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The past couple of months at work have been hectic, with a sharp uptick in disaster recovery and business continuity-related work. Failover. Offsite backups. Contingency plans. Hot sites. Warm sites. Cold sites. Late summer, customers
So. Let’s say our Cisco ASA is the Black Gate of Mordor. Around the time of the War of the Ring, Sauron has taken over Mordor and the local real estate is fair teeming with
The ASA 5505 comes in two flavors: Base License and Security Plus license. Same hardware, but the Security Plus license unlocks more features, such as the number of VLANs that can be configured. License Type
Impromptu repairs to a Cisco ASA after a strategy meeting today. Allegedly, my customer and the ASA had had an argument at the office watercooler. Something about whether the Three Laws would factor in a
5:01 p.m. at a customer site. A head pops up from a nearby cubicle and wails plaintively, why can’t I get onto Facebook? His lower lip quivers at the injustice in the world. Like a