting Rid of Pesky STOP Errors
Hotfix released to correct a crash in TCP/IP.
Here is a fix you will want to test and then deploy to your servers as soon as you can. For the past few months we have been tracking a large number of cases where servers would crash (blue screen) with a STOP 0xD1 error. We've been tracking this issue for a long time, but we were never able to figure out what exactly caused it because it only happened under specific circumstances on multiprocessor computers It took us so long to figure this out. Those conditions used to be pretty rare but as multiprocessor computers are now the norm, problem frequency has increased. We now have a hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 available just in time for the holidays.
Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 versions of the same hotfix are being tested and will be released in January 2014 if the testing pans out.
Making the kids play nice together
Roaming profiles now coexist properly for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 computers.
Some of you may recall a blog post from one of our friends in PFE about problems roaming user profiles between computers running Windows 7 and Windows 8. In the original blog, we presented a workaround that, while it helped, was not really a fix for the issue.
Well, now we have a fix for the issue. Two of them, rather. I'll explain.
To set expectations: Windows 8 uses a new profile format (just like Windows 7 had a new format when compared to XP). Windows 8.1 uses a third (or fourth) new profile format. So, if you want to move data between computers running Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, you will need to use Folder Redirection…. OR you can consider using the cool new feature called Work Folders, which we'll be adding support for Windows 7 in the coming months. But if you don't do one of these things, then the two profiles are separate – no data gets shared between the two OS versions.
KB 2887239 and KB 2890783 allow roaming profiles to "roam" properly even if you're in a mixed OS environment. That means users will be able to log in seamlessly to different devices without having to follow the workaround mentioned in Mark's blog post.
Last, but definitely not least: We're hiring.
I mentioned at the start of this that the last few months for us in DS (and really in all of support) have been "All Hands on Deck". And while things slow down a little over the holidays, we have more work to do than we have hands and minds to do it right now.
So we're hiring. If you're the sort of person who enjoys fixing hard problems, who likes getting into the guts of how software works, and who's not afraid to constantly be asked to learn something new, you really should check out our careers page. There are positions available in Charlotte, NC, in Las Colinas, TX, and in Fargo, ND. And this isn't just for DS – it's for all of our Windows support teams (and others). If you're interested, look for Support Engineer positions and send in your resume.
What we do is possibly the most technically demanding and challenging infrastructure job there is. Every day we work on problems that impact hundreds or thousands of users out there in the world, and some with more impact with that. It's not an *easy* job. But it is a very fulfilling one.
If you're interested in applying, check out these two blog posts we put up a while back, and we'll look forward to talking to you.
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Update (8/19/13):
We have republished MS13-066 with a corrected version of the hotfixes that contributed to this problem. If you had held off on installing the update, it should be safe to install on all of your ADFS servers now.
The updated security bulletin is here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS13-066
Thanks everyone for your patience with this one. If anyone is still having trouble after installing the re-released update, please call us and open a support case so that our engineers can get you working again!
Hi everyone, Adam and JR here with an important announcement.
We're tracking an important issue in support where some customers who have installed security update MS13-066 on their AD FS 2.0 servers are experiencing authentication outages. This is due to a dependency within the security update on certain versions of the AD FS 2.0 binaries. Customers who are already running ADFS 2.0 RU3 before installing the update should not experience any issues.
We have temporarily suspended further downloads of this security update until we have resolved this issue for all ADFS 2.0 customers.
Our Security and AD FS product team are working together to resolve this with their highest priority. We'll have more news for you soon in a follow-up post. In the meantime, here is what we can tell you right now.
What to Watch For
If you have installed KB 2843638 or KB 2843639 on your AD FS server, you may notice the following symptoms:
The Federation Service encountered an error while processing the WS-Trust request. Request type: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/RST/Issue Additional Data Exception details: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not loadtype 'Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.XmlSignature.AsymmetricSignatureOperatorsDelegate' from assembly 'Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=22.214.171.124, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. at Microsoft.IdentityServer.Service.SecurityTokenService.MSISSecurityTokenService..ctor(SecurityTokenServiceConfiguration securityTokenServiceConfiguration) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType) at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Configuration.SecurityTokenServiceConfiguration.CreateSecurityTokenService() at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceContract.CreateSTS() at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceContract.CreateDispatchContext(Message requestMessage, String requestAction, String responseAction, StringtrustNamespace, WSTrustRequestSerializer requestSerializer, WSTrustResponseSerializer responseSerializer, WSTrustSerializationContext serializationContext) at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceContract.BeginProcessCore(Message requestMessage, WSTrustRequestSerializer requestSerializer, WSTrustResponseSerializer responseSerializer, String requestAction, String responseAction, String trustNamespace, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.XmlSignature.AsymmetricSignatureOperatorsDelegate' from assembly 'Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=18.104.22.168, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. at Microsoft.IdentityServer.Service.SecurityTokenService.MSISSecurityTokenService..ctor(SecurityTokenServiceConfiguration securityTokenServiceConfiguration)
What to do if the problem occurs:
We'll update this blog post with more information as it becomes available, including links to any followup posts about this problem.
