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Running a packet capture on a SourceFire Sensor

Below shows you the required steps for running a packet capture on a SourceFire Sensor. Which Interfaces are Sniffing ? First of all we get a list of interfaces that is are sniffing for malicious traffic. Note : the fps normally relate to eth. Though you still use the fps reference within the tcpdump. ps … Read more

IE6 with Passive FTP: File download fails via Netscreen

You may find when trying to download a file from your FTP server using Internet Explorer 6 with “Folder View Enabled” when using Passive FTP the file download transfer will fail after a short time period. This can be down to Internet Explorer sending TCP packets with sequence numbers which are outside that of the … Read more

I am unable to clear the VPN SA`s using the vpn tu command

If you are unable to clear the VPN SA`s using the “vpn tu” command you may want to try using the following commands vpn shell /show/tunnels/ike/peer/[remote gw ip] vpn shell /show/tunnels/ipsec/peer/[remote gw ip] vpn shell /tunnels/delete/IKE/peer/[remote gw ip] vpn shell /tunnels/delete/IPsec/peer/[remote gw ip] The reason to this can be down to a number of issues … Read more

ClusterXL Active Attention / Interface Active Check Error

This article will provide the required troubleshooting steps for resolving the issue of the “Interface Active Check” error within ClusterXL. First of all you spot there is an error within ClusterXL using the following command, root@firewall # cphaprob stat Cluster Mode:   Legacy High Availability (Active Up) Number     Unique Address  Assigned Load   State 1          192.168.12.1   100%            … Read more

Upgrade SMS Brightmail Appliance from 7.6.1-14 to 8.0.0.24

This document will provide the required steps in order to upgrade the SMS Brightmail appliance from 7.6.1-14 to 8.0.0.24. Backup 1.      Navigate to “Administration > Hosts > Version” 2.      Click “Backup Now” 3.      Under “Backup Data” select “Full Backup” 4.      Under “Backup To” select “Store Backup on server” 5.      Click “Backup Now” 6.      Download the … Read more

Windows XP: Kill a Number of Individual Processes in One Go

From time to time you may find that you have a number of processes (with the same name) that you want to terminate. Rather than kill each one individually you can run the following command to kill the complete lot in one go. C:\Documents and Settings\admin>tskill [process name] Example : Below shows you how you … Read more

Add Custom Module Position to RocketTheme Afterburner Template

In this article we will be adding a custom module position to the RocketTheme Afterburner template. The syntax used here will be specfic to the Afterburner template but you should be able to adjust and use as nessecary within your own template. Add the following code to the following files within /templates/rt_afterburner_j15/ index.php <div id=”nav”> … Read more

Joomla: Remove Title Filter & Display # from Category List

In order to remove the  Title Filter and Display # from the Category list remove the following code from the file \templates\[your-template]\html\com_content\category\default-items.php {codecitation class=”brush:php”} <?php if ($this->params->get(‘filter’) || $this->params->get(‘show_pagination_limit’)) : ?> <tr> <td colspan=”5″> <table> <tr> <td align=”left” width=”60%” nowrap=”nowrap”> <input type=”text” name=”filter” value=”” class=”inputbox” onchange=”document.adminForm.submit();” /> </td> <td align=”right” width=”40%” nowrap=”nowrap”> <?php echo ‘   ‘.JText::_(‘Display … Read more