Using a MacBook to connect to a Cisco router
We have a “USBG-232MINI” USB to Serial adapter and I needed to connect to a Cisco router. GNU screen to the rescue!! The command is screen /dev/tty.usbserial-A9005yuF 9600 (Where A9005yuF is probably...
View ArticleCisco ASA hacking – Getting started
My wife (Team Murphy’s CFO) allowed me to purchase a Cisco ASA 5505 for home. We use ASAs at work, and I am interested in how we can leverage these devices to their fullest. I am new to Cisco and to...
View ArticleCisco ASA: tunnel-group commands and Connection Profiles
I have to say, it is difficult to learn Cisco products. I have been hacking away at my new Cisco ASA 5505, and it is not easy. One of the toughest things is that the ASDM displays the configuration...
View ArticleCisco ASA memory issues – disable webvpn cache may fix?
The credit for this article goes to @xrobx99. I wanted to blog about his discovery so that others might find the solution quicker. We have an Cisco ASA that we had to reboot every month because the...
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On demand iPhone vpn connection to a Cisco ASA
This was a proof of concept that I worked on with @xrobx99. Thanks @xrobx99 for your help. We were interested in how our users could access SharePoint behind our firewall on their mobile devices. We...
View ArticleCisco ASA and smart tunnels – my experience on OS X 10.7
I have been playing with smart tunnels on my Cisco ASA. The documentation is a little scarce on examples, so I thought I would post what I have found. On OS X, not much appears to work (I only tried...
View ArticleHow to setup a remote syslog server in CentOS 6
I wanted to have a cisco device send it’s logs to a Centos box for troubleshooting. I just wanted to do a “tail -f” against the error logs. Seems that syslog is now rsyslog in Centos 6. To setup...
View ArticleProblems with SharePoint 2010 menus and javascript using a Cisco WebVPN (ASA)
We noticed that the SharePoint 2010 menus were not working with our Cisco ASA’s WebVPN. If the top level menu had children, they would not show on hover. Then we started noticing that all jQuery based...
View ArticleCisco ASA 5505 from Factory Default to Static Address and defined inside subnet
I have been playing with an ASA 5505 lately. I wanted the ability to start fresh when I could not figure things out. I came up with the following commands to cut and paste into the console, allowing me...
View ArticleUsing a MacBook to connect to a Cisco router
We have a “USBG-232MINI” USB to Serial adapter and I needed to connect to a Cisco router. GNU screen to the rescue!! The command is screen /dev/tty.usbserial-A9005yuF 9600 (Where A9005yuF is probably...
View ArticleCisco ASA hacking – Getting started
My wife (Team Murphy’s CFO) allowed me to purchase a Cisco ASA 5505 for home. We use ASAs at work, and I am interested in how we can leverage these devices to their fullest. I am new to Cisco and to...
View ArticleCisco ASA: tunnel-group commands and Connection Profiles
I have to say, it is difficult to learn Cisco products. I have been hacking away at my new Cisco ASA 5505, and it is not easy. One of the toughest things is that the ASDM displays the configuration...
View ArticleCisco ASA memory issues – disable webvpn cache may fix?
The credit for this article goes to @xrobx99. I wanted to blog about his discovery so that others might find the solution quicker. We have an Cisco ASA that we had to reboot every month because the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On demand iPhone vpn connection to a Cisco ASA
This was a proof of concept that I worked on with @xrobx99. Thanks @xrobx99 for your help. We were interested in how our users could access SharePoint behind our firewall on their mobile devices. We...
View ArticleCisco ASA and smart tunnels – my experience on OS X 10.7
I have been playing with smart tunnels on my Cisco ASA. The documentation is a little scarce on examples, so I thought I would post what I have found. On OS X, not much appears to work (I only tried...
View ArticleHow to setup a remote syslog server in CentOS 6
I wanted to have a cisco device send it’s logs to a Centos box for troubleshooting. I just wanted to do a “tail -f” against the error logs. Seems that syslog is now rsyslog in Centos 6. To setup...
View ArticleProblems with SharePoint 2010 menus and javascript using a Cisco WebVPN (ASA)
We noticed that the SharePoint 2010 menus were not working with our Cisco ASA’s WebVPN. If the top level menu had children, they would not show on hover. Then we started noticing that all jQuery based...
View ArticleCisco ASA 5505 from Factory Default to Static Address and defined inside subnet
I have been playing with an ASA 5505 lately. I wanted the ability to start fresh when I could not figure things out. I came up with the following commands to cut and paste into the console, allowing me...
View ArticlePowerShell script to recreate Azure Network Security Groups (NSGs)
I developed a habit when I was working with ACLs on a Cisco ASA firewall. I would keep a master list for each ACL, and when I needed to make a change, I would remove the entire ACL from the device and...
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