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Not everyone has a great password maintenance process. If you run into a situation where the group pre-shared keys for your VPN are lost, you face the option of changing the existing key (and breaking any users that are currently working), or creating a new group with a new key …
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If you see an error like the one below in your Cisco ASA log files, check with the other end and make sure your transform-set matches.
QM FSM error (P2 struct &0xd7fed708, mess id 0xcc86fb64)!
The QM FSM error message usually relates to a configuration mismatch. Although checking the crypto …
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Managing isolated systems is already a complicated task. Network connectivity from outside the Local Area Network (LAN) introduces new complexities that must be taken into account when designing an information security plan. The most significant concern when connecting a LAN to the Internet is protecting internal information from external attackers …
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In most VPN setups, each VPN user is given unique login credentials. Very rarely, you might run into a situation where a group of individuals is going to be sharing a set of credentials. For example, you might assign VPN credentials to another company for temporary access to part of …
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A buddy of mine is getting about 1 Mbps through his Cisco 2621XM based VPN.
Additionally, the CPU was maxed out during the transfer. (In my testing, I was
able to max out a 7 Mbps cable modem using the
Cisco VPN Client connected
to the same endpoint, so the …
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