Windows Server 2019 (&2016): Enable Flash
KB ID 0001484 Problem Back in server 2012 this was an easy fix; Windows Server 2012 – Enable Flash However try and do that on Server 2019 or 2016 and this happens; Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS C:\Users\administrator.PNL> Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience Install-WindowsFeature : ArgumentNotValid: The role, role service, or feature name is not valid:...
Safari: Not Showing all Bookmarked Favourites
KB ID 0001702 Problem Recently my Safari browser on my MacBook updated, somehow this managed to break Microsoft Edge, a reboot fixed that. The problem was, it was now only showing a ‘reduced’ number of bookmarks from my favourites, (only 24 bookmarks) i.e. Even if I clicked in the navigation bar, (only 12 bookmarks) from my favourites; Solution A Google search didn’t turn up the answer, clicking on the setting logo...
AnyConnect: ‘Quick and Dirty’ Duo 2FA
KB ID 0001701 Problem Normally if I were deploying Duo 2FA with AnyConnect I’d deploy a Cisco RADIUS VPN on my LAN, (usually on my Duo Authentication Proxy). See the following article; AnyConnect: Enable Duo 2Factor Authentication However, last time I set this up, a colleague said ‘Oh by the way, you don’t need to do that, you can just point the firewall directly at Duo’. I was initially skeptical but I tried...
F5: Static Load Balancing (Ratios)
KB ID 0001700 Problem In the previous post, we deployed a web load balanced solution with three web servers. Out of the box the BIG-IP solution will use Round Robin load balancing and it will treat all Nodes or Pool Members the same, (it assigns a RATIO OF 1). Everything gets weighted the same, and the F5 will send requests to the Nodes or Pool members one at a time. But what if one of those web servers was a beast of a machine, with...
AnyConnect: Unauthorized Connection Mechanism
KB ID 0001699 Problem I was assisting a colleague to setup some AnyConnect for a client this afternoon, when all of a sudden I was met with this; VPN Logon denied, unauthorised connection mechanism, contact your administrator Solution This was a confusing one, I replicated the problem on my own test firewall. All I had done was change the AAA method from LOCAL to LDAP? It took me a while to figure out what was going on? The reason why...