Hi All!
My name is Saurabh Koshta and I am with the Core Team at Microsoft. Currently I work in the client space so supporting all aspects of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is my primary role.
We very often get calls from customers who are evaluating Windows 8/Windows 8.1 for deployment, but are concerned about some of the changes in the UI that may confuse their users. A typical concern we hear is that users are used to having shortcuts on the desktop for Computer, Documents, and Network. So, I wanted to take a minute to show you how you can easily add those shortcuts (or others) to desktops using Group Policy Preferences.
I have an OU in my domain called "Domain Computers", which has Windows 8 machines.
The next step is to create a policy and link in to the "Domain Computers" OU. In this case it is called "Shortcut"
Edit the policy and go to the following location:
Computer Configuration -- > Preferences -- > Windows Settings -- > Shortcuts
Highlight Shortcuts and on the right pane, right click and select new Shortcut
In the 'New Shortcut Properties', make the following changes so the values look like below:
1. Action : Update
2. Target type : Shell Object
3. Location : All Users Desktop
4. For Target object, click on the browse option and then chose 'Computer'
5. Name : My Computer
Leave rest of the options as default. Once you have made all the changes, it would look like below:
Similarly for Network the options are:
4. For Target object, click on the browse option and then chose 'Network'
5. Name : My Network Places
And for Libraries the options are:
4. For Target object, click on the browse option and then chose 'Libraries'
5. Name : My Documents
So we have the following three shortcuts
Restart the client and once logged in with a domain user, the desktop would have the three shortcuts as listed above and it would look something like below:
The above steps also work with Windows 8.1. Here is how it looks:
Hope you all find this information useful.
Saurabh Koshta
Hi! Its Linda Taylor here again from the Directory Services Escalation team in the UK. In this post, I want to tell you – We are hiring in the UK!!
Would you like to join the UK Escalation Team and work on the most technically challenging and interesting Active Directory problems? Do you want to be the next "Ned Pyle"?
Then read more…
We are an Escalation Team based in Microsoft Campus in Reading (UK). We are part of Microsoft Global Business Support and we work with enterprise customers helping them resolve the most critical Active Directory infrastructure problems as well as enabling our customers to get the best of Microsoft Windows and Identity related technologies. The work we do is no ordinary support – we work with a huge variety of customer environments and there are rarely two problems which are the same. We are the experts in our field and we work closely with the product group to help make Windows and all our other technologies better.
You will need strong AD knowledge, great customer services skill, strong troubleshooting skills and great collaboration and team work.
You can find more of the job details here:
[Editor's note: Everything Mark mentions for Windows 8 clients here is also true for Windows 8.1 clients. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 clients use the same (v3) profile version, so the 8.1 upgrade will not prevent this from happening if you have roaming profiles in your environment. Something to be aware of if you're planning to migrate users over to the new OS version. -David]
Hi. It's Mark Renoden, Senior Premier Field Engineer in Sydney, Australia here again. Today I'll offer a workaround for an issue that's causing a number of customers around the world a degree of trouble. It turns out to be reasonably easy to fix, perhaps just not so obvious.
The Problem
The knowledge base article "Unpredictable behavior if you migrate a roaming user profile from Windows 8 to Windows 7" - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2748329 states:
Windows 7 and Windows 8 use similar user profile formats, which do not support interoperability when they roam between computers that are running different versions of Windows. When a user who has a windows 7 profile signs in to a Windows 8-based computer for the first time, the user profile is updated to the new Windows 8 format. After this occurs, the user profile is no longer compatible with Windows 7-based computers. See the "More information" section for detailed information about how this issue affects roaming and mandatory profiles.
This sort of problem existed between Windows XP and Windows Vista/7 but was mitigated by Windows Vista/7 using a profile that used a .v2 extension. The OS would handle storing the separate profiles automatically for you when roaming between those OS versions. With Windows 7 and Windows 8, both operating systems use roaming profiles with a .v2 extension, even though Windows 8 is actually writing the profile in a newer format.
