Category Archives: Sec

Quick and easy way to have a home DNS server via Pi-hole – part 1

Don’t you want to block those pesky Internet ads and pop-ups ads? Pi-hole is the answer. If you do not know what a pi-hole is, here is an extract from the pi-hole GitHub page. Block ads for all your devices without the need to install … Continue reading

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OpenVPN for Android phone

I am assuming that you already exported the client profile from the OpenVPN server. I am talking about the .ovpn file. The process is pretty simple. The goal is to import the .ovpn file to the OpenVPN Connect app. Download … Continue reading

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OpenVPN for OSX desktop client

I guess we can start with Mac. You can use the Viscosity for $9. You can also use the TunnelBlick which is what I am going to be using here. Download the latest stable release of TunnelBlick, and install it. … Continue reading

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OPNSense as a VPN server

I recently posted a Raspberry Pi3 as an OpenVPN server. It worked great, but I had some issues that I was still trying to fix (at least, at the time of this writing). Basically, I could not get the Internet … Continue reading

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OpenVPN and Raspberry Pi 3 – part 1

I used to use the remote access VPN that came with my SRX100 and now SRX300. However, it is limited to two users only. I need more than two users. I thought of using the Raspberry Pi and OpenVPN since OpenVPN … Continue reading

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Juniper SRX New DHCP Configuration for Home LAN

As I mentioned from my last post, I switched back from ASA5505 to SRX100H2. The reason I am posting this is for some reason, my SRX100 couldn’t receive a public IP address from my service provider. Somehow the newer way … Continue reading

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VMWare Fusion and Palto Alto VMs

Working with Palto Alto VMs is kind of annoying. Instead of it being ready to be deployed, you would have to do some extra work to get the interfaces working. What I mean by extra work, Palto Alto does not send … Continue reading

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