Firewall

How to install pfSense in DigitalOcean

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Inspired by this post, I’m basically re-creating it with copy/paste commands instead of images of the commands and updating the partitioning portion as I found some steps the original author took are no longer required. Create your droplet Login to your DigitalOcean Dashboard and create a new droplet Select ‘FreeBSD 11.1 x64’ as your droplet … Read more

Palo Alto firewall displays “Session timed out” when you try to login

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If you are getting this error message read this article first BEFORE you try to rebooting your firewall. I ran into this problem recently with a Palo Alto PA-200 series firewall. I tried to login via the WebUI and would get the error “Session timed out”. I could SSH into the firewall and the internet … Read more

LifeSize Express 220 dropping calls at 45 seconds on the dot

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I recently deployed a LifeSize Express 220 in a school with a Satellite internet connection and a Cisco PIX 515 firewall running 8.0(4).28 and kept running into the strangest problem when making calls. No matter if I was calling out or someone was calling in we’d be able to talk with video or audio only for exactly 45 … Read more