Security

  • splunk03

    Configure Splunk for Meraki MX

    In looking at firewall upgrades for home lab and network, I have been taking a look at a variety of firewalls. ย Recently, I was able to getย my hands on a Meraki MX64 to try out. ย Just a note here, I…

  • ut12.1_03

    Untangle 12.1 Review and Impressions

    So virtual firewalls and appliances are all the rage these days and there are many options to choose from. ย Historically, I have used a variety of different firewall/UTM platforms. ย I have always been a fan of the Untangle product as…

  • ec2sec01

    Add Cloudflare IPs Amazon EC2 Security Group

    If you are utilizing Cloudflare as your DNS/CDN provider for your website and you are utilizing an Amazon EC2 instance as your host, let’s take a quick look at the topic – how toย add cloudflare ips amazon EC2 security Group.…

  • npslog04

    Windows 2012 R2 NPS log files location configuration

    After a bit of frustration working on a project recently with a Windows 2012 R2 NPS RADIUS server, I had a bit of a refresher on Windows 2012 R2 NPS log files location configuration, administration and what I have experienced…

  • binoculars-354623_640

    Free Rogue Network Device Detection

    If you have ever looked for free rogue network device detection, such as similar to what McAfee EPO provides, I wrote an article not long ago about monitoring your home network with a tool called arpwatch. ย Arpwatch is a slick…

  • ut12_12

    Untangle 12 Installation and configuration

    I am constantly on a quest to keep finding the better or best firewall/UTM appliance for home/lab purposes as well as for small business use cases where installing a virtual appliance or other whitebox appliance makes sense. ย I have been…

  • arpsmtp01

    Arpwatch SMTP configuration

    One of the more obscure sources of information when configuring arpwatch is arpwatch SMTP configuration. ย There are so many flavors of linux and SMTP servers, how can you easily setup a vanilla SMTP mechanism to shoot out your arpwatch notifications?…

  • arpwatch01

    Arpwatch Home Network Monitor

    Let’s face it, these days, we all need to pay more attention to what is going on with our home networks. ย I have the mindset and maybe this is overkill a bit, but we should manage and administer our home…

  • emet55_09

    Install and configure EMET 5.5 Windows 10

    Recently, Microsoft released the official support version of Enhanced Mitigation and Experience Tookit or EMET version 5.5. ย Per Microsoft: “The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) helps raise the bar against attackers gaining access to computer systems. EMET anticipates the most…