Microsoft – NDES Site Shows ‘HTTP Error 500.0 – Internal Server Error’
KB ID 0001181 Problem I was doing some testing for a client this week, a while ago I had deployed a three tier PKI solution for them, and as part of the rollout we deployed NDES for their network devices, (they were going to use certificates to secure site to site VPNs). The client was concerned, and wanted the auto renewal process testing. This could not be done on the live system. So myself and a colleague went to the test bench, I...
Exchange – ‘Not all the required authentication methods were found’
KB ID 0001180 Problem I had to visit a client who had recently gone through an Exchange migration, now his external mail clients were having a nightmare staying connected to Outlook Anywhere. I ran the Exchange connectivity tester and got this; Additional details Not all the required authentication methods were found Methods Found: Basic Methods Required: NTLM Solution Looks like an open and shut case, someone forgot to enable...
Cisco Add FirePOWER Module to FirePOWER Management Center
KB ID 0001178 Problem If you only have one FirePOWER service module you can now manage it from the ASDM; ASA 5505-X / 5508-X Setup FirePOWER Services (for ASDM) But if you have got more than one, and you can manage them centrally with the FirePOWER Management Center, (formally SourceFIRE Defence Center). WARNING: If you are going to use FMC DON’T register your licences in the ASDM, they all need to be registered in the FMC. ...
Cisco – Testing AAA Authentication (Cisco ASA and IOS)
KB ID 0001175 Problem I always forget the syntax for this, and I’ve been meaning to publish this for a while so here you go. If you have AAA setup and people can’t log in, then the ability to test authentication against a user’s username and password is a good troubleshooting step! Usually I’m on a Cisco ASA but I’ll tag on the syntax for IOS as well. Solution Cisco ASA Test AAA Authentication From...
HP – Switches The IP (or subnet) Already Exists
KB ID 0001176 Problem I was changing a clients LAN subnet this week, (dropping the mask from /24 to /16). When I attempted to change the management IP on the clients HP switches this happened; HP2510-24G(config)# vlan 1 HP2510-24G(vlan-1)# ip address 10.0.0.250 255.255.0.0 The IP address (or subnet) 10.0.0.250/16 already exists. HP2510-24G(vlan-1)# At first I though the switch was complaining because the IP was remaining the same, I...
Cisco FirePOWER SFR Module Cannot Ping
KB ID 0001174 Problem On a newly deployed FirePOWER service module I wanted to test connectivity and attempted to ping a public IP address. This is what happened; > expert admin@Petes-SFR:~$ ping 8.8.8.8 ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted My first though was, “Well you have to set a default gateway on the SFR when you set it up, so the firewall is probably blocking ICMP”. So I checked the default policy...
Cisco FirePOWER – Adding a Static Route
KB ID 0001172 Problem Routing traffic back from the ASA , in most cases you will have a static route (or routes) tied to the inside interface of the firewall. Or you may have dynamic routing if your network is a little more complex. But your FirePOWER module is essentially a small Linux box sat inside the firewall, it has its own network connection and maintains its own routing table. You may have already noticed if your FirePOWER...
MS Office – Cannot Add Trusted Location
KB ID 0001171 Problem I was doing a Domain/Exchange/RDS migration for a client this week. He had some Macros that he used for printing. Now Macros are something I know very little about. So I had made it clear, if he had problems with them, I would not be the best person to ask. So when the call came in, that they were having problems with Macros I cringed! As it turned out, the problem wasn’t the Macros at all, it was the...
Mac OSX – GNS3 Connecting To the Internet
KB ID 0001170 Problem I have a love hate relationship with GNS3, I appreciate it’s brilliant, (when it works). I also appreciate that it’s free, and people put a lot of effort into its development for very little reward. But when I try to do simple things, like connect my projects/labs to the internet and it’s massively overcomplicated I get pretty exasperated. With Windows this is easy, (I’ve probably blogged...
Convert a Virtualbox VM to a VMware Fusion VM
KB ID 0001169 Problem I have a bunch of VM’s that I use with GNS3 that are in Virtualbox. I also run VMware Fusion, and since my upgrade to version 1.4.4 I need to run the GNS3 VM in VMware, (I could not get the Virtualbox version to work). So I decided to copy over the remainder of my VMs as well. Solution Within Virtualbox > File > Export Appliance. Select the VM in question > Continue. Important: Ensure you have...