We recently had the need to establish a Site to Site VPN connection with our Meraki MX65w security appliance. Meraki security appliances have the option to establish a Site to Site VPN connection to other security appliances as well as other third-party routers. In our scenario, we successfully configured a […]
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The exploit, known as “KRACK” for Key Reinstallation Attack, represents a complete breakdown of the WPA2 protocol. An attacker could decrypt network traffic, hijack connections, and inject content into the traffic stream. Almost every wireless-enabled device is at risk of attack. As a result, every vulnerable device will need a […]
We recently ran into a problem where a customer became unable to access the FTP site of a partner. They had been accessing this FTP site regularly for years. About two weeks ago, it abruptly stopped working. When connecting via any FTP client in either Active and Passive modes, they […]
We recently replaced our existing router with a Meraki MX65w Security Appliance. While Meraki does have multi-factor authentication to log into the cloud controller, we were disappointed to find out that they do not have multi-factor authentication for client VPN. However, there are third-party solutions that can be used to […]
Microsoft recently added a new feature that by default prevents the opening of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files sent as attachments in Outlook. When attempting to open, users may receive error messages like the one below. These error messages usually do not define the problem. For example, looking at […]
Most everyone has tried the flash based SpeakEasy Internet Speed Test. Recently, SourceForge introduced a HTML5 speed test that doest not require Flash or Java. It works on all devices including tablets and smart phones without needing to install an App. You can try it here: https://sourceforge.net/speedtest/. The image below […]