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I have successfully configured brand new replacement slave/passive Sophos XGS2100 firewall and HA cluster for both units of Sophos XGS2100 firewalls with successful failover testing for a medical organization at Novena Specialist Center on 24 Nov 2023 Friday 12 noon to 3 PM

I have successfully configured brand new replacement slave/passive Sophos XGS2100 firewall and HA cluster for both units of Sophos XGS2100 firewalls with successful failover testing for a medical organization at Novena Specialist Center on 24 Nov 2023 Friday 12 noon to 3 PM

Upgrading AlmaLinux Server 9.x Series

Subject: Upgrading AlmaLinux Server 9.x Series Good day from Singapore, I have upgraded my AlmaLinux server from version 9.2 to version 9.3 on 23 Nov 2023 Thursday between 2 pm and 2.30 pm Singapore Time. [root@ns1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release AlmaLinux release 9.3 (Shamrock Pampas Cat) [root@ns1 ~]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="AlmaLinux" VERSION="9.3 (Shamrock Pampas Cat)" ID="almalinux" ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora" VERSION_ID="9.3" PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9" PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 9.3 (Shamrock Pampas Cat)" ANSI_COLOR="0;34" LOGO="fedora-logo-icon" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos" HOME_URL=" https://almalinux.org/ " DOCUMENTATION_URL=" https://wiki.almalinux.org/ " BUG_REPORT_URL=" https://bugs.almalinux.org/ " ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-9" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="9.3" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Alma...

Question on ISC BIND DNS Server

Subject: Question on ISC BIND DNS Server Good day from Singapore, I have Virtualmin / Webmin web hosting server control panel. I have 2 Virtual Private Servers in Germany and 1 Virtual Private Server in Japan. Can I upgrade BIND DNS Server manually? Will it cause problems with Virtualmin / Webmin? Thank you. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore Blogs: https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.com https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com GIMP also stands for Government-Induced Medical Problems. REFERENCES ============== [1] https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-users/2023-November/108126.html [2] https://www.mail-archive.com/bind-users@lists.isc.org/msg33872.html [3] https://marc.info/?l=bind-users&m=170066790505955&w=2

Question on Samba and Synology NAS

Subject: Question on Samba and Synology NAS Good day from Singapore, As an IT solutions provider, we have many clients with Synology NAS devices. How do we find out what Linux distro the Synology NAS is running on and what version of Samba is being used? Thank you. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore Blogs: https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.com https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com GIMP also stands for Government-Induced Medical Problems. REFERENCES ============= [1] https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2023-November/247210.html [2] https://marc.info/?l=samba&m=170066697104996&w=2

[Sophos Firewall] Reset secure storage master key

Link:  https://doc.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/20.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/CommandLineHelp/SystemSettings/ResetSSMK/index.html

[Sophos Firewall] Control center

Link:  https://doc.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/20.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/AdministratorHelp/ControlCenter/index.html

Purchased brand new SGD$222 Intel Celeron J4125 firewall appliance in early Nov 2023

Subject: Purchased brand new SGD$222 Intel Celeron J4125 firewall appliance in early Nov 2023 Good day from Singapore, I have purchased a brand new SGD$222 Intel Celeron J4125 firewall appliance from Lazada on 7 Nov 2023 Tue at 11.50 PM at night. The seller is based in China and the product ships internationally from China. I have received the product in Singapore on 14 Nov 2023 Tuesday at about 5.00 PM in the afternoon. The configuration which I have purchased for SGD$222 is as follows: (1) Intel Celeron J4125 microprocessor (2) 8 GB DDR4 RAM (3) 64 GB SSD (4) 4x Intel Ethernet Controller I225-V 2.5 GbE network interface cards (NICs) Brief technical specifications =============================== - Support DIY - Intel Celeron J4125 Quad Core (4M Cache, 2.0GHz up to 2.7GHz) - 2 x DDR4 Slots, max 32GB - Support pfSense (FreeBSD), OPNsense (FreeBSD), VyOS (Debian Linux), Windows (closed source) - 1 x HDMI - 1 x VGA - 4 x Intel 2500M NICs - 2 x USB 3.0 - 1 x mSATA - 1 x SATA - Support AES-...