Cisco ASA – Allow Remote Management
KB ID 0000173 Problem Quite a while ago I wrote the “Connecting to and managing Cisco firewalls” article, which is still pretty complete, but I’ve been asked on a few occasions, “How do I actually configure the firewall to allow remote administration via, SSH, or HTTPS/ASDM, or Telnet If you have no network connection to the firewall, then you will need to connect via console cable (CLICK HERE). Solution...
Connecting to and Managing Cisco Firewalls
Also see “Allow Remote Management” KB ID 0000075 Problem To connect to and manage a Cisco firewall you need three things, To be in possession of a password, (and in some cases a username). Have the ‘Method of Access granted to you’ (or have physical access to the firewall). Know a ‘Method of Access’ to the firewall for management. Cisco Firewall Passwords Unless your firewall is brand new (in which...
Safari: This connection Is Not Private Loop
KB ID 0001462 Problem This has been bugging me for a while, I use Safari for most things, but recently going to an https (SSL secured) web page that uses a self signed, or expired certificate, give me this; Now this is to be expected, normally you click ‘visit this website’ it asks for you password, and away you go. However now it doesn’t, it loops you back here again and you can go round many times, until you give...
Windows Certificate Services ‘certsrv’ Website displays 403.14
KB ID 0001342 Problem I seem to get all the PKI/Certificate services problems! Yesterday I was trying to use the web enrolment portal on a certificate services server, and could not get in locally, (or remotely) via http, (or https) it simply showed me a 403.14 error. HTTP Error 403.14 Forbidden Solution This was an odd one, in IIS Manager select the ‘Certsrv’ virtual directory > Advanced Options > And look at the...
Chrome Browser – Show Sites SSL / HTTPS Certificate?
KB ID 0001300 Problem I used to use Chrome all the time back in the dark ages before I saw the light and bought a mac. Since then I’ve persevered with Safari and never felt the need to go back. This afternoon someone in the office asked, ‘How do you see site certificates in Chrome?’ Which I thought was a little odd as it’s easy to do in IE, Firefox, and Safari. So I jumped on a remote machine for a look. Sure...