Mark's Workaround
The solution is to use separate roaming profiles for each operating system by utilizing an environment variable in the profile path.
File server for profiles:
Active Directory:
Note:As an alternative to separate OUs, a WMI filter may be used to filter according to Operating System:
Windows 7 - SELECT version FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version LIKE "6.1%" and ProductType = "1″
Windows 8 - SELECT version FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version LIKE "6.2%" and ProductType = "1″
3. Edit Win7GPO
4. Edit Win8GPO
5. Set user profile paths to \\Server\ProfilesShare\%OSVer%\%username%\
2. Log in as users and you'll observe that different user profiles are created in the appropriate folder in the profiles share depending on client OS
I haven't run into any issues in testing but this might be one of those cases where it's important to use "wait for network". My testing suggests that using "create" as the action on the environment variable mitigates any timing issues. This is because after the environment variable is created for the machine, this variable persists across boots and doesn't depend on GPP re-application.
You may also wish to consider the use (and testing) of a folder redirection policy to provide users with their data as they cross between Windows 7 and Windows 8 clients. While I have tested this to work with"My Documents", there may be varying degrees of success here depending on how Windows 8's modern apps fiddle with things.
- Mark "Square Peg in a Round Hole" Renoden
Hi everyone, David here with a quick announcement.
Yesterday, MSRC announced a timeframe for deprecation of built-in support for certificates that use the MD5 signature hash. You can find more information here:
Along with this announcement, we've released a framework which allows enterprises to test their environment for certificates that might be blocked as part of the upcoming changes (Microsoft Security Advisory 2862966). This framework also allows future deprecation of other weak cryptographic algorithm to be streamlined and managed via registry updates (pushed via Windows Update).
Some Technical Specifics:
This change affects certificates that are used for the following:
For code signing certificates, we will allow signed binaries that were signed before March 2009 to continue to work, even if the signing cert used MD5 signature hash algorithm.
Note: Only certificates issued under a root CA in the Microsoft Root Certificate program are affected by this change. Enterprise issued certificates are not affected (but should still be updated).
What this means for you:
1) If you're using certificates that have an MD5 signature hash (for example, if you have older web server certificates that used this hashing algorithm), you will need to update those certificates as soon as possible. The update is planned to release in February 2014; make sure anything you have that is internet facing has been updated by then.
You can find out what signature hash was used on a certificate by simply pulling up the details of that certificate's public key on any Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 machine. Look for the signature hash algorithm that was used. (The certificate in my screenshot uses sha1, but you will see md5 listed on certificates that use it).
If you are on Server Core or have an older OS, you can see the signature hash algorithm by using certutil -v against the certificate.
2) Start double-checking your internal applications and certificates to insure that you don't have something older that's using an MD5 hash. If you find one, update it (or contact the vendor to have it updated).
3) Deploy KB 2862966 in your test and QA environments and use it to test for weaker hashes (You are using test and QA environments for your major applications, right?). The update allows you to implement logging to see what would be affected by restricting a hash. It's designed to allow you to get ahead of the curve and find the potential weak spots in your environment.
Sometimes security announcements like this can seem a little like overkill, but remember that your certificates are only as strong as the hashing algorithm used to generate the private key. As computing power increases, older hashing algorithms become easier for attackers to crack, allowing them to more easily fool computers and applications into allowing them access or executing code. We don't release updates like this lightly, so make sure you take the time to inspect your environments and fix the weak links, before some attacker out there tries to use them against you.
--David "Security is everyone's business" Beach
Over at the Filecab blog, AskDS alum and all-around nice guy Ned Pyle has posted the first of several blogs about new features coming your way in Windows Server 2012 R2. If you're a DFS administrator or just curious, go take a look!
Ned promises more posts in the near future, and Filecab is near and dear to our hearts here in DS (they make a bunch of things we support), so if you don't already have it on your RSS feed list, it might be a good time to add it.


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UPDATE: Ice warning for Cumbria and Lancashire as power returns to 8,000 homes following severe gales
Updated 1:30pm Saturday 15th February 2014 in News
THE Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ice across north Lancashire and south Cumbria for this evening and Sunday morning.
Experts have warned motorists to be aware of slippery surfaces when driving.
The warning is in place from 8pm tonight until 10am on Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, power has been restored to all homes affected by this week's gales.
Electricity North West said more than 8,000 homes were affected in the county since the wind's peak on Wednesday night - but all had been restored by Saturday morning.
