An Exercise in Networking – NATing twice

And I don’t mean Twice NAT as on Cisco ASA devices. The problem: I have been using a PIX 501 as a gateway for some time. It works great – except for one small problem – it has a 10-user license. What does this mean? It means that if you are using NAT or VPN (or anything) there can only be 10 devices behind the firewall on the inside interface. The easiest way to see … Read more…

Scammers phishing by phone now?!?!?

I just got a call from 620-450-4497 which came up as Pratt, KS. It was some cheap recording stating that “My debit card has been lost or stolen. Press 1 to reactivate” Being that I just love hearing all the latest scams, I eagerly pressed 1 to “find out more about my debit card”. I was then prompted to “press 1 to continue or 2 to exit”- 1 was pressed again of coarse. I was … Read more…