Sunday, November 2, 2014

PowerShell commands to disable IPv6

The following PowerShell commands can be used to disable the default tunneling IPv6 protocols.

Set-NetTeredoConfiguration -Type Disabled
Set-NetIsatapConfiguration -State Disabled
Set-Net6to4Configuration -State Disabled

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The following command will disable IPv6 for a particular NIC.

Set-NetAdapterBinding -name <NIC name> -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)" -Enabled:$false

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AutoAdministrator

AutoAdministrator lets you query or update a variety of Windows settings and services across any number of servers and/or workstations, without the need to create a script or perform the actions manually.

http://www.autoadministrator.com/

How to reduce the glare within iOS

To reduce the glare or brightness within iOS, access Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Increase Contrast.  Two settings to verify would be:

Darken Colors –> This darkens the menu font by changing it from light blue to dark blue.

Reduce White Point –> This darkens the whitest white that iOS will display and tunes down the glare.

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MagicTree

MagicTree is a penetration tester productivity tool. It is designed to allow easy and straightforward data consolidation, querying, external command execution and report generation.

http://www.gremwell.com/what_is_magictree

Options for running a honeypot on a Raspberry Pi

A recent blog posting discussed running a honeypot on a Raspberry Pi using the Raspbian operating system http://www.raspbian.org/ as the base.  Below are a few different options that were listed as potential honeypot services.

https://github.com/desaster/kippo

http://glastopf.org/

http://dionaea.carnivore.it/

Saturday, November 1, 2014

ESXtopNGC

ESXtopNGC is a VMware fling that adds ESXiTop functionality to the vSphere web client.

https://labs.vmware.com/flings/esxtopngc-plugin

Mail Protection Reports for Office 365

Mail Protection Reports for Office 365 is an add-on for Excel to obtain more detailed information on email traffic within Office 365.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30716

SELKS

SELKS is a specialist Debian-based distribution that ships with a variety of pre-configured network security management tools.

https://www.stamus-networks.com/open-source/

Bitnami

Bitnami is a library of popular server applications and development environments that can be installed with one click, either in your laptop, in a virtual machine or hosted in the cloud. We take care of compiling and configuring the applications and all of their dependencies (third-party libraries, language runtimes, databases) so they work out-of-the-box.

https://bitnami.com/

PowerShell cmdlets included with Message Analyzer

Several PowerShell cmdlets are included within the installation of Message Analyzer.  Once installed, launch an elevated PowerShell session and issue the Update-Help command.  Then use Get-Help per to view the available cmdlets.

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One option available is to perform a capture in a circular method, which allows the trace to continue while dropping older data.

powershell_pef_2

powershell_pef_3

More information can be found at the following links:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/messageanalyzer/archive/2013/10/29/using-powershell-to-automate-tracing.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn168858.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn456518.aspx