ISA 2006 Web Chaining
ISA Web Chaining rules define how traffic will be handled by the proxy server. Web request to specific destination can be handled in different ways by ISA: Retrieve directly from the destination / internet; Forward to an upstream proxy server; Redirect the request to a specific server / web page; The most popular use for … Read More
Reset Nokia E71
Are you having weird problems with your Nokia E71 that you didn’t have when you first got it? Maybe it is time to reset your phone. There are two ways of resetting, a soft and a hard reset. You should always backup your phone, before resetting it. Soft reset A soft reset only reboots your … Read More
Nokia E71, XS4ALL and SIP
My Internet provider, XS4ALL, offers me the possibility to use a free SIP account. This is especially useful when travelling abroad. I can call to the Netherlands with the SIP accounts. This saves me a lot of money compared to calling with my regular cell phone. I often hard reset my phone, so all settings … Read More
Active Directory: one account, two passwords
Lately I noticed something strange. I configured an ISA server as reverse proxy for OWA. The customer demanded the ability for users to change their password through OWA. I configured the OWA listener with LDAPS authentication against the Active Directory and enabled the option to select “I want to change my password after logging on” … Read More
Configuration Example, IDS / IPS
Upgrade CS MARS
A customer was running CS MARS with version 4.3.6. Lately the Cisco IPS sensor was upgraded to version 7.x. This version wasn’t supported anymore by CS MARS version 4.3.6. That is why the CS MARS needed to be upgraded to 6.x. I don’t have a lot of experience with CS MARS and I couldn’t find … Read More
Configuration Example, Management
IPplan – IP address management
A lot of customers have different methods for their IP address management. Most of them use some kind of static documentation, like an Excel sheet. In the past I implemented IPplan multiple times. I like this tool, because it dynamically scans multiple IP subnets, using ICMP and/or Nmap. Another advantage of IPplan is its ability … Read More