Instance Name Username Password Console type Cisco ASA 802 no passwd, hit enter telnet Cisco ASA 8.4.2, 9.1.5 no passwd, hit enter telnet Cisco ASAv no passwd, hit enter telnet Cisco IPS cisco ciscoips123 telnet Cisco WSA admin ironport telnet/http://ip:8080 Cisco ESA admin ironport telnet/https Cisco WAAS admin default telnet SourceFire/FirePower 5.4 FMC … Read more
After the disk has been extended, then rescan for changes. This guide is based on the SDA disk and the 3 partition. Change the device and partition to match your needs Rescan for changes in the sda disk Extend the partition and disk EXT4 XFS
In today’s interconnected digital landscape, safeguarding sensitive data and maintaining robust security measures is paramount for businesses of all sizes. For organizations utilizing Microsoft Active Directory, implementing a tiering model can provide a structured approach to securing critical assets and services. In this blog post, we’ll delve into Microsoft’s Active Directory tiering model and explore … Read more
Quality of Service (QoS) is a fundamental technology in networks that require reliable and predictable data delivery. It allows for traffic prioritization and management, ensuring that critical applications and services function at their best. At the heart of QoS lies the Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP), which defines the level of service for IP packets. … Read more
In the grand tapestry of the internet, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) plays the pivotal role of the postal service, ensuring data packets are delivered through the most efficient routes across autonomous systems (AS). Understanding how BGP makes routing decisions is crucial for network administrators aiming to optimize network performance and reliability. This blog post demystifies … Read more
Initiating Debug Mode To kick off debug logging from the get-go, prepend your rsyslog.conf file with these lines. This ensures debug logging activates immediately upon the rsyslog service launching: After implementing the above and restarting rsyslog, it will start generating a detailed debug log. Note: Debug logging can quickly consume disk space, leading to potential … Read more
When using domain services through a firewall the RPC ports must be limited from the range 1025-65535 to specific ports. Windows registry settings, must be implemented at least on domain controllers. It can be a advantage to implement the RPC settings on the Certificate servers, file servers and the servers that are using dynamic rpc … Read more
As businesses increasingly rely on digital services and technologies, the need for reliable and available systems has never been more critical. Service Level Agreements (SLAs) play a pivotal role in ensuring the performance and availability of these systems. One key metric used to measure reliability is expressed in the number of nines, with 3 nines, … Read more
Maintenance Mode indicates that the system is unable to detect the hard drives, the hard drives cannot be correctly mounted, or the disk is experiencing corruption. If the hard drives have no physical issues this can be fixed by repairing the file system:Note: this command will reboot the system. If the file system repair does … Read more
First install socat Execute the following command where <backend> and <Server> are replaced Example We can verify the servers with socat with the following command We get the following output We can see the srv_op_state has changed to the value 0, the srv_admin_state next to it has changed from 0 to 1. That combo is … Read more