FSSO FortiGate Single Sign On
FSSO KB ID 0001786 If you are applying polices with your FortiGate, e.g. Web Filtering or IPS, then the ability to track actual users rather than IP addresses is advantageous, it’s all very well blocking access to adult material or gambling sites, from the corporate network, but most companies want to know WHO is attempting to connect to what and when. To do that the firewall needs to learn what users are where, we can make...
ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1
KB ID 0001305 Problem I’ve not used ADMT for ages, I’ve got a domain migration to do soon, so I thought I’d get on the bench and have a reminder. Although ADMT 3.2 was ‘re-jigged’ to support Server 2012 R2, I’m still going to install it on Server 2008 R2. I’ve got a test domain built to migrate from, and a new domain setup ready to migrate into. Old/Source Domain: olddomain.com Old/Source...
Cisco IOS – DHCP Helper (DHCP Relay) – IP-Helper Setup
KB ID 0001168 Problem Cisco documentation calls this a ‘DHCP Relay’, and uses the command IP-Helper, and I usually call this DHCP Helper, just to confuse everyone. To be fair the term DHCP Relay is an industry standard, it’s not particular to Cisco (as you will see later when I Wireshark the traffic). So If you are reading this you have a DHCP server and you want to use it to lease addresses to clients that are on a...
GNS3 – Initial Setup, Adding Routers, Hosts, and ASA Firewalls
KB ID 0000927 NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS FOR THE OLD VERSION OF GNS3 GO HERE FOR THE NEW ONE Problem I dip into GNS3 every so often, (depending on what I’m working on). And each time I install it, I spend just as long remembering how to set it up, as I do using it! So, if for no other reason than I can use this page as a reference in future, here’s how to get it up and running. Solution Note: At time of writing he latest...
Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 Fails ‘Readiness Checks’
KB ID 0000720 Problem When attempting to install Service Pack 2 on an Exchange 2010 Server the ‘Readiness Checks’ fail for the Client Access Role, Client Access Role Prerequisites Failed Error: The ‘IIS 6 WMI Compatibility’ component is required. Install the component via Server Manager. Click here for help…...