Creating a VPN between Linksys RV042 and ASA 5505
This requires some basic knowledge of IPSEC and the ASA5505 this also requires modifying the DefaultL2LGroup on the ASA so if thats not an option stop reading now.
Network settings:
Office LAN: 192.168.1.0
Remote office LAN: 192.168.200.0
Using 32bit Backup exec GRT to backup 64bit Exchange 2007
I spent way to much time(again) trying to figure out what was wrong when my GRT backups just before completion it kept failing with 'E00084AF - The directory or file was not found, or could not be accessed.', by clicking the attaced link in the error message I was able to learn that this problem was caused by the advanced open filesystem trying to read/write something.
Ipod touch calendar sync with Outlook seems to create "corrupted" appointments
I've spent way to much time trying to understand why some calendar appointments failed to (air)sync to my WM6 phone and I was unable to see those appointments using outlook web access (OWA). After some trial and error I managed to find out which appointments that failed and it struck me, all the failed appintments were created after I bought my Ipod touch.
Connecting kOrganizer to Exchange 2007 (calendar) using webdavs(SSL)
Connecting kOrganizer to a Exchange 2007 server over SSL can be a bit tricky if the Exchange administrator has enabled forms based authentication which he probably has..
To be able to connect kOrganizer to Exchange when forms based authentication is used you need to either have access to the exchange server or have a friendly admin nearby.
Dynamically loading classes
class test{
var $_tvar="123";
}
$ttmp = "test";
$dynCls = new $ttmp();
Dynamically blacklisting with iptables
Thanks to the 'recent' module of iptables there is a quite simple way to create dynamic blacklist filters, the following rules creates a blacklist that prevents bruteforce attacks on ssh. It simply blocks all traffic from a host that has sent more than 3 new packets within a period of 30 seconds for a period of 180 seconds.
First of all we make sure that all excisting ssh connections remains
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT