• Configuring Cisco ASA SSL Ciphers

    To protect against SSL vulnerabilities it is important to disable SSLv3 and weak ciphers on your cisco ASA device. To enumerate the ciphers supported by the device I use an openssl wrapper script called cipherscan that is available on github. On a default Cisco ASA setup here is what ciphers...


  • Creating a Site-to-Site VPN with Solaris 11

    I documented the process I used to create a site-to-site VPN between two sites using Solaris 11 as the router. I did this because the documentation provided by Oracle has several critical flaws. Here's the direct link to the document that's embedded below: Creating a Site-to-Site VPN with Solaris 11...


  • Migrating a CVS Repository to Git

    So you want to take those old CVS repositories and migrate them to Git? You can use cvs2git to migrate your CVS repository with history to Git. It requires direct filesystem access the CVS repository that you wish to convert. Fist download cvs2git, compile, and install. svn co --username=guest --password=""...


  • DDNS Updater for DNS Made Easy

    The problem with hosting a domain on a dynamic IP is that when your IP address changes your domain becomes inaccessible until you update the DNS record with your new IP. Hosting a domain on a dynamic IP address can be done easily if you use DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name...


  • Running Jenkins using SMF on Solaris 11

    Jenkins (formerly known as Hudson) is a continuous integration tool. Installing Jenkins as a daemon service on Solaris 11 is pretty simple. Below are the steps I took to get it up and running using SMF in Solaris 11. SMF or Service Management Facility is the default way to manage...