security
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Backup Software
Create Encrypted Backup Repository with Nakivo Backup and Replication 6.2
With data security being at the forefront of everyone’s mind in the digital world we live in, we need to think about security in every aspect. One area that may not readily come to mind is backup data. After all…
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Azure
Setup Azure Linux Public Key Authentication
In working with Linux VMs in Azure, there are a couple of ways to setup authentication. One being standard password authentication, and the other is Public Key Autentication. With Public Key Authentication, a key pair is generated. The public key…
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Powershell
Powershell script signing the easy way
So I wanted to throw a quick blog post out there on Powershell script signing the easy way. This is a little bit tongue and cheek on the post as I don’t want to detail how to sign powershell scripts…
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Networking
How to Configure Untangle site to site VPN
In working on a DR project utilizing two Untangle virtual appliances, I had the need to setup a site to site VPN connection between the Untangle firewalls. The OpenVPN documentation is fairly decent on the Untangle site, however, the information…
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Security
Get notified of failed Windows login attempts
In tinkering a lot with security and other facets of security and notification lately with Windows workstations and servers, I am a big advocate of notications when it comes to security events that are worth notifying over. I had written…
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Security
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 to add cloudflare ips amazon EC2 security Group.…
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Web
Connect Vaultpress AWS EC2 instance
For those that blog with WordPress and want to consider a good backup solution for their blog, there are a few options out there. However, one that is pretty straightforward and seamless is Vaultpress. It takes the heavy lifting out…
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Security
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. Arpwatch is a slick…
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Security
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. I have been…
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Security
Arpwatch SMTP configuration
One of the more obscure sources of information when configuring arpwatch is arpwatch SMTP configuration. 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?…
