Mac OSX and Linux – Quick and Dirty Web Server
Feb10

Mac OSX and Linux – Quick and Dirty Web Server

KB ID 0001157  Problem I was clearing out some old emails yesterday, and saw one my colleague Steve had sent me. It was info on how to fire up a quick web server on your mac. It wasn’t until I took a look at it, I realised how handy it was. After some reading, I found that it was not only possible on a mac, but on other flavours of Linux as well, (as long as they support ‘python’ and have it loaded). WHAT USE IS...

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VMware VI Client error ‘Unable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect to server {ESX-Host}:902’
Nov17

VMware VI Client error ‘Unable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect to server {ESX-Host}:902’

KB ID 0000815  Problem Seen when connected to the VMware VI client software, and attempting to open a console session with a virtual machine. Solution This is a pretty generic error, for whatever reason the client software cannot connect to the KMS (Keyboard, Mouse, and Screen). In NEARLY every case this is a communication issue, either the machine running the client software cannot resolve the name of the ESX host that is hosting the...

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Draytek Vigor Router Port Forwarding
Nov17

Draytek Vigor Router Port Forwarding

KB ID 0000425  Problem This procedure was carried out on a Draytek Vigor 2800 Router, for this I needed to forward RDP (That’s on TCP Port 3389). Warning: If you need to forward any of the following ports 23 (Telnet), 80 (HTTP) , 443 HTTPS/SSL), 21 (FTP), or 22 (SSH). The Draytek has these reserved for remote management. You will need to change the port number (system Maintenance > Management > Management Port Setup)....

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Windows Change the RDP (Remote Desktop) Listening Port
Nov17

Windows Change the RDP (Remote Desktop) Listening Port

KB ID 0000166 Problem If you didn’t already know the Remote Desktop Protocol Port is TCP 3389, that fine but what if you want to change it to something else? That begs another question, Why? Well some people like to change the port to something else, so that different ports are open in the even of a nasty type performing a port scan on your machine/firewall, even the most clueless script kiddies know that if they see TCP 3389...

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Access a Windows Share Through a Firewall
Nov17

Access a Windows Share Through a Firewall

KB ID 0001061  Problem I needed to access a folder on a server in a clients DMZ the other week, and the thought struck me ‘I have no idea what ports I need to open to accomplish this?’ Solution Bear in ming I’m just talking about the ports that need to be open, you will still need to authenticate to the remote machine with a user-name and password (unless you have the share wide open which I would not advise). The...

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