Sophos XG: secure emails

Portail user

Introduction In this tutorial, we will see how to secure emails with a Sophos XG firewall. The firewall offers two modes of operation for filtering emails: MTA : the firewall will act as an SMTP relay Legacy : it will be placed in transparent mode, which we will see in this tutorial. In both modes …

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Deploy Windows with MDT and WDS

Console MDT

In this tutorial, we will see how to use the couple MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) and WDS (Windows Deployment Services) to deploy Windows images. The pair WDS and MDT to deploy images by starting with the network (PXE) with WDS and MDT allows customization and automation pictures. The objective of the tutorial is to use …

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Network share: enable enumeration based on access EBA

Active EBA

Introduction The access-based enumeration allows to display in a network share, only folders and files whose use has at least a right of reading. Other documents and folders will be hidden. Enabling this feature will increase the CPU resource consumption on the file server because at each access this will check what should be displayed. …

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Configure a SAN disk on Windows

Offline disk

In this tutorial, we will see how to configure a SAN-type disk to present to a Windows server. SAN type disks are LUNs / Volume that are presented in FC / iSCSI / SAS. They are often hosted on a disk array or Datacore / Starwind storage virtualization solution / iSCSI target roles … Configure …

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Sophos XG: Web and application filