security
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Security
Create DNS Sinkhole to Block Malware Domains with PAN-OS 9.0
This week Palo Alto released PAN-OS 9.0. There are over 60 new capabilities in this release of the new firmware and many great new features. There is a new security functionality introduced as part of PAN-OS 9.0 that is an…
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Insider Preview Builds
Installing New Windows 10 Sandbox Feature Networking Resources Browsers Security
One of the most intriguing new features in recent Windows 10 Insider Preview Builds for me personally has been the introduction of the new Windows Sandbox feature that allows having a totally isolated environment that allows for safely testing executables…
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Computers
Windows 10 Security Sandbox Announced for Upcoming Windows Release
Security is a top priority among businesses and in the enterprise today. Additionally, it is a growing concern for home users. Windows environments have long been a target for malicious software and the like with malware and specifically ransomware topping…
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Security
Create Dynamic Firewall Rules Based on MineMeld Threat Feeds
Some time ago I posted an article covering the installation of MineMeld which is a community driven threat feed project that was released to the community by Palo Alto. The product is an extremely cool appliance that allows aggregated various…
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Networking
Monitor Network Traffic with Port Mirror and TAP Port with Palo Alto
Recently, I added a cool piece of networking gear to the home lab environment – a Palo Alo PA-220 next generation firewall. I have always been a fan of Palo Alto firewalls as the integration and nextgen capabilities they offer…
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Security
Untangle NG Firewall v14.0 Released with New Features
In being in many different production environments and labbing for several years now, you see and get to try various types of networking solutions and products. Around the 2008 era of time, I downloaded and tried the Untangle UTM software…
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VMware
VMware Performance Impact of Meltdown and Spectre Patches
Update 3.20.2018 – VMware has released vSphere 6.5 U1G which has a newly released microcode update Update 1.17.2018 – Firmware Updates and Initial Performance Data for Data Center Systems Update 1.13.2018 – Due to recent Intel sighting VMware now recommending…
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Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 Security Features and Hardening
There is no doubt about it that Windows Server 2016 is Microsoft’s most powerful server operating system. If you have been waiting on reasons to upgrade server infrastructure to Server 2016, security may be among the top reasons why you…
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vSphere 6.5
VMware Virtual Machine Encryption Key Management
One of the exciting new features included with VMware vSphere 6.5 is the ability to encrypt VMware virtual machines by using a native encryption process that is managed at the hypervisor level. Since the encryption is done at the hypervisor level,…
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vSphere 6.5
How to Security Harden VMware ESXi Hosts
When thinking about security, security hardening is one of the terms we use to describe what we do to reduce the attack surface of a host to make it more difficult for it to be compromised in an attack. There…