Yesterday The Met Office issued a yellow warning of snow in the North West - which was valid until 11.45pm.
The snow shut roads across the region including Wrynose Pass, which runs between the Duddon Valley and Little Langdale, and Hardknott Pass in the Eskdale Valley.
The B6270 from Nateby in North Yorkshire and the B6277 between Alston, in north Cumbria, and Durham have also been closed by police.
Train services through Cumbria, between Manchester and Carlisle, were delayed by up to an hour on Thursday because of an obstruction on the line between Preston and Lancaster.
The damage also led to some primary being forced to close due to loss of power and heat.
Lindal and Marton school was shut on Friday because of electricity problems.
Cumbria County Council tweeted Thursday morning to say Dent C of E Primary School and Greengate School, Barrow, were both shut.
On Wednesday, the area was battered by 80mph gales which caused damage to power lines and left thousands of homes in darkness in Kendal, Silverdale, Windermere, Cark and Grange.
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DERRY — After a successful media camp this summer, students are continuing to learn the ropes about creating a television program and working behind the cameras.
The Community Alliance for Teen Safety hosted its summer media camp and asked participants to further their media education by working side by side with Derry Community Television staff.
A series of classes was held organized by television producer Sean Zajac, culminating in a joint project allowing students to create their own content about CATS' mission in the community.
The student project took them to Derryfest last month where the five — all middle- and high-school students — learned about television reporting.
Students set up their own interviews with Derryfest vendors and were responsible for the entire process, including setting up the shots, creating interview content, asking business people about their products and what they thought about the community in general.
Zajac guided the students along the process. The interviews will be broadcast on Derry television in the weeks ahead.
More workshops with the youth are planned.
CATS director Sue Centner said the students' work was well done and she looks forward to working with them and Zajac on future youth-oriented projects.
"We are pleased to see the energy and creativity of the participants and are very excited about the upcoming workshops as an opportunity to highlight the youth skills and to produce media messages that may benefit their peers and the community," Centner said.
CATS hopes the interviews will generate awareness for the annual media camp and also will prepare students for future work within the organization.
Derry community television will continue to work with CATS to produce public service announcements.
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A Fabulous Beach Vacation at Windsong 5!
Review submitted: April 1, 2008 Date of arrival: March 1, 2008
This is a fabulous place to stay! Mexico Beach was beautiful, clean, white sugar sand, not overly commercial but not desolate either. People in town were very friendly.The beach was not crowded and we walked down the beach to find a good restaurant, Toucans, right on the beach. We also took our 3 teenagers parasailing which was a walk down the beach as well. Windsong 5 was the perfect beach house. The photos of the home don't do it justice. It's large, nicely decorated and has 2 refigerators, a well equipped kitchen and 2 wonderful decks overlooking the gulf. It's very clean and the beds are really comfortable. Marcia provided excellent communication with us and I have already recommended this place to friends. We will be back!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing
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Really a good place to go!!
Review submitted: September 17, 2012 Date of arrival: March 23, 2012
Would and have recommened for a great place to go! Less crowds and still sugar sand beaches.
Recommended for: families with young children, romantic getaway
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great location
Review submitted: September 13, 2012 Date of arrival: August 31, 2012
had a wonderful visit.perfect location.beach was beautiful. home is spacious and comfortable. kitchen well-equipped. nice layout with bedrooms well separated. owner very friendly and helpful. very open to suggestions for small improvements. snorkeling in st joes bay was a wonderful experience. will definitely stay here again.
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway
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An amazing place to stay
Review submitted: February 18, 2012 Date of arrival: April 9, 2011
I brought my family here for our very first vacation. I must say the owner was VERY friendly & helpful. The home was more than i could have asked for. It had everything we could have needed, all the way down to salt & pepper :) I really was shocked at how much nicer the inside was compared to the pictures. It was very clean & family (small children)friendly. We never felt uncomfortable, we felt at home. Very peaceful! The beach was really close & perfect for swimming. We saw a few dolphins in the early mornings. I would definetly go back & planned on it until i just looked at the dates this year & it's booked for the wk i wanted :( It's affordable & beautiful!!! Thank you for the best vacation!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Review submitted: March 19, 2010 Date of arrival: March 19, 2010
This was our first try at renting a home for a months holiday. It will not be our last. We had a fabulous time walking the beach, sightseeing, golfing and meeting some of the nicest people we have met on our travels. Your home was as promised and exceeded any of our expectations. It was clean, comfortable, well equipped and decorated beautifully. We really enjoyed the beach theme.
