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OS X Yosemite / iOS8 Wi-Fi Issue

Re posted from Lifehacker OS X Yosemite has had a slew of issues with Wi-Fi, namely that connections are randomly dropping out or slowing down. Cause: The problem seems to stem from how Yosemite handles its Wi-Fi connection with AirDrop using a connection called AWDL. And if you’re affected by this, developer Mario Ciabarra has […]

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Actiontec Router Hidden UPnP and IGMP Menus

To keep my home network as secure as possible, I wanted to make sure that I had UPnP disabled. After jumping from one menu to the next I was able to search around (thanks Google) and find the hidden URL suffix to the pages I wanted. So why not share there here UpNP hidden Menu […]

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Setup Port Forwarding for L2TP and PPTP

So I setup a VPN Server for a friend. But what’s a VPN  Server if you are unable to access it form the outside world.  This is where opening ports on ones router / firewall is required. Rather than focus on a specific firewall vendor or appliance, I will just focus on the ports and […]

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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 […]