Juniper Netscreen – NAT Explained

Source NAT Interface Based Source NAT – Allows the traffic to NAT its source IP to the IP address of the egress interface which it leaves. This feature is enabled on the interface via “NAT-Mode”. And can be disabled via using “Route Mode”. MIP – Provides a static NAT for the specified host, in which … Read more

Linux : Random Fact Generator

The command below with present you with a random fact, lynx -dump  randomfunfacts.com | grep -A4 “\[3\]”| tail -n1 You can place it into your ~/.bash_profile file so that you receive a random fact everytime you log in.

PIX / ASA – How to enable ICMP Inspect

Below shows you how to enable ICMP inspection on a PIX 8.0(4)28. Please Note : Below presumes you all ready have a policy map defined with the name of global_policy and this has already been assigned to your device using the service-policy command.  PIX(config-cmap)# policy-map global_policyPIX(config-pmap)# class inspection_defaultPIX(config-pmap-c)# inspect icmp

Netscreen – DDNS : Last response – not init

The below is based on the netscreen ns5gt and the firefox web browser. Issue After setting up your netscreen for DDNS, in the UI of your netscreen the last response is shown as ‘not-init‘ and within the CLI it shows ‘successful updates: 0‘. To get the id of you ddns config run just the command … Read more

PIX / ASA 8.0(4)16 – Site to Site VPN Sample Config

Below is a sample config for 2 site to site vpns from a PIX running 8.0(4)16. One peer being 192.168.2.100, and the other 192.168.1.100. Please note : This isn’t a tutorial but merely just a sample config that can be used as a reference point.     isakmp enable outside    isakmp policy 10          encryption des         … Read more

Denying Instant Messenger Protocols via Policy Based Rule’s

Below is a list of the main Instant Messenger applications (including ports and destinations) for the denial of use via policy based rules. Please note : With creating policy based rules the following rules will be required, Destination any with a service port of the below ports (excluding http and https) Destination of the below … Read more

-bash: /dev/null: Permission Denied

Issue After creating a new user account you may find that on login you recieve the following error, -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied  Solution /dev/null is a character special device which should have read+write permissions for everybody.Run the following to confirm the current permissions for /dev/null, ls -l … Read more

ESXi – Connecting to a named pipe

Within this article we will be creating a named serial pipe on 2 machines to allow us to connect to a virtual machines serial port. In this example we will use hyperterminal on a virtual XP machine to connect to the serial port of another virtual machine (in this case SUSE Linux) Adding a serial … Read more