Thank you for the use of your home.
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Review submitted: November 26, 2007 Date of arrival: November 1, 2007
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Windsong 5. This property was beautifully decorated in a very "beachy" theme and was very clean. You couldn't ask for better direct access to the beach. We enjoyed cooking a Thanksgiving dinner of fresh shrimp from the local supplier who sells it from his front yard (yes, it was actually really good quality and tasted wonderful). I would recommend this property to anyone who wants a quiet vacation with plenty of room to relax.
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Review submitted: August 9, 2006 Date of arrival: August 1, 2006
We had a great time at this condo. With 3 porches and 2 living areas, there was plenty of room to spread out. All the beds were comfortable. The kitchen is very well appointed, and has all the equipment to cook almost any meal. The condo faces the beach, and you can hear the waves while sitting on one of the porches.
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Review submitted: June 4, 2006 Date of arrival: June 1, 2006
The pictures on your website do not do this home justice. You have a absolutely lovely home. We were able to really relax and enjoy ourselves. The whole house was really clean and well taken care of. The views were gorgeous. The short walk to the beach was wonderful. The men really enjoyed walking to the pier and joining the other fisherman. While the women and children enjoyed the beautiful beach and clear water. We would definitely stay here again.
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Review submitted: May 21, 2006 Date of arrival: May 1, 2006
We had the best time in this little town! The house was so spacious and nicly decorated. The kitchen had everything we could ask for. I would greatly recommend this townhouse.
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Review submitted: April 12, 2006 Date of arrival: April 1, 2006
Absolutely fell in love Mexico Beach and this property. Whether enjoying the view from the decks or walking on the sugary white sand every day was spectacular. How wonderful it was to gather a bunch of cousins from all over the country and have room to either gather together, or curl up in a quiet spot with a good book. All of the beds are super comfortable so no one had to flip a coin to see who had to sleep on a bad mattress. The kitchen had everything we needed to make great meals, when we weren't overeating at all the fine local restaurants. Not a stop light or fast food joint in town. FABULOUS!
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Review submitted: May 28, 2005 Date of arrival: May 1, 2005
We just arrived home from one of the best trips we have ever taken to the beach. At the top of the list for the reason is the wonderful accomodations we had. The pictures on the web do not do this unit justice. It is beautiful and the most comfortable place we have ever stayed. I am already recomending it to family and friends. If you have fishermen in your family and even if you don't this is the unit for you. It is so close to the pier that you can watch people from your deck reeling in the big ones. My boys loved it staying on the pier late into the night having the time of their lives. I can't tell you enough how wonderful this place is. Even though it it beautifully decorated you don't feel like you have to walk around on egg shells. The outside of the unit is decieving as to the size. It is very large. We had so much room that my children never even argued. That is worth alot. My family will never even look for another place at Mexico Beach. This is it, we have found the perfect spot. Thank you for a wonderful time. It was PERFECT. The bed in the master bedroom was the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in and we own a temperpedic sweedish mattress at home so that is saying alot. Thanks again. I could go on and on.......
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Injuries? If the Bucs lose Clayborn, Bowers, or McCoy again this defense is screwed. And if Revis isn't the same still screwed. And if Martin gets injured, screwed. No depth to this team at all.
Chase got sucked in on this one. You'll just never recover those precious minutes spent trying to figure out what the heck he is saying. Qaz, go back to school homie.
Why should the experts and media predict the Bucs to make the playoffs based on our track record and what we have done this offseason. No doubt we'll be improved but we dont have much of any depth whatsoever. No matter how you feel about Freeman, if he goes down for any length of time I think we'd all agree we are in big trouble. Same with Doug Martin. We just dont have any depth at RB. Secondary should be better but pass rush still is a big question mark, no? And I dont franklhy see what we have done to improve it with personnel. If we cant get to the QB it won't matter how many Revis we have in the secondary. I feel optimistic about our Bucs' chances this season but i cant honestly make a super strong case for the Bucs making the playoffs in our tough conference and division, and i can probably make a stronger case for why they won't make it. But I think 5-11 is going to be way off the mark. Even with injuries i think we'll go 7-9 or 8-8 at worst.
Quote from: GrimmReaper on July 03, 2013, 08:10:29 AMChase got sucked in on this one. You'll just never recover those precious minutes spent trying to figure out what the heck he is saying. Qaz, go back to school homie.I don't know if it is him just trying too hard to sound clever, the broken english, or a combo of the two...but it seems that there are many here that have no clue WTF he is talking about. He is becoming BucsWTF-like with the longwinded "Wut?" type responses. All he needs to do is add in some extended line breaks and cheesy jokes and he will be a WTF clone.
