PowerShell Web Access
KB ID 0001036 Problem One of my goals for this year is to become more proficient with PowerShell. During my studies I came across PowerShell Web access and thought it was so cool, I’d have a play with it. What is PowerShell Web Access? It’s a web service that runs on a Server 2012 IIS web server. It lets you remote connect to that host (via https) and then launch a PowerShell secure connection to any machine in your...
Publishing Exchange OWA using ISA
KB ID 0000090 Problem Those of you who know me will know that Cisco ASA is my weapon of choice in the firewall department. Now before the ISA brigade start emailing me telling me about “Application Layer Inspection” etc etc, that’s not because I think the ASA is better, cheaper or more effective, but because it’s “What I know”. To be honest I’ve not installed ISA since version 2000, where...
Cisco ASA5505 Setup (Via ASDM)
KB ID 0000067 Problem Regular visitors to PNL will know I much prefer to do things at command line, but I appreciate most people trying to set up a new firewall will want to use the GUI. Before you start you will need to know what IP addresses you want to use, what password you want to use etc. Solution 1. You get two network cables in the box, connect your PC/Laptop to Ethernet port 1 (See the photo, that’s the second one in...
ASA 5500 Adding a DMZ Step By Step
KB ID 0000316 Problem Assuming you have a working ASA 5500 and you want to add a DMZ to it, this is the process. Assumptions 1. Networks, a. Inside network is 10.1.0.0 255.255.0.0 b. Outside network is 123.123.123.120 255.255.255.248 c. DMZ network is 172.16.1.0 255.255.0.0 2. Interfaces, a. Inside Interface is 10.1.0.254 b. Outside Interface is 172.16.1.254 c. DMZ Interface is 172.16.1.254 3. The Web server in the DMZ will have the...
IP Address Conflicts with VMware ESX and Cisco ASA
KB ID 0000635 Problem My colleague was setting up a DMZ server for one of our clients, it was a virtual server that was presented to the DMZ of a Cisco ASA 5510. Every time he gave it a static IP address it popped up an IP address conflict (no matter what the IP address was). Windows has detected an IP address conflict Another computer on this network has the same IP address as this computer. Contact your network administrator for...