Forensics Questions


Cisco ACS, PIX and VPN problem
I am trying to configure Cisco PIX to accept vpdn connections that will be authenticated by the Cisco ACS after looking up username and profile details in Active Directory. I am seeing failed attempts on the ACS – so I think the config is ok (below) access-list acl_in permit ip 10.xxx.xxx.0 255.255.255.0 10.xxx.xxx.0 255.255.255.0 access-list [...]

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2005  3:41 AM
DHCP, DNS, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, VPN, Wireless
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How to do a Linux DMZ Intranet with Windows authentication?
I am designing a new network that has a DMZ containing Linux webservers and behind a firewall separating the DMZ a Windows backoffice . I want to run our company Intranet on the DMZ side using Linux but I want to limit access to employees both from the Internet and behind the firewall using windows [...]

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2005  11:58 AM
Biometrics, Digital certificates, Firewalls, Forensics, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Intrusion management, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Network security, provisioning, Security tokens, Single sign-on, VPN, Wireless
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Blocking P2P in SBS2003 network with no ISA Server
Hi All, I manage a small SBS2003 network, which doesn’t have ISA server – i.e. the SBS box and all clients are wired via a switch to the ADSL router (Netgear DG384G). One of the users has been downloading MP3′s from a P2P network and I want to block this sort of activity. Can I [...]

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2005  4:00 AM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, Networking, Security, VPN, Wireless
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CITRIX – How to Print outside LAN to OFF-Site printers
I need your help in this scenerio! what are your 2 cents? Goal: To go to a FULL Citrix Enviroment, Aiming at Thin clients, maybe linux based Off-site: Offices connect through the internet, they have DSL/T1′s. Right now they are using Citrix successfully. If they have a printer over there and they are not in [...]

Answer Question   |  February 17, 2005  3:27 PM
Administration, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Management, Network security, Security management, Security products, VPN, Wireless
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VPN and email
Hello, I set up a VPN on the office server and I am not allowing split tunneling. Now I am trying to set up a laptop to access the VPN, the Outlook Exchange serve, internet and email. Igot the laptop connecting to the VPN and set it up to use the proxy on the server [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2005  4:24 PM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, Networking, Security, VPN, Wireless
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DOS attack, DNS question
My question has two parts, first: today at the place where i work we lost the internet, and after checking the firewall (sonicwall, this is a non profit organization so they cant afford the best stuff) i discovered it was more than likely a DOS attack. nobody could access the internet, and i could not [...]

Answer Question   |  January 13, 2005  6:07 PM
Compliance, configuration, CRM, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Information risk management, Intrusion management, IT architecture, Managed security services, Network security, Networking, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Product/service procurement, Risk management, Security, Security management, Security products, Security Program Management, Tech support, VPN, vulnerability management, Wireless
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outgoing https request being blocked
Hello, At my office I am noticing that a particular website which I used to be able to login to has done some upgrades and I no longer can access it. I have tried multiple browsers but I think the problem is in the ISA firewall on the server. The site starts as a http://blahblah:8088/blah [...]

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2009  11:04 AM
DHCP, DNS, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, Networking services, VPN, Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Wireless
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Restricted access to win XP professional
I have a small WORKGROUP with windows 2000 server and 5 windows XP professional systems. All computers can read/write each other. Now I want to make one XP client secure/restric access, so that no other computer can access that except only other XP computer. How can I do that? Please advise. Thanks in advance!

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2004  2:48 AM
Administration, Application security, Compliance, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Implementation, Incident response, Information risk management, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, Network monitoring, Network security, Networking, Networking services, Physical security, Policies, Remote management, Remote users, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security Program Management, Servers, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, VPN, Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Wireless
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10 pts.

vpn through s-box firewall of checkpoint
i’m try to create a vpn from the internet to my “small buisness server 2003″ that act as vpn server without any luck, if i try to connect to my server from the internal network it’s work just fine, iv’e mapped the correct ports according to the microsoft article that say to forward port 1723 [...]

Answer Question   |  June 29, 2012  6:01 PM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, Database, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Implementation, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Network security, Planning, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security products, Service and support, Spam, VPN, Wireless
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5 pts.