Yeah, gotta be a translator of some kind. I keep expecting him to try to sell me a purse or knockoff jersey at any second.
Sorry QaZ, but your posts are starting to give me a headache. I'm jumping off the hamster wheel because even if I arrived at a position where you agree with what I say, it seems you will still try to argue about sandwiches and homeless people....and find a better translator, bro.


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Assessment service
This service enables organizations to assess their Pilots' and ATCOs' level of English language proficiency in an aviation context. This is the critical first step for any organization to create an action plan. The objective of the assessment is to evaluate pronunciation, structure, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension and interaction. A consolidated report with recommendations for training is then provided to the organization.
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The essential principle is that one learns to speak a language by speaking it. From the moment candidates begin a course, they use the target language exclusively in class. Grammatical structures and items of vocabulary are presented in such a way that they are either immediately intelligible or can be made immediately intelligible using only material that has already been taught. Though candidates must obviously start out with very simple, concrete steps, this building block approach allows them to progress step-by-step to the most complex, abstract ideas.
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Total Immersion: Designed for one candidate, lessons last a full day and continue from two to six weeks in an English-speaking environment. Available locations are Toronto, Vancouver (Canada) and London (UK).
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Level 3 (low) 216 162
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---- — Hunters are in the woods across New York state for deer and bear season, experiencing one of their most anticipated times of the year.
Hikers are out on wooded trails, enjoying their final days of adventure before winter sets in.
How sad it would be to have such exciting and tradition-filled activities turn tragic. But every year, somewhere across the state, someone is injured or killed this time of year purely because they were mistaken for prey.
Alvin Reiner, who writes and takes pictures for the Press-Republican, enjoys time in the outdoors. He described this recent experience: "This past weekend, when hiking Baxter Mountain, I encountered 25 to 30 hikers (some in small groups, some solo) of all ages, of which only three were wearing any article of clothing that was either orange or red.
"One gentleman around 20 years of age, who seemed to lack any sense, wore a hat/head covering that resembled a moose," Alvin lamented.
"In the past, red was the color of choice, and it, as well as other bright colors, help people to be visible once the leaves are off the trees."
For many years now, government experts and hunting organizations have been recommending one simple act to keep more people safe in the woods: Wear hunter orange.
The Department of Environmental Conservation points out that: "While not required by law in New York state, more than 80 percent of big-game hunters, as well as two out of three small-game hunters, wear hunter orange.
"Deer do not have red-sensitive cone cells in their eyes and can't tell red or orange from green and brown," DEC ensures. "Deer have different sensitivity to various wavelengths of light than humans. Deer see short wavelength colors such as blue (and even ultra-violet, which humans cannot even see) brighter than humans do, but deer are less sensitive to longer wavelengths, such as orange and red, so these colors look darker to deer.
"Hunter orange prevents other hunters from mistaking a person for an animal or shooting in your direction."
DEC goes on to say that people wearing hunter orange are seven times less likely to be shot.
"During the past 10 years, not one person who was wearing hunter orange was mistaken for game and killed in New York," DEC reports. "On the contrary, big-game hunters who were involved in firearm-related incidents were not wearing hunter orange."
That is sound evidence that wearing hunter orange — readily available in area sporting-goods stores, including Gander Mountain and Dick's — saves lives while not inhibiting the ability to hunt.
Make the smart choice. For the sake of your family and others who care about you, make sure you are wearing hunter orange when you pose with that trophy deer.


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Summer is almost here, and that means lots of people will be hitting the roads on vacation. But before you go, don't forget to give your car a little TLC to get it ready for the highway. After a few months of colder conditions, your vehicle needs help getting ready to handle the summer heat. Derek Cassey, manager of Midtown Tire in Toco Hills, says when it's 90 degrees outside, it's almost double that under your hood. He says you should focus on your electrical system, and things like your battery, alternator and coolant levels.Cassey says there's a lot you can do yourself, like checking your fluids and your wiper blades. He says you should make sure they're smooth and not cracking on the ends. And don't forget about your tire pressure. That can save you money. The tread on your tires, or the lack thereof, can also be a hidden danger. Cassey says the less tread you have, the higher your chance of hydroplaning. Just remember to use the penny test. If you place the penny in your tire's tread and you can still see the top of Abraham Lincoln's head, it's time for new tires.Experts say the longer your road trip, the higher the chance that something could go wrong with your car. So, having it checked out is even more important.
