Microsoft announces zero-day exploitable RDP flaw that gets full compromise of server. Expects worm to be available within thirty days. I get to gloat and say “I told you so” to all Microsoft admins everywhere.
Cisco ASA – New Models Ahoy
6th March 2012 by 8 Comments
Reading the release notes for ASA 8.6.1 today and noticed this about new models of Cisco ASA Firewalls.
Comment: Juniper Acquiring Mykonos Software
27th February 2012 by 1 Comment
Couple of days back, Juniper announced acquisition of Mykonos Software. After reviewing the web site I find that I’m interested in this acquisition as signal of change.
Why Firewalls Don’t Have Telnet or SSH Clients
13th May 2011 by 15 Comments
I found this on Cyber Corner blog:
Another missing ASA-feature: telnet and ssh client: “ Every single decent Cisco-device on earth has the ability to make an CLI-user jump to another device with telnet or ssh. Except the ASA. I really wish that this feature could be added. Right now I am troubleshooting a firewall and from where I am right now the only way in is to SSH to the ASA. I can do whatever I want inside the firewall from my SSH-window, but I need to access a router inside of that firewall, and if this feature wasn´t missing i could simply run ‘ssh ip-address’ to jump to the switch´s CLI.
Am I the last CLI-.guy on this planet? Please, Cisco?
Internets of Interest:21 Apr 11
21st April 2011 by 4 Comments
Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 21 Apr 11:
Outburst: Cisco Catalyst 6500 ASA Services Module
31st March 2011 by 22 Comments
The Cisco C6500 ASA Service Module finally announced. It’s been a long wait, here are my review notes for what little information we have on the product.
Cisco SecureX – Nothing but Empty Words ?
29th March 2011 by 7 Comments
Apparently SecureX is “Context Aware Enforcement”. It’s also Cisco’s current security strategy ( is that three or four in the last three years ? ). So it’s something we should probably be aware of. Right ?
I’m coming up with nothing.
Citrix Branch Repeater Authentication With Cisco TACACS+
4th March 2011 by 2 Comments
I have been looking about for documentation on how to configure TACACS authentication with a Citrix Branch Repeater, however so far I have only been able to find documentation for NetScaler. So I have setup a LAB and decided to write the documentation myself. For those who cannot be bothered to read this post there [...]
Verifiying IPsec and SSL Performance of ASA Firewall
27th February 2011 by 3 Comments
It’s difficult to a get any documentation from Cisco that confirms the forwarding performance of the ASA firewall. However, once you have got a unit, the “show crypto acclerator statistics” is a handy way to verify and check the hardware performance of your ASA. I think that most of this output is self-explanatory so I’m [...]
End of Life Notice for Cisco CS-MARS Questions CiscoíS Commitment to Security.
8th December 2010 by 11 Comments
Cisco announces End Of Life for CS-MARS. Whither goes Cisco’s commitment to Security ?
