Recently updated to Windows 10, version 1809, removed the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) that were previously installed. This is common with such updates, however, this time around I was unable to reinstall the tools. After much digging, I discovered that this is because Microsoft has made the RSAT tools a part of the “Features on […]
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Nothing new here . Just wanted to share some commands I are useful when performing network or direct systems testing using the nmap tool. The commands below will all display scan results in console while also saving to file. Discover live hosts: nmap -n -sn -PE -oA live_hosts 10.0.0.0/24 Discover open TCP ports: nmap -sS […]
The following tech short will provide a list of commands used to enable debugging in Checkpoint’s R77.30 Firewall. To start you must SSH into firewall host (or active member). To turn on VPN debug from the expert mode: # vpn debug trunc At this point you want to test your VPN connection and verify that […]
Listen ‘tracert’ its not you, its me… I am not ending my long term relationship with the diagnostic tools which I have used for many years now. I am just exploring others, and in doing so going on a “break”. I recently starting using PowerShell more often and wondered is there a tool which can do […]
One of my new kids on the block asked me a question tonight; “Jermal, how do I get the mx record of a domain?” To retrieve mx record information we need to use a tool called nslookup which is available in Windows and Linux The quick syntax use is nslookup [-option] [hostname] [server] Example of […]
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What’s Going on with TrueCrypt
As Bruce Schneier wrote “TrueCrypt WTF” I am curious about the status of TrueCrypt one of my favorite tools. There seems to be many summaries about this story . You can find them: Here on Slashdot Here on Hacker News Here on Reddit I am waiting for more details, lets see what plays out.