Kerry Thompson

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Small Coffee Table

A recently-finished woodwork project.

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Permanent link to this article: https://crypt.gen.nz/2017/07/01/small-coffee-table/

Juniper Filter-based VLANs

So during my efforts to study for the Juniper JNCIP-Ent ( Enterprise Routing & Switching ) exam, I happened to come across a Juniper switching feature called Filter-based VLANs. In normal VLAN-based switching, a device’s assigned VLAN is configured on it’s access port and can’t be changed no matter what is connected to that port. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://crypt.gen.nz/2017/06/27/juniper-filter-based-vlans/

A Quick Look at AlienVault USM Anywhere

The company I’m working for is ramping up capability to support AlienVault USM Anywhere. Here’s a few notes from what I’ve learned about the product. Alienvault’s USM Anywhere is delivered as a VM image that can be deployed under VMware, or in a cloud environment such as Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure. This VM is …

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Permanent link to this article: https://crypt.gen.nz/2017/06/13/a-quick-look-at-alienvault-usm-anywhere/

Transparent Web Proxying with Cisco, Squid, and WCCP

I’ve re-published an old article on performing transparent web proxying with Cisco’s WCCP protocol and Squid. Read more here.

Permanent link to this article: https://crypt.gen.nz/2017/06/12/transparent-web-proxying-with-cisco-squid-and-wccp/

Welcome to the new site, better than the old site

Welcome to my new web site. I’ve done a fair bit of work to rebuild my web site from the old manually edited HTML site that was too difficult to maintain. I’ve create this new site as a hosted WordPress site which will allow much easier posting of regular blog entries, and much better formatting. …

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