Windows XP Home Connectivity Issue
My client has a small wireless network without a domain and primarily use Windows 2000 on their workstations. Recently, they purchased a couple of Sony laptops with Windows XP Home and I was able to connect these laptops to each other and the Windows 2000 PC. They recently added a Dell Dimension desktop with XP [...]

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2004  12:39 PM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Networking, Security, Tech support, VPN, Wireless
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5 pts.

Event viewer err Msg.
Good day, 1.In our organisation, we are using windows2000 smallbusiness server with EXCHANGE , ISA server and DNS configured. but all the client pc’s are given static ip address instead of dynamic ip. will this create any problem ? daily i’m receiving many application error logs.particularly 2 type of source error is repeating continuosly. (a).MICROSOFT [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2004  2:38 AM
802.11 networking equipment, Active Directory, Administration, Auditing, Biometrics, configuration, DataCenter, Digital certificates, DNS, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Installation, Intrusion management, Maintenance, Management, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Network security, Outlook, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Server management, Servers, Service and support, Services, Single sign-on, System monitoring, Tech support, Third-party services, VPN, vulnerability management, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, WINS, Wireless
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Desktop or Personal Firewalls
1) How can an application detect that a Desktop or Personal Firewall is blocking a port or binary image? 2) Also, how can application get vendor specific information about the running firewall? Thanks for you help

Answer Question   |  November 26, 2004  9:01 AM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, VPN, Wireless
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Question about IT management software-2
Hello, I am just wondering if anyone knows of some software avialable for IT departments, that say is accessable to users through a company intranet site where a user can go in and log an issue or problem with thier system which goes into a database, then once the issue is resolved the user can [...]

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2004  10:47 PM
Content management applications, Corporate portal applications, DataCenter, Desktops, E-mail applications, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Hardware, Help Desk, Incident response, Intrusion management, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Lotus Domino, Migration/Upgrades, Mobile devices, Network management software, Network security, Networking, Outlook, Planning, Project management, Security, Security management, Systems management software, Tech support, VPN, Wireless
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Netlogon error 5719 on PCs with SP2 installed
The following question was submitted by a user: I’m just testing Windows XP with the new Service Pack 2 on our Net, which consits of a Windows 2000/2003 Domain. When I do the login just after booting the PC, I run into Netlogon error 5719. When I wait for a minute after the login screens [...]

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2004  1:36 PM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, Security, VPN, Wireless
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Does turing off the Windows firewall affect other SP2 security features?
The following question was sent to SearchWindowsSecurity.com by a user: I use Windows XP. I’ve downloaded SP2, I run Norton 2005 Internet Security Anti-Virus and I also run Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware Pro. The new Windows firewall has given me small headaches, such as erasing my exlude list if I turn the firewall off and on, and [...]

Answer Question   |  October 15, 2004  12:59 PM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Security, VPN, Wireless
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Wake on LAN / Magic Packet broadcast doesnt work through PPTP
Hi, I have a network, where I want to use WOL from a remote PC. It works when I send a packet from inside the network (or on the server). If I connect via PPTP from a remote windows XP PC, I can?t wake up the PC on the LAN. I suspect the broadcast packet [...]

Answer Question   |  October 13, 2004  2:10 PM
Active Directory, Administration, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, IPv4, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Network testing, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Security, TCP, UDP, VPN, Wireless
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email files outside the firewall
There is some discussion here of putting e-mail files on our email relay server which is outside the company firewall. People currently access via a dialup VPN but would like to not carry a laptop around all the time. Some people question the security of this. Have you any suggestions or can you be of [...]

Answer Question   |  August 5, 2004  2:57 PM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Lotus Domino, Network security, VPN, Wireless
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Web Services & Firewalls
In the near future, we may be opening up some of our web services to external customers. I looking for any suggestions or tips on how to evaluate our current firewall & security setup for the gaps we need to fill. What are some of the things to consider? What are some of the more [...]

Answer Question   |  May 14, 2004  10:05 AM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, VPN, Web services, Wireless
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3Com Super Stack 3 Firewall
I’m trying to install a VPN using a super stack 3 3Com firewall, but until now i can’t get connection between a server windows 2003 an a client windows XP. It looks like the conection validation is stablished but then there’s not data traffic at all. Any ideas about the rigth hardware configuration. thanks in [...]

Answer Question   |  May 11, 2004  12:22 PM
3Com, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, VPN, Wireless
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