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A quick pointer to the ASA software compatability tables. When checking what version you can update a Cisco ASA to, these tables do prove rather useful. 9.9 to 9.5, Current Models https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/compatibility/asamatrx.html#pgfId-268944 Other release compatability is then provided in the other tables. Legacy Models are shown in Table 6 https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/compatibility/asamatrx.html#pgfId-112283 (Correct at time of publishing, …
You can use S/MIME certificates, also called “Digital Certificates” or “Personal Certificates”, with most email clients to digitally sign and/or encrypt email messages. In order to digitally sign or encrypt your email, you will need a digital certificate. For a run down on how to get a certificate, and also how to use it in …
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You can use S/MIME certificates, also called “Digital Certificates” or “Personal Certificates”, with most email clients to digitally sign and/or encrypt email messages. In order to digitally sign or encrypt your email, you will need a digital certificate. Get a certificate For this example, we will use the free certificate service from Comodo. Head over …
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In order to further harden a folder, for example an ‘uploads’ folder as used by WordPress, it maybe appropriate to block the execution of key file types. If you have a specific folder where content can be more easily written, blocking execution of script files will help reduce the chance of an attacker executing a …
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Do you want to reduce the version information that Apache and PHP are providing in the HTTP headers? This may help. /etc/apache2/conf-available/security.conf /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Seamless window integration of two separate operating systems, with isolated network stacks. Ransomware poses a real risk to every day web surfers. There are multipule attack vectors, drive by downloads, compromised sites and malvertising to name just a few are all huge areas of risk. This leads some to want seperation or sand boxing of …
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As any sysadmin responsible for mail systems will know, sometimes email gets relayed that shouldn’t. In this post, we will walk through the process of dealing with a SPAM email abuse report. It’s key to ensure these are dealt with in a timely manor as it will effect the SMTP servers reputation and therefore its …