Cisco AnyConnect – With Google Authenticator 2 Factor Authentication
KB ID 0001256 Problem This was asked as a question on Experts Exchange this week, and it got my interest. A quick search turned up a bunch of posts that said, yes this is possible, and you deploy it with FreeRADIUS and it works great. The problem was, a lot of the information is a little out of date, and some of it is ‘wrong enough’ to make the non-technical types give up. But I persevered, and got it to work. Disclaimer:...
Android – Stop ‘Facebook’ Messenger Hijacking Your SMS
KB ID 0001222 Problem Just because Facebook changed the name to simply ‘messenger’ then had it as a separate ‘app’ to confuse the masses into thinking it was nothing to do with Facebook, does not mean I want it to handle my SMS messages! I already have something to handle my SMS messages, MY PHONE! Yes it’s running Android so I’m slowly giving my soul to Google, but that doesn’t mean Facebook...
Cisco AnyConnect – Essentials / Premium Licenses. Explained
KB ID 0000628 Problem Note: With Anyconnect 4 Cisco now use Plus and Apex AnyConnect licensing. When Cisco released the 8.2 version of the ASA code, they changed their licensing model for AnyConnect Licenses. There are two licensing models, Premium and Essentials. Solution Cisco ASA AnyConnect Premium Licenses. You get two of these free with your firewall*, with a ‘Premium License’ you can use the AnyConnect client...
Android – ‘Email sync is disabled’
KB ID 0000939 Problem My Galaxy Note 3 prompted me for an upgrade last week, it took me a while to notice (because I manually sync my Email) that I could no longer collect my email, every time I tried it said Email sync is disabled (account name). No amount of tweaking with my email or phone setings seemed to get it working. Solution 1. Open the notification screen (Swipe down from the top of the screen) > Select the icon shown...