VPN Questions


Problem:The client could not connect to the remote computer
When connecting to the application server several times it gives an error as in the subject and then after a few trials it goes through. Intermittent failures on connection. when trying to join domain i failed with errors indicating that DNS was not resolving the domain name. Or Domain name server not found. This indicated [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2008  3:32 AM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Exchange, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Nortel, Remote management, Routers, VPN, Wireless
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IT Security
Hi all, Thanks to all those who answered to my question”FTP sites” Can anyone of you let me know about the available products that we can use for our organisations IT security..Also let me know what products are available to find out vulnerabilities in a network. Appreciate your response. Thanks Tarang

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2005  6:03 AM
Access, Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Certifications, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Desktops, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, E-business, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Networking, OS, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
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Securing FTP on an Enterprise wide basis
One of the recent questions here in the SeachWindowsSecurity.com ITKnowledge Exchange was stated the poster had blocked email services with a Proxy server so that internal employees could not obtain yahoo, AOL, and other external sources of security threats and the poster wanted further support in blocking FTP websites or locations. I know that in [...]

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2005  2:44 PM
Application security, Database, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network protocols, Network security, Secure Coding, Security, TCP, VPN, Wireless
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Bad logon Event type 529
A User ill advisedly switched off Anti-Virus and since then we see a failed logon (Type 4 – Batch)under Logon process Advapi every 15 minutes in his User Id. A search of the Web links this to possible virus infectection (Netdevil 1.2. We have scanned etc but can’t track down what is generating the attempted [...]

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2005  7:11 AM
Access, Access control, Application security, backdoors, Browsers, Current threats, Database, Desktops, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network security, OS, Patch management, Secure Coding, Security, Servers, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, Web security, Wireless, worms
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Local Admin & passwords
We have recently switched to allowing only Power User rights on notebook computers. We have a set of notebooks we loan out to employees with desktops when they need to travel. Currently those users will login with an account named loaner and use scripts and webmail to access the network. Discussion has come up recently [...]

Answer Question   |  August 19, 2005  3:52 PM
Application security, Biometrics, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Single sign-on, VPN, vulnerability management, Wireless
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Remote Desktop conflicts with VPN
I am connecting using Remote Desktop from my Laptop PC (Windows 2000 Pro Sp4) to a Server (Windows 2000 Server Sp4) in our DMZ over our Corporate Network. I am then using a Network & Dialup Connection on the Remote Server to connect over VPN to our Customer Sites. However, this is currently unusable as [...]

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2005  10:08 AM
Availability, Cabling, Desktop management applications, Ethernet, Fault isolation, Firewalls, Forensics, Hardware, Hubs, Incident response, Intrusion management, Microsoft Windows, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network security, Network testing, Networking, Performance management, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Routers, Software, Switches, TCP, VPN, Wireless
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Symantec Anti Virus Corporate 8.0 issue
Starting one WinXPSP2 (fully patched) computer last night revealed that the SAV Corporate 8.0 was not functioning properly (yellow “!” over systray icon). Restart of the computer did not resolve the issue. I cannot update (Live Update is disabled); I cannot uninstall (process appears to start and then simply dies/quits without error or error message [...]

Answer Question   |  February 8, 2008  9:07 AM
backdoors, Current threats, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Help Desk, human factors, Incident response, Installation, Intrusion management, Network security, Norton, Security, Spyware, Symantec, Tech support, Third-party services, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, Wireless, worms
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Blocking Tunneling Applications
Hi; Any suggestions on how I can block hopster(and other similar socks based tunneling applications)from tunnelling out and bypassing the firewall? When hopster contacts its servers it uses different set of IPs, not a single domain, so its kind of hard to block it based on IPs Thank You

Answer Question   |  August 1, 2005  1:28 AM
Application security, Database, DataCenter, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, Networking, Secure Coding, Security, VPN, Wireless
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Cisco VPN Client
I am using Windows 2003 SP1. Cisco VPN client into my work place “connects” but I can not create a remote desktop connection to any machines on the 2003 domain at work. BEFORE I installed SP1 this all worked fine. I have disabled IPSEC and Windows Firewall from loading at startup at home. Microsoft’s VPN [...]

Answer Question   |  July 25, 2005  10:53 AM
Cisco, VPN
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aaa authorization ?
Which of the following authorization commands are valid? (we have to choose 2 correct) A. aaa authentication exec home radius B. aaa accounting exec home radius C. aaa authorization default none D. aaa authorization exec home radius E. aaa authorization network default enable F. aaa authorization network default local

Answer Question   |  July 26, 2005  9:45 AM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, Biometrics, Cabling, Cisco, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, Desktop vs network-based firewalls, Digital certificates, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Hardware, Hubs, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, Networking, Product/Service evaluation, provisioning, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Service and support, Single sign-on, Switches, VPN, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, Wireless
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Detection of ActiveX & other Mobile code
Hi ! I am trying to extend the functionality of a squid-based proxy to filter out ActiveX, JavaScripts and mobile code in general, from the web pages users will download. I am trying to make it an “intelligent” filter, in the sense of not just plainly removing the <OBJECT> tags from the page, but to [...]

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2005  6:27 AM
ActiveX, C, Development, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Java, JavaScript, Network security, Policies, Security management, VPN, Wireless
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Computer name hidden when using VPN?
When I connect to my corporate VPN from my home PC (using a Cisco VPN client, over a WIFI network through a cable modem/router setup), it appears my computer name is being obscured from the server, which is preventing access to some resources (such as CVS). When I try to ping my machine (the “client” [...]

Answer Question   |  July 24, 2005  9:18 AM
Networking, VPN
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Cisco 1811/1812 vs Netscreen 5GTE
Hello all, Did any of you have/had any experience with both Cisco 1811/1812 and Netscreen 5GT(E)? Which one is better/faster/has more features/more user friendly according to you? What I need is a router/firewall/IPS appliance that will allow me to set up some DMZ and two LANs and that will serve as a VPN end point [...]

Answer Question   |  July 26, 2005  3:13 AM
Cisco, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Juniper Networks, NetScreen, Network security, Networking, Product evaluation, Routers, Security, Security products, VPN, Wireless
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Accessing MS Exchange Server on DMZ zone of Cisco Pix 515E as local server
Hi, We currently have a MS Small Business Server 2000 (of which Exchange Server is a part) configured on the LAN behind a firewall and use POP3 Connector of MS Exchange to retrieve external mails. Our users connect to the MS Exchange Server within the LAN without requiring to connect to the Internet. The question [...]

Answer Question   |  September 6, 2005  3:48 AM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, VPN, Wireless
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Secure File Transfer for Mainframe systems
I would like to transfer files from Unix machine to Mainframe system (using Unix machine as client). The transfer process need to be secure (ie. data sent thro network should be encrypted using 128-bit encryption algorithm). I came to understand that SFTP server is not available for Mainframe systems and hence using SFTP is not [...]

Answer Question   |  July 24, 2005  7:03 PM
390, Application security, Application software, California Security Breach Information Act, Database, DB2, Encryption, Exchange, Instant Messaging, Java, Mainframe, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security products, VPN
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Certificates
I am pretty new to the 2003 Microsoft world, but I am NT 4 MCSE. My setup: 2 W2K3 DC’s 1 Exchange 2K3 member server 1 W2K3 member server–web server about 60 users–single domain some of my users want to use Outlook Web Access to get their mail from home (approx. 10-15) Everything is set [...]

Answer Question   |  July 5, 2005  11:45 AM
Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Disaster Recovery, Information risk management, Intrusion management, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security management, Security Program Management, VPN, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit
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