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Solaris – Enabling DNS resolution (Client)

 To enable the DNS resolver client on Solaris, follow these steps, Change the line in the file /etc/nsswitch.conf that reads “hosts:     files” to hosts:      dns files Add the following line to the file /etc/resolv.conf. If the file doesnt exsist, create one. nameserver      [DNS IP]

Solaris – Sed -i work around

The version of sed on Solaris cannot actually save the file. So as a work around just type ‘perl -pi -e’ instead of the sed command : perl -pi -e ’s/who/when/g’ /tmp/afile

DNS / nslookup – How to find the root servers ?

DNS servers are based on a recursive look up as you can see below. Below you can see XP forwarding the request to its DNS server. The DNS Server then recursively resolves the DNS request. Once it has the answer to the Clients request, it forwards the answer back to the client. A great tool … Read more

Netscreen – Debugging / Troubleshooting

In order to debug and obtain output for the traffic flow through the Netscreen, you will need action a couple of commands, these are shown below, 5gt-> unset ff filter 0 removed 5gt-> undebug all 5gt-> clear db 5gt-> set ff dst-port 8080 filter added 5gt-> debug flow basic 5gt-> get db str Below shows … Read more

Netscreen – NSM Issues

Heres a couple of issues I ran into when adding some devices to the NSM, When trying to enable NSM via the GUI you get “No initial ID configured. NSM agent remains disabled” The communication between nsm and screenos is based on public key authentication. You don’t have to enable NSM manually. Cant import the … Read more

Netscreen – MSS

Below shows you the various MSS settings that can be set via the CLI, MSS of netscreen –   set tcp mss 1460 MSS for VPN traffic – set flow tcp-mss 1460 MSS for clear traffic – set flow all-tcp-mss 1460

Check Point – SSH Blocked

Problem You find that your gateway is blocking SSH connections and showing in the logs even though you have the ssh and ssh_version_2 protocols added to your rule. message_info: SSH version 1.x is not allowed Reason On closer inspection when you look at the ssh_version_2 protocol object it says in the comment, Secure Shell, version … Read more

Windows : System Error 1326 has occurred

Problem When trying to map a drive to a remote machine you receive,             System Error 1326 has occurred Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. Also when you try access the share resource via run it only allows you to log in as guest. All passwords used (which are known to be correct) … Read more

Debian – How to configure an interface as promisc

In order to configure your interface you will need to edit the following file, /etc/network/interfacesBelow is an example of this file, this would set eth0 an IP (172.16.11.1) and eth1 and eth2 to promisc mode. # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system# and how to activate them. For more information, see … Read more

Cisco Router – How to configure SSH

Below shows you how to enable SSH on your router using a username of “mr” and a password of “bean”, allowing access from the fa0/0 interface. Router(config)#ip ssh source-interface fastEthernet 0/0Router(config)#ip ssh authentication-retries 3Router(config)#ip ssh version 2 Router(config)#ip domain-name local.netRouter(config)#crypto key generate rsa modulus 768Router(config)#username mr password 7 bean Router(config)#line vty 0 15Router(config-line)# transport input … Read more