Internet Security

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Juniper knowledge base search plugin for Firefox

Juniper has a plugin for Firefox that can be used for easy search of their knowledge base articles.

Go to http://kb.juniper.net and click on ‘Install Search Engine PlugIn’

 

 

Cisco IOS Security vulnerability bug checker tool

Is there was a better way to see a list of all known vulnerabilities or bugs for a particular IOS version instead of looking at the version release notes?

The answer is yes, Cisco recently released a free new Security vulnerability checker tool for their IOS versions.

In an easy to use drop down menu we can now select a particular IOS version to get a list of all known vulnerabilities that effect that version.

Ref.

www.cisco.com

Configuring HA in Juniper SRX

If you have been a long time Netscreen user and are thinking about upgrading to Juniper SRX, beware of the HA configuration complexity with JunOS, it is very unique and is a real challenge to master. You will definitely wish Juniper would have left it the way it was in Netscreen.

for details Ref. Juniper Knowledge base article

PKI public private key concept

PKI public private key concept

To encrypt a message                    ——> Use receiver’s public key

To decrypt a message                    ——> Use receiver’s private key

To send an encrypted signature —–> Use sender’s private key

To decrypt encrypted signature —–> Use sender’s public key