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CALLING all photographers, submit your pics of Hurricane Katia swell to win FCS travel gear plus a photographic commission. We're looking for your best efforts at capturing Hurricane Katia's ferocity.
Forecast to roll up and round the Atlantic, Katia, is a heavy low of cyclonic power which should deliver surf to most of the North Atlantic rim as it makes the rare transition to an extratropical hurricane (warm to cold core) and spins out towards Europe.
Top three efforts win a pile of primo gear from FCS, plus the top shooter gets a bells and whistles commission for magicseaweed.
You can upload your pics HERE we'll consider all images uploaded from the region as eligible until the swell stops. We'll be running galleries of all your images as they drop in before notifying you of the final submission deadline (probably around mid September). All photos need to be 1000px at their widest point.
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Katia swell hitting Barbabos ... Yesterday © 2014 TarikB
Hurricane Katia has already started to deliver decent clean ground swell to much of the Western rim of the Atlantic. As the storm develops our eyes turn to its future as it moves north. Fuelled by warm seas and humid air, tropical storms normally die a death as they head north, occasionally seeing a second life as a conventional cold core system as they hit the jetstream somewhere between Canada and Greenland.
In this case the storm hits an unseasonably low jet, forecast to sit between North Carolina and New York and with an intense jet streak intensifying and drawing the system up north east past Ireland. The result is good potential for a transition from warm to cold core for this storm while maintaining Hurricane intensity.
The result - potentially significant swell for Europe as well as the US and Canada. Uncomfortably large for Ireland and the UK, serious for mainland Europe and sending a blast of unseasonably early long period swell down as far as Morocco.
As we mentioned in our last update this is all still theory. The storm hasn't changed track yet and if things change the swell isn't yet on it's way, but the signs are generally positive with good model consensus for the storms development.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Days before the July Fourth holiday, Holly Petraeus stood on the steps of the imposing Indiana War Memorial, in front of a bank of cameras, and made a plea to military families: Don't let pride stand in the way of asking for help.
It was a striking message from a reserved woman who seemed at unease in the spotlight.
Petraeus knows about damaged pride and a military culture that abhors weakness. In late 2012, her husband, former CIA director and retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, suffered a fall from grace after admitting his role in an extramarital affair.
The public shaming must have been almost unbearable for the family, but Holly Petraeus stayed warrior-strong. She continued in her job advocating for military families who, after the longest period of warfare in U.S. history, too often find themselves in financial trouble, victimized by financial scams and illegal foreclosures.
Invited by Indiana's U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly to meet with Hoosier military families, Petraeus visited Indianapolis in her role as assistant director of service-member affairs at the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
She talked about her work monitoring the complaints of military families and her office's crackdown on illegal foreclosures on active-duty members. She described aggressive debt-collection practices that frighten military families.
Their money problems are real: A 2012 Defense Department report said 27 percent of military families have more than $10,000 in credit card debt, compared with 16 percent of all Americans. Nearly a third of enlisted personnel and junior non-commissioned officers patronize easy-credit, high-cost lenders, it found. And indebtedness is the top reason for revoking a soldier's security clearance.
Petraeus said she and her small staff field many calls from service members who are threatened with de-ranking or to have their security clearance pulled if they cannot pay their debts. Those calls often come late in the process, she said, long after mortgaged homes are under water or when penalties of unpaid debts have piled up.


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Fort Wayne Derby Girls and Indiana Tech Team Up for a Good Cause
(April 20, 2009) The Fort Wayne Derby Girls and Indiana Tech are teaming up to raise money for Hoosier Burn Camp and the Liz/Jas Scholarship Fund. The two organizations will host a charity bout on Saturday, April 25, at the Schaefer Center on the Indiana Tech Campus. The bout will feature The Fort Wayne Derby Girls split into two exhibition teams, which will go head-to-head in fast-paced, flat-track roller derby action for fans. On Saturday, the doors open at 5pm and the bout begins at 6pm. Tickets are $5 at the door.
To find out more about your local derby girls, visit www.fwderbygirls.com.
About Fort Wayne Derby Girls Inc.
Fort Wayne is at the pinnacle of Indiana's roller derby resurgence. Since October 2005, the Fort Wayne Derby Girls, a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, has raised $35,000 for local women's and children's charities. Charities benefiting from its efforts include: SCAN, Erin's House, Charis House, Sexual Assault Treatment Center, Hoosier Burn Camp, Great Lakes Burn Camp, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity- Women Build, Easter Seals ARC, Turnstone Center for Disabled Children, Victim's Assistance Program, Make A Wish Foundation, Ft Wayne Women's Bureau and Crossroad Children's Home.
About Hoosier Burn Camp (HBC)
When a child sustains a burn injury, their life is changed forever. HBC, founded in 1997, was started to provide peer support for these children. Summer camp is a special experience for all children, but HBC combines the "good old fashion fun of summer camp" with the life skills kids need to fully recover from a serious trauma of burn injuries. The cost to send one child to camp is $1000.00 per week. Our donation will help defray some of the cost to operate HBC. To find out more, visit www.hoosierburncamp.org.


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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – A Pennington County jury has convicted a 34-year-old Rapid City man of raping a young girl.
The Rapid City Journal reports that a jury on Friday found Jesse Johnson guilty of first-degree rape, sexual contact with a child under 13 and aggravated incest. Johnson was arrested in February 2012. He's being held without bond in the Pennington County Jail.
The 9-year-old victim testified during the trial that the abuse started when she was 6 years old and continued for at least 18 months.
Johnson faces a maximum penalty of life in prison for the first-degree rape conviction. Sentencing is set for July 15.
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By Heather Bremer
For The Herald Bulletin
PENDLETON, Ind. — Pendleton Heights snapped a five-game losing streak Friday, running roughshod over Muncie Southside on its way to a 62-27 victory.
Senior Jim Arney gained 151 yards on 12 carries and scored three touchdowns to lead the rejuvenated Arabians offense. Eight PH rushers combined for 295 yards against the Rebels after not reaching a combined 100 yards in the previous five games. Coach John Broughton, sporting a bright pink shirt in support of the first Pink Out for Cancer Game, thought the Arabians ran the ball better but didn't want too get to "giddy" about it.
"We were running against a poor defense. But our young kids needed that. We've got two freshmen on that offensive line. Two of the five are freshman and one's a sophomore. And then we got a junior and a senior so we have to get them some confidence. That helped us," Broughton said. "They're big kids, so they're going to playing for us down the road but we need them to play now. They gotta play now. They did a nice job blocking up front."
Noah Etchison (70 yards) and quarterback Jesse Furrow also had a rushing touchdown each for the Arabians.
The improved PH running game opened up the passing game for Furrow, who was a perfect 6-of-6 for 209 yards and three touchdowns. Chandler Wilson accounted for 108 yards of that total on just two catches that both resulted in touchdowns. Brandon Riggs also had one touchdown catch of 31 yards.
Senior Eren Davis scored the Arabians' special teams touchdown with a spectacular 77-yard kickoff return in the first quarter. Muncie South didn't let him get his hands on the ball again.
"They don't want to kick deep to our kids. They gave us the ball at midfield because we're pretty good back there," Broughton said. "We ran three back last week and one this week. Eren got a hold of it, and he's got confidence right now, he and Chandler both."
Broughton admitted he was worried going into the game because the Rebels had faced and lost to many of the same teams that defeated the Arabians. Muncie South has a dangerous weapon in quarterback Josh Strauch, who ran for 190 yards on 25 carries and averaged 7.6 yards a carry. He also was 10-of-24 from 145 yards and three touchdowns. While Broughton thinks he's got a good football team in some areas, he says one of those areas is not defense.
"We just really have to do a better job of covering the run. And I was a little disappointed in some of the pass defense when they threw the ball up for grabs we didn't have anybody there. We've got to play the ball better in the air when they throw it," Broughton said. "We have to do a better job of tackling. We get a guy to the ball carrier, then we don't bring him down and he breaks a tackle. We've got to be better tacklers."
The Arabians continue to work hard on defense every week, but Broughton just doesn't see a very physical football team. And PH has been hampered by injuries, missing 10 players last week and seven this week. With senior linebacker and leading tackler Matt Goff out for the season, the Arabians will have to pull together and fight hard to get their offense back on the field.
But there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. With about seven minutes left in the second quarter, the Rebels drove deep into Pendleton Heights territory and set themselves up with a first-and-goal at the 2-yard line. On first down, Strauch was held up by the Arabians at the one. Muncie South brought 185-pound freshman Terry Kuhns in for second down, but PH dropped him for a 1-yard loss. On third down, Strauch was stuffed again. Faced with fourth down, Strauch opted for the shotgun but missed his target.
"The goal line stand. That was cool. We haven't had that in awhile," Broughton said. "Good job by our goal line defense. We did one thing right on defense that's for sure."