Feb
18
2016
QSHELL and PASE on IBM i are nice tools but remain quite limited with the fixed size 5250 window with no scroll bars. Let’s see how to make it better with a secure SSH connection and a few tricks. Launch SSH Daemon Considering SSH is installed on your AS400 ie 5733SC1 (OpenSSH, OpenSSL, zlib) in […]
Tags: AS400, IBM i, iSeries, ksh, QSH, SSH
May
06
2015
Different methods exists to filter out mac addresses on a switch such as:– port security,– mac access lists or even– 802.1x port-based authentication with Radius. Mac access ACL require a higher end switch while 802.1x authentication is a pretty heavy setup and needs to manage a mac address database on a Radius server.Port security allows […]
Tags: Cisco, Mac Address, Switch, VLAN
Dec
31
2009
iLO is a management interface supporting SSH, available on HP Proliant servers. It provides interesting features such as remotely powering the server on and off.But it is also possible to access Linux iLO remote console and reboot in single mode from a remote network. How handy is that!? Enable Serial Console in BIOS While booting […]
Tags: Grub, HP, ilo, linux
Sep
04
2009
WPA encryption is not much hassle to set up and is way more secure than WEP if you use a strong pre-shared key. First off, we’ve got a wifi interface that can be displayed with iwconfig (from the wireless tools): [root@db ~]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ath0 IEEE 802.11g […]
Tags: debian, fedora, linux, redhat, ubuntu, wifi
Aug
09
2009
Cracking a WEP key is extremely easy and is a matter of a few seconds. Truth? Pretty much… We are going to decrypt traffic in real time as well without even needing to connect to the wireless access point. All steps will be run under root super-user as interfaces state needs to be changed. Aircrack Installation […]
Tags: linux, security, wifi