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Set Up Vyatta / Vyos as an L2TP/IPsec VPN Server

I need to configure a L2TP/IPSEC VPN Server for a friend. For this I used Vyatta, well its forked version Vyos   Network Access Requirements L2TP traffic – UDP 1701 Internet Key Exchange (IKE) – UDP 500 IPSec Network Address Translation (NAT-T) – UDP 4500   L2TP Setup set vpn l2tp remote-access outside-address X.X.X.X set […]

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Please disable POODLE in IIS, here is how

Here we are again with POODLE I’ve touched on it here: https://jermsmit.com/security-news-poodle-security-vulnerability/ Then secured up Apache here: https://jermsmit.com/secure-apache-httpd-from-poodle/ And even did some testing here: https://jermsmit.com/tech-short-lets-test-for-poodle-or-sslv3/ This time I am adding the steps used to secure-up some IIS Servers. Lets Start:  *note* These steps apply to Server 2003, 2008, 2012 Requirements:  Administrator Rights Registry Changes Reboot of Server Steps: […]

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Unmount local ISO before making it an OVF Template

So you have made an awesome system in VMware ESXi and exported it an OVF Template. Later to find that something has gone very wrong and the template will not import and gives you the following error: If you have encountered this it means that your Template was originally created with a ISO image still attached […]

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Custom .onion address

If you have used TOR you are all to familiar with lack of human memorable onion addresses. Recently Facebook has arrived on TOR officially with a hidden service address of fcebookcorewwwi.onion. So I started thinking; and thoughts went to into actions to create my own custom hidden service address. Using a program by the name […]

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Configuring Apache for Forward Secrecy

I was testing one of my SSL enabled sites after securing apache HTTPD from POODLE, when I noticed the following warning: The server does not support Forward Secrecy with the reference browsers To ensure I was operating at the best security level possible for my little site, I added the following to the apache2.conf (/etc/apache2/) […]

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Tech Short: What is my Lync 2010 Server Version?

So you are looking to upgrade; or at best update to a CU and well the first question in your mind is; what version of Lync am I running. This info can be obtained by the Lync Server Management Shell   Run the following command: Get-CsServerVersion and you now have your server version As always, […]