Cisco FTD (and ASA) Creating AnyConnect Profiles
Jul07

Cisco FTD (and ASA) Creating AnyConnect Profiles

KB ID 0001685 Problem A few days ago I did an article on Deploying Cisco AnyConnect with the Cisco FTD, there I glossed over the AnyConnect profile section. For a long time now, we have been able to edit the AnyConnect profile from within the firewall (if we are running ASA code!) But for the FTD we need to take a step backwards and go back to using the ‘offline’ AnyConnect profile editor. Solution Firstly you need to...

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RDS – Custom Start Menu (Remove Administrative Tools)
Jun22

RDS – Custom Start Menu (Remove Administrative Tools)

KB ID 0001207  Problem  Why is it so difficult to remove Administrative tools! The one folder you might not want your users having access to is on everyones start menu by default? I’ve seen posts saying to change the permissions so users can’t run the snap-in’s in that folder, and other posts that suggest removing it from the ‘all users’ profile, and yet more posts that say remove it in preferences with a...

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RSS Error – Your feed appears to be encoded as “UTF8”, but your server is reporting “US-ASCII”
Nov17

RSS Error – Your feed appears to be encoded as “UTF8”, but your server is reporting “US-ASCII”

KB ID 0000889  Problem I don’t validate and check the sites RSS feed as often as I should, but post server migration I got this error; This feed is valid, but interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations. Your feed appears to be encoded as “UTF8”, but your sever is reporting “US-ASCII” Solution As you can see by the section I’ve...

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RSA Authentication Manager – Importing SecureID Tokens
Nov17

RSA Authentication Manager – Importing SecureID Tokens

KB ID 0001080  Problem It’s been a while since I had to do this, you used to simply take a number from the token pack, import it into the RSA Authentication Manager, job done. Now the tokens are shipped to you encrypted, you need to register them with RSA, decrypt them, then import them. Solution 1. The tokens come with the licenses encrypted, on an accompanying CD. Go to the URL specified on the CD. 2. Good job I was alone and...

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Windows – Export / Recover WEP and WPA Wireless Keys
Nov17

Windows – Export / Recover WEP and WPA Wireless Keys

KB ID 0001015  Problem If you need to connect to your wireless network with a new machine and have forgotten the key, you can view the WEP or WPA key in cleartext using the following procedure on a machine that has connected before. Solution 1. First launch PowerShell, ensure you ‘Run as administrator’. 2. To show all the wireless profiles stored on this machine, issue the following command; netsh wlan show profiles 3....

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