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How do I configure shared licensing on an ASA ?

A shared license lets you purchase a large number of SSL VPN sessions and share the sessions as needed amongst a group of security appliances by configuring one of the security appliances as a shared licensing server, and the rest as shared licensing participants.Below shows the steps on how to configure a Shared License server. … Read more

NSM fails to update device but shows successful

Issue When updating a Device from the NSM the Job Information dialog shows as successful. The Device Status shows as “In Sync” but the device does not show the new configuration, and an additional Delta Config Summerization shows that the NSM configuration is different to that of the device. Cause ScreenOS has a source/destination object … Read more

What is ASP and how do I troubleshoot ASP drops on an ASA ?

What is the Accelerated Security Path ? The Accelerated Security Path (ASP) on the ASA appliance comprises of 2 components; The Fast Path and The Session Management Path. In addition to the Accelerated Security Paths there is also the Control Plane Path which is also covered below. The Session Management Path When a new connection … Read more

Check Point Logging Troubleshooting Guide

Below are some basic guidelines for troubleshooting Check Point Logging issues. Please note : This guide does not cover issues with any OPSEC LEA based issues. Please note : The FWD (Firewall Daemon) is responsible for sending and receiving the Check Point Logs on port tcp/257. {loadposition content_lock}   logs being sent to the manager … Read more

Serious db problem:Unknown column ‘fbviewtype’ in ‘field list’ SQL=select fbviewtype from jos_comprofiler where user_id=’62’

Issue When using Fireboard and Community Builder. You may find that when you try to access your Fireboard forum from your website (frontend) after logging in you receive the following error : Serious db problem:Unknown column ‘fbviewtype’ in ‘field list’ SQL=select fbviewtype from jos_comprofiler where user_id=’62’ Solution To resolve this goto “Fireboard Forum –> Fireboard … Read more

Joomla 1.5.x: Redirect Fireboard Login to Community Builder Login

Below shows you how to redirect the Fireboard Login to your Community Builder Login. Create a copy of your CB Login Module. This will be used in the next step Create a Module Content Page for your Community Builder Login. Once done you will have created page which contains your CB Login and a URL … Read more

How do I create a page using just a module in Joomla 1.5.x ?

Scenerio In this scenerio we will require to create a page using only a module. In order to accomplish this we use a built in Joomla Plugin called “Content – Load Module“. This is enabled by installed and enabled by default upon Joomla Installation. Required Steps Below details the required steps for created a page … Read more

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted

You may see the following error when the memory requirements of your PHP script exceeds the default 8MB limit. Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2682912 bytes) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/site/libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/gzip.php on line 77 To resolve this change the line that reads  ‘memory_limit = 8M‘ to  ‘memory_limit = 16M’  within your … Read more