pfSense Memstick 8GB USB

UTM Battle – pfSense set to usurp Sonicwall.

Mid-market UTM Battle – pfSense set to usurp Sonicwall. Google® Trends - Web search interest, comparison Sonicwall®, pfSense®, Endian®, Watchguard®, Untangle® Well maybe not ‘usurp’ quite yet, but according to Google® Trends searches for pfSense are getting very close. Sonicwall still has a major lead over the likes of Watchguard, Untangle and Endian, and all appear to be in decline. pfSense has continued to grow since it’s inception and I expect that the 2.1 final release will push it up enough to topple the Sonicwall giant, plus it’s free and arguably one of the most secure UTM’s on the Market, sorry it’s Open Source. I had also included Palo Alto and Fortinet to get a feeling where the mid-market stands. Fortinet [...]

Passwords – How2Uz

Passwords are always a week link in Physical Security, not just system security for any sized company. Every company should have a policy, but security should also become part of every day business for all associates. Here are some of the issues and guides to passwords that a company should consider: Don’t use passwords, use pass-phrases. Don’t use: personal passwords or too complex passwords(This is a hottie *); because people then write them down and stick them under their desk or in the draw or cupboard, the notebook, on their phone, everywhere. Use words in the pass-phrase that are spelt phonetically or misspelt, over 60 characters if used for single factor authentication. Do include numbers and capitals where they are memorable, [...]

CQRITE’ – IT Consult Plan Project Install Support Train, SW Ontario.

CQRITE’ – IT Consult Plan Project Install Support Train, SW Ontario. ‘How2uz‘: Training Introduction, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels. Try our Mac OS X Unix Command Primer to get you started. ‘How2uz‘: Computers – Windows, Mac, Linux. ‘How2uz‘: Systems – UNIX – Sun, HP-UX, xxxBSD – ‘How2uz‘: Tablets, Android, iPad, PlayBook ‘How2uz‘: Social Media – FaceBook, Twitter ‘How2uz‘: SmartPhones, Android, iPhone ‘How2uz‘: Scripting – Batch, sh, Bash, Perl ‘How2uz‘: Applications – Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Database. ‘How2uz‘: Programming – Languages, Assembly, Basic, C, Cobol, Java, HTML, PHP ‘How2uz‘: Database – SQL, MySQL, FoxPro, Access, Progress ‘How2uz‘: Router, Switch, Firewall, ‘How2uz‘: UTM’s, pfSense, Untangle, Endian, Sourcefire, Sophos Solutions: To fit all budgets, from $35.00 Call now for free consultation. Technology: Installation, Set-up, Maintenance, Repair and Support. [...]

pfSense boot.img – USB or CF on Mac OS X Mountain Lion – CQRITE´

Pre-Requisits: This is for Mountain Lion ONLY if you have an earlier version of Mac Os X then read my earlier blog (http://wp.me/p2ecX6-9y), because the process is different!

You would have a suitable CF, Compact Flash card or USB. For CF any USB CF Reader will generally do, I have a Dynex which reads just bout any type of card, but is slow. Probably USB1.1.

You have to be an ‘Admin’ to do the last bit of this, most users are unless you have been set up as a restricted account.

How2uz – Mac OS X – Unix Command Primer

How2uz – Mac OS X – Unix Command Primer Mac OS X Unix is based on BSD with Apple’s Darwin adding different or extra functionality to it, often referred to as ‘Darwin’ as a whole. Unix Structure: The Mac OS X Unix file structure is based on a tree much like Windows Explorer and can be viewed in ‘Finder’ in the GUI. Files are stored in folders in Mac OS X, called directories and sub-directories in Unix. A series of directories that leads you  to a file is called a ‘path’. The base of the tree or ‘root’ is called the User or home directory. It  is designated: ‘/User/’ where username is you login name: i.e. ‘/User/rickj. Files have extensions [...]

eFlame®, pfSense® Block Web Sites, by Domain Name?

eFlame®, pfSense® Block Web Sites, by Domain Name? Why would you block them? Well there Nasty, or just cause big bandwidth that you don’t want to have to provide. That’s Easy if you have a Cqrite´Appliance with pfSense® and Squid® installed. Select – Services -> Proxy Server -> Access Control tab -> Blacklist Box. Type the Domains in the format below, bold text, which uses ‘Regular Expressions’ to fill in the blanks for you at each end of the string that you enter. As an example, if you wanted to block windows download service: http://server10364.dlservice.microsoft.com/etc/var/local/blah/download/latest/patch.zip you might add: (^|\.)dlservice\.microsoft\.com$ Apple: If you have MAC OS X Server, then it will download all updates for you, so you may want to [...]

pfSense 2.0 and Gaming

pfSense 2.0 and Gaming Recommended for Hotels, Motels, at home with one or more gaming consoles. Covers versions 2.0.1 – 3. pfSense 2.0 and Gaming, the Open Source, ‘Firewall on Steroids’, or more formally known as a ‘Unified Threat Management’, UTM device that we use in eFlame®, is a little more secure than your average firewall. There are a few options that will make things easier as pfSense® does not automatically create outbound NAT’s with uPnP. pfSense 2.0 and Gaming on Games Consoles and PC’s need to have uPnP (universal Plug and Play) with Open NAT/NAT Type 2 to forward ports dynamically to game servers that are generally closed to the internet by pfSense®. pfSense 2.0 and Gaming on MAC’s with OS X require NAT-PMP with Open NAT/NAT Type 2 to achieve the same results. When a [...]

pfSense Memstick 8GB USB – CQRITE´

pfSense Memstick 8GB USB – CQRITE´ Kingston DTSE9 8GB USB V2, High Speed (35 MB/s or 280 Mbit/s) DataTraveler SE9 Pre-Loaded with the latest stable release of pfSense® currently at 2.0.3. Install the latest version of pfSense to almost any spare PC from this USB device and have one of the most secure Firewall devices available (Requires second NIC). Once installed point and click to turn your PC into a fully featured Universal Threat Management device. Kingston’s DataTraveler® SE9 USB Flash drive has a stylish metal casing with a large ring so it will attach easily. The small form factor makes it a great accessory for notebooks like Intel’s new Ultrabook™ as well as tablets that offer USB ports. Its durable casing [...]