Browsing through my Fortigate’s DLP logs on the FortiAnalyzer, I run into an alert of jpg images being sent to http://orfhbbtv.orf.at (194.232.116.165). All Smart TVs are spying on us but sending images? Anyway google, bing or whatever search engine you use how to turn on the privacy setting on your TV. When I did that …
Recently I was running out of disk space on one of my NextCloud installations and I needed to increase the disk space. As I was not familiar with the partition commands I pinged my friend stsimb. Thanks!!! I have tested this procedure on Hyper V and on ESXi but I guess it will work also …
Webmin is nice to have but it can be dangerous if someone gains access to your server.MFA, or Multi Factor Authentication adds an extra layer of security accessing your precious server. Before you start make sure you have installed the Google Authenticator app on your phone And you are done! Now, every time you login …
No matter how hard core cli user you are it very often that you will need a GUI to perform some tasks just because, you can’t remember the commands or you want a better visualization (Firewall ports comes to mind). I know some prefer Cockpit but I vote for Webmin. Here is how to install …
This procedure covers 6.0x installations SSH to your server and get root privileges. Download the .deb package from the Zabbix website Install the package that adds to the source list an update the package indexes Install the agent Configure the agent. I use nano but you can use the editor of your choice Search and …
Some useful tips for optimization. This is by no means a full “how to” install Ubuntu on ESXi. I am just sharing the steps I use to install a new Ubuntu VM on my ESXi. It will require a bit of knowledge on both ESXi and Ubuntu Note for 8.0 The Configuration Parameters got renames …
Yes, yes, I know, I am complaining about Fortinet again. Well, the previous post is months old, I just copied it from my previous site so I did not complain for some time now. A bit of a background I have a lab at home for testing, experimenting etc etc. At some point I …
So, a few days ago, I scheduled an upgrade of a Fortigate HA pair from 6.2.3 to 6.4.5. The task was to be performed remotely but the car was all fueled up, permission to access the premisses in case of trouble was given, the maintenance window was long enough, all images that I was going …