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ACS 5.1 integration with Active Directory [Part 1]

By On February 25, 2011 · 2 Comments

If sometime you need to test a configuration regarding ACS integration with Microsoft Active Directory, or if you think that this is something that you want to try, then continue reading:

Part 1 – Active Directory installation

Part 2 – ACS 5.1 integration with [...]

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Cisco 2900 – Interface related chassis modification

By On August 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Cisco Enhanced EtherSwitch Service Modules seen above, expands the router’s capabilities by integrating Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching feature sets identical to those found in the Cisco Catalyst 3560-E and Catalyst 2960 Series Switches.

The new Cisco Enhanced EtherSwitch Service Modules are the first modules to take [...]

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Web Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Cisco CDS

By On July 23, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Cisco Internet Streamer application, part of the Cisco Content Delivery System, contains a directory traversal vulnerability on its web server component that allows for arbitrary file access. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker may be able to read arbitrary files on the device, outside of the web server document directory, by using a [...]

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Cisco Network Magic – funny marketing video

By On July 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Not too much to say about. We all know that Cisco is investing a lot into it’s image on the market and sometimes we are dissapointed that what marketing is showing is different from the final product, but the next video worth every penny. At least is funny and can bring a smile on [...]

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Cisco IOS: single user access in CLI configuration terminal

By On July 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Usually big companies with large network have a dedicated department which deals with all the network configuration.  The problem that I have in mind is when this department is splitted over large geographical areas (e.g. some colleagues in Europe, some in Asia and some in America) it may happen that more than [...]

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Cisco Cius

By On July 6, 2010 · 2 Comments

It seems to me that Cisco want to compete with Apple on the touch screen devices market. The Cisco Cius product confirm this.

OK, skipping the funny part of this story, honestly I believe that Cisco is making efforts to take the (still) open part of the tablet devices market that is not so developed [...]

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New benefits for Cisco 360 Learning Program

By On June 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Today I’ve received an e-mail with the following content:

Dear Cisco Certified Colleague,

CCIE certifications are as popular as ever. A recent publication has listed both the CCIE and the CCIE Voice certifications in their top 10 IT networking list* and has cited both as highly sought-after by employers. If that’s not enough motivation [...]

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Cisco: IP Policy Routing with IP SLA and EEM

By On May 31, 2010 · 6 Comments

Considering the same environment like in the post Cisco: Policy Routing with IP SLA, there is another way to achieve the same behavior using again IP SLA and EEM (Embedded Event Manager).

For those of you who are not so familiar with EEM please read http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6815/products_ios_protocol_group_home.html. You will [...]

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Cisco: Policy Routing with IP SLA

By On May 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Let’s assume that you have a Cisco router with 2 ISP connection. The first one it’s a 10Mbps connection with a decent latency and the second one it’s a 2Mbps connection with quite high latency.

Since you don’t want to load balance over this 2 connections for the obvious reasons described above, you decide to to use [...]

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Cisco: Prioritize Voice traffic with LLQ

By On May 19, 2010 · 1 Comment

In one of my previous posts I was explaining how to mark packets closer to network edge. Starting from that point, we are sure the packets are market with the correct value, so on the router device we can directly match those packets [...]

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