Tuesday, 12 December 2023

find ip addresses on switch

No one good way to do this, depends on variables. Some commands may help 

sh ip arp (only works if you have l3 interfaces in each vlan)

sh ip dhcp snooping binding (needs dhcp snooping)


sh ip device tracking interface gigabitEthernet 

Monday, 11 December 2023

Good video explaining HSTS for customers

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx5NEOI_TPw&t=9s


Although some of it is specific to the company platform the explanation of the HSTS and why its an issue is good.


HSTS

HTTP Strict transport security

Any site that redirects from HTTP to HTTPS is vulnerable 

Its medium severity usually but low hanging fruit for attackers, if they see the basics are not done they may probe further but if they see HSTS setup they may move on

HSTS is a protocol sets regulations for how user agents (web browsers) should handle their connection for a site running https

Its possible for attackers to downgrade https to http connections and read data 

Thursday, 30 November 2023

library kiosk urls

 mysmartadmin.com

subscription.librarystationupdate.com

shared.bibliotheca.services

Thursday, 23 November 2023

how to open big log files

 needed to open a 5GB log file

tried a few different options but landed on notepad++ with bigfiles plugin


Thursday, 16 November 2023

palo alto user id not working for some user

Check for NTP settings on both firewalls


Saw an issue where the groups were not being downloaded

All config looked good, checked all settings etc

The cmd below was run and it came back

debug user-id reset user-id-manager type user-group

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

mac address formats

default: 1234.5678.90AB

IEEE 802/IETF: 12-34-56-78-90-AB


Unformatted: 1234567890AB

One byte 12:34:56:78:90:AB

Two byte 1234:5678:90AB


IP addresses were using dots

One byte 12.34.56.78.90.AB

two byte 1234.5678.90AB



Xerox made it and got 00-00-00

Cisco 00-00-0C

Next (later apple) 00-00-0F

Samsung 00-00-F0


MAC addresses are the address at L2

MAC addresses are possible to spoof so MAB sec not great


Some devices can't do MFA or 802.1x so MAC rules will be needed until devices get smarter.

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

csr attributes that are required or optional

 

CN

Common   Name

This is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) that specifies the server’s exact location in the Domain Name System (DNS). For example, a component with hostname webBridge1 and parent domain example.com has the fully qualified domain name webBridge1.example.com. The FQDN uniquely distinguishes the component from any other components called webBridge1 in other domains.

Required, see notes below

 O

Organization or Business name

Usually the legal incorporated name of a company. It should include any suffixes such as Ltd., Inc., or Corp. Use “” around the attribute if more than one word, e.g. “Example Inc.”

 Optional

 OU

Organizational unit or Department name

For example, Support, IT, Engineering, Finance. Use “” around the attribute if more than one word, e.g. “Human Resources”

 Optional

 L

Location

City or town. For example, London, Boston, Milan, Berlin.

 Optional

 ST

Province, Region, County or State

For example, Buckinghamshire, California.
Do not abbreviate. Use “” around the attribute if more than one word, e.g. “New Jersey”

 Optional

C

Country

The two-letter ISO code for the country where your organization is located. For example, US, GB, FR.

 Optional

 An email address

An email address to contact the organization. Usually the email address of the certificate administrator or IT department.

Optional

 SAN

Subject Alternative Name

From X509 Version 3 (RFC 2459), SSL certificates are allowed to specify multiple names that the certificate should match.

This field enables the generated certificate to cover multiple domains. It can contain IP addresses, domain names, email addresses, regular DNS host names, etc, separated by commas. If you specify this list you must also include the CN in this list. Although this is an optional field, the SAN field must be completed in order for XMPP clients to accept a certificate, otherwise the XMPP clients will display a certificate error.

Required   for XMPP server certificates or if a single certificate is to be used across   multiple components.  See note below. Note: XMPP server is not supported from version 3.0