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The firewall is NOT dead!
Finally, someone makes some sense when talking about firewalls. ScottL over at Juniper has an excellent post about why firewalls are still around. Even though this is a sneaky way to talk about their...
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Get rid of bottlenecks
For anyone looking for a good book to read I recommend The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox. If you have gone to college for you BBA or MBA it is quite likely you have already read this...
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Network Security Admins: Don’t fight Web2.0!
Like many network security professionals I have always taken the “lock it down then give specific access” approach. This approach worked well throughout the 90′s and early 2000′s. However with the rise...
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Simple Juniper Cache Cleaner troubleshooting steps
If you have a Juniper SSL-VPN appliance once of the biggest headaches you may deal with is cache cleaner. Its a great tool from a security standpoint, but most of the problems that get escalated to me...
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Setup sflow on a Juniper EX switch for WUG
Here are the steps to setting up a Juniper EX-3200 series switch to send sflow data to WhatsUp Gold (WUG) Flow Monitor. Technically its the same for procedure for any flow monitor, I’m just doing it...
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What to do when your ISP’s DNS servers are down? Use Google!
My current ISP Charter is currently having DNS issues. This is easy to verify. I am able to ping some known IPs on the internet. But when I ping Charters DNS servers I get massive packet loss. Here is...
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Tool spotlight: WIMI
Today I thought I would put a spotlight on a favorite online tool: WhatIsMyIP.com (WIMI). At its core this site serves a very simple and important task by showing what your public IP is. Simply go to...
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Some tips to find rogue devices on your network
Any unknown entity on your network is bad, this is especially true for rogue devices. There are a variety of ways to protect your network from rogue devices, but honestly most small and medium...
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FTP is dead, now will someone tell developers!
Today’s post is all about FTP, or rather about why FTP shouldn’t be around anymore. FTP, which stands for file transfer protocol, was created almost 40 years ago when networks looked completely...
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Arrow keys not working in Excel, it scrolls instead
Been a while since I posted, but here is a quick easy answer to a problem I’ve seen quite often. When you are working in MS Excel it is quite easy to move between fields using the arrow key. Every once...
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