WordPress Removing The Comments Section

This link solves the issues that I experienced with removing the capability for leaving comments

http://websheila.com/removing-comments-are-closed-wordpress

October 11, 2012 – 8:25 pm Categories: Uncategorized | Post a comment

Importing a VMDK to VirtualBox

Importing a VMDK to VirtualBox

I am a big fan of VirtualBox and was looking for a way to convert my workstation from a physical machine to a virtual machine.  VMWARE offers a free conversion program, but naturally it only converts your physical machine to a VMDK file (VMware format).  You can download the free conversion software at:

http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/overview.html

Fortunately Oracle’s VirtualBox can run a VMDK file but it is not a very obvious process, such as installing a virtual appliance.

The basis steps are, you need to create a new machine, give it resources, and then when selecting the boot drive, you need to select a local drive, and browse to the VMDK file.

I found that hutzoft.com already provides all the steps necessary to accomplish this, and you can read more

http://blog.hutzoft.com/2010/10/18/importing-vmware-vmdk-disk-to-oracle-virtualbox/

October 8, 2012 – 10:15 pm Categories: IT (Informatin Technology) | Post a comment

Fortigate IPSec Trouble Shooting

Here are the basic commands to trouble shoot IPSec on a Fortigate firewall.

Use diag debug en
Diag vpn ike filt
Diag debug app ike -1
Diag debug reset

SA is on phase 1 and phase 2 but typically refered to in phase 2
An SA is required for each direction

AH authentication header, is not encrypted and is not typically used (protocol 51)

ESP is nwo used most of the time (protcol 50)

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September 9, 2012 – 12:54 pm Categories: IT (Informatin Technology), Uncategorized | Post a comment

Printing from a Web Page

There is a lot of useful information on the web, but sometimes it is difficult to print what you want without having to print a lot of useless information.  This is a great free utility to let you choose what to print.

http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/

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September 9, 2012 – 10:50 am Categories: IT (Informatin Technology), Uncategorized | Post a comment

Control Panel Commands

Working different versions of Windows servers and workstations, I find running these Control Panel commands from the Start button very helpful in saving time versus navigating the GUI.

 Control Panel Tool                                          Command

Add New Hardware                          sysdm.cpl

Network Properties                           ncpa.cpl

Internet Properties                           inetcpl.cpl

System Propoerties                          sysdm.cpl

Printers                                            printers

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September 9, 2012 – 10:41 am Categories: IT (Informatin Technology) | Post a comment

Foritgate Basic UTM Configuration

If you are new to programming a Fortigate here are some basics to help you get started with implementing the Unified Threat Management (UTM) features.  The following was created using 4MR3 Patch9

Basic

The key UTM features to be implemented are: AntiVirus, Web Filter, Application Control and IPS.

1 AntiVirus

The default AntiVirus setting are sufficient, and do not need to be changed.

2 Web Filter

Create a new profile and name it Q-Web-Filter.  Click Proxy, check Log all URLs, check FortiGuard Categories.  Under the Categories, check Security Risk and for action drop down and select Block.  Then click apply.

There could be problems with the this Web Filter configuration causing an “In Valid Certificate” error messages on some workstation and mobile devices, so this should be added to the configuration via console (command line)

config webfilter profile
edit Q-Web-Filter
config ftgd-wf
set options connect-request-bypass
end
next
end

3 Application Control

Create a new Application Sensor and name it Q-App-Sensor.  In the new Q-App-Sensor, select create new, and in the category section, drop down to Botnet.  Under action click Block.

4 Intrusion Sensor

Create a new IPS Sensor and name it Q-IPS-Sensor.  In the new Q-IPS-Sensor, click new and add the following:

Severity, select high and critical
Target, select client (there is an issue with HTTP URI overload with the Server)
OS, select Windows and MacOS
Keep the defaults except at the bottom select the Quarantine Attackers to Banned Users List:
Mehtod, Attacker IP Address
Expires, 5 Minutes.

5 Apply Filters

These filters should be applied on all gernaerl outgoing traffic policiy rules.

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September 7, 2012 – 5:50 pm Categories: Fortinet, IT (Informatin Technology) | Post a comment

Setting Up Fortigate Interface Mode and Soft-Switch

Often times it is advantageous to divide up the internal swtich into individual interfaces.  Reasons for doing this include additioanl hardware port for routing, or additional ports to implement one-arm sniffers.  The following are some of the commands necessary to accomplish this.

To put a FortiGate in Interface mode:

config system global
set internal-switch-mode interface

To create a software-switch

config system switch-interface
edit name (example SW1-3)
set member internal1 internal2 internal3 (the names may be different depending on firmware and model,  you can use the tab key to scroll through valid names)..
set vdom root
next
end

To assign an IP address and management access to the software-switch

config system interface
edit SW1-3
set ip address and mask (example 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0)
set allowaccess ping https ssh
next
end

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September 7, 2012 – 5:16 pm Categories: IT (Informatin Technology) | Post a comment

On-line Storage and File Sharing Solutions

Two great soltuions for storing and sharing on-line information are Dropbox or Box.Com (formerly Box.Net) .  Both prodcuts off a free versoin, Dropbox offers a free 2GB program that can be expanded upto 18GB with referals and  Box offers 5 GB free out of the box.  Paid versions of both offer much mroe storage space.

Box can be downloaded at www.box.com

Dropbox can be downloaded at www.dropbox.com

Jack Gerbs, Quanexus, Inc.

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July 29, 2012 – 10:39 pm Categories: IT (Informatin Technology) | Post a comment

Managing Passwords

A great utility to manage passwords is keepass.  This is a Windows program.    It can be permanently installed on a workstation and or it can be installed in a portable mode and ran off of a USB drive.  It is important to remember to backup your keepass database.  If you need access to keepass from multiple computers an on-line storage solution such as Dropbox or Box.Com (formerly Box.Net)  is a great compliment to keepass.  Box and DropBox both offer a free version but with limited storage.  Dropbox offers a free 2GB program that can be expanded upto 18GB with referals and  Box offers 5 GB free out of the box.  Paid versions of both offer much mroe storage space.

KeePass can be downloaded at www.keepass.com

Box can be downloaded at www.box.com

Dropbox can be downloaded at www.dropbox.com

 

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July 29, 2012 – 10:31 pm Categories: IT (Informatin Technology) | Post a comment

Protect Your Data – TrueCrypt data encryption

If you need an effective way to encrypt (protect) your data, TrueCrypt is a great solutoin.  It can be downloaded at www.truecrypt.org

TrueCrypt can be installed on a computer or ran in portable mode off of a USB drive

 

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July 29, 2012 – 10:20 pm Categories: IT (Informatin Technology) | Post a comment