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Vulnerability in WPS leaves many WPA/WPA2 protected networks open to exploitation…..

Posted on 10/01/2012 by Googs

It seems that a weakness in WPS has severely weakened the security of many WPA and WPA2 protected wireless networks. The WPA Pre-Shared Key and WPS PIN can be recovered in a matter of hours using a “Reaver”. Ars-Technica have … Continue reading →

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Easily find unicode characters by drawing the character

Posted on 08/01/2012 by Googs

ShapeCatcher allows you to easily find the correct unicode character by simply drawing the character Example below shows an “é” but holding down the “Alt Gr” key and pressing áéíóú is a much quicker way for that….. .

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Fortigate – “The string contains XSS vulnerability characters.”

Posted on 06/01/2012 by Googs

When creating a new SSL VPN portal (on Forti OS version 4 MR 2 Patch 9  at least) you may encounter the following message when attempting to save the Portal “The string contains XSS vulnerability characters.”   If this is … Continue reading →

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Fortigate ping response on WAN interfaces

Posted on 05/01/2012 by Googs

Recently I encountered a issue where a Fortigate when pinged from an external source  was not responding to pings on the WAN interfaces . Administrative access was set to allow pings on both interfaces.   Solution: When all the admin … Continue reading →

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5 Websites To Learn Python

Posted on 04/01/2012 by Googs

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-python-programming/

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Fortigate IPSec VPN to iOS

Posted on 30/11/2011 by Googs

Fortinet have created a handy guide for setting up an IPSec  VPN that iPhones etc can connect to.   The link to the KB document is here

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Outlook 2010 and direct booking with Exchange 2003

Posted on 15/11/2011 by Googs

There seems to be an issue when using Outlook 2010 Direct Booking with Exchange 2003. The resource is not booked and the user does not receive any error message.   Microsft have provided solutions to this problem  along with a … Continue reading →

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VMware server 2.x and Windows 7

Posted on 14/11/2011 by Googs

When creating a Windows7 VM on VMware server 2.x you may encounter issues with regards to the network adapter. Solution is in the pretty good write up below http://www.petri.co.il/installing-windows-7-in-vmware-server-20.htm

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Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH

Posted on 11/11/2011 by Googs

When  upgrading the firmware on the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH the user may encounter the following error "Invalid Firmware, Rebooting in 80 seconds"   This may be caused by trying to install firmware from an incorrect region. To resolve download the firmware … Continue reading →

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Kaspersky Anti-Spam mcou.dll error in Outlook

Posted on 11/11/2011 by Googs

  If Kaspersky is installed with Outlook already open and running it may cause issues with the Anti-Spam/Virus functions.   The following error may be encountered at when Outllook is launched and when the user views an email. “The Add-in … Continue reading →

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