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Possible for pfSense to act as VPN client and server at the same time?

Recent Questions - Network Engineering Stack Exchange | Published on: 2022-12-28

Yes, that's most likely possible. Most VPN protocols like IPsec or OpenVPN are originally peer to peer, with client-server functionality often added as an option. Client implementations can usually only handle the client side, server implementations should be able to do peer to peer as well.......

2022 in review: Starlink's big year

Light Reading | Published on: 2022-12-28

From war zones to disaster areas and rural communities, SpaceX's low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service has served as a lifeline for many in need of an Internet connection. But it hasn't all been rosy. Between the company's CEO Elon Musk threatening to pull service out of Ukraine –......

Why Cyber Pros and Forensic Accountants Should Work Together to Mitigate Security Risk

Dark Reading | Published on: 2022-12-28

As global cyberattacks continue to become more sophisticated, so should corporations' risk mitigation strategies. Of these high-stakes attacks, financial motivation is the most common reason for cybercriminals to target businesses, with the IBM "Cost of a Data Breach" report finding that the......

connecting laptop to lan port on ONT does not provide internet access [closed]

Recent Questions - Network Engineering Stack Exchange | Published on: 2022-12-28

I have a Optical Network Terminal (also known as the modem) , and a router. My ISP told me that the most reliable way to test the true speed of what the ISP can deliver is to hook up an ethernet cable from ONT to laptop to check the speed. I have tried to hook up a cable from router to laptop......

Looking ahead: SASE is too messy

Light Reading | Published on: 2022-12-28

As 2022 draws to a close, it's the perfect time to start brainstorming New Year's resolutions. The telecom industry could certainly benefit from resolving to clear up confusion surrounding SASE if service providers' enterprise customers are expected to jump on board with yet another acronym with......

Will the Crypto Crash Impact Cybersecurity in 2023? Maybe.

Dark Reading | Published on: 2022-12-28

With the implosion of the FTX exchange putting a punctuation mark on the cryptocurrency crash of 2022, one of the natural questions for those in the cybersecurity world is, how will this rapid decline of cryptocurrency valuations change the cybercrime economy? Throughout the most recent crypto......

Healthcare Providers and Hospitals Under Ransomware's Siege

Dark Reading | Published on: 2022-12-28

While ransomware groups have not spared any industry, attackers have put the healthcare sector at the top of their preferred targets. The surge in hospitals falling victim to breaches has raised concerns among regulators and government officials who have moved to push through new policies and......

Three of the best: Geoff Huston

APNIC Blog | Published on: 2022-12-28

Part of the ‘Three of the best’ series, highlighting the most popular posts from the past 12 months. APNIC’s Chief Scientist, Geoff Huston, has made a career out of researching and measuring how the Internet works and sharing strong opinions on how it could work better. In 2022, Geoff delivered......

ansible addition operation of content from stdout of each hosts

Recent Questions - Network Engineering Stack Exchange | Published on: 2022-12-28

I'm trying to get a VPN count from asa firewall. I'm using and store the result in a file. I have 5 hosts, each host will return a string like below. and I'll store it in 5 separate file whose names is hostname only From the file, I just want only the active VPN count which is 2345. which I took......

Cisco 9200L has empty config after IOS update

Recent Questions - Network Engineering Stack Exchange | Published on: 2022-12-28

Make sure the configuration in the web interface has been saved/copied to the startup configuration storage on the flash memory of the switch. You may be seeing the switch configured in the web UI but it is not saved to the startup config so on command line when you look at the output of 'show......

Any idea why this seemingly random wire is present on my external fiber junction box?

Enterprise Networking Design, Support, and Discussion | Published on: 2022-12-28

Hi all, I noticed a wire hanging out of our fiber junction box (for internet / WAN) recently. Though I could be wrong - I swear it wasn't there before, as I was recently around that area quite a bit to inspect a sidewalk install. It doesn't connect to anything inside or outside the box - but it......

Is DNS resolution for AAAA records faster than A records? [closed]

Recent Questions - Network Engineering Stack Exchange | Published on: 2022-12-28

When is used with the flag AF_UNSPEC (return both IPv4 and IPv6 address), the system sends two DNS queries - for A and AAAA records. Thereby returns with the list of resolved IP addresses when it receives replies for both the queries. Is the reply for AAAA record usually received faster than for......

Checkpoint HA Active/Standby and Load Sharing in ClusterXL

Network Interview | Published on: 2022-12-28

High Availability is the feature of firewall in which it eliminates the single point of failure in the network. Two firewalls make a cluster and act as an active passive mode. Active firewall handles the network traffic while passive firewall takes over the traffic once a failover happens in the......

When CISOs Are Ready to Hunt

Dark Reading | Published on: 2022-12-28

Like a member of any profession, a chief information security officer (CISO) grows into their role. They exhibit a maturity curve that can be roughly split into five attitudes: You may have seen or experienced this kind of four stage evolution yourself. But there's a much rarer fifth stage that......

A Look into What is to Come for Government Agencies in 2023

Extreme Networks | Published on: 2022-12-28

Technological innovations have made a huge impact on government agencies across the globe, and that momentum won’t be slowing down anytime soon. Governments have to adapt with evolving technologies and changing citizen needs. As we look ahead into 2023, here are some of the key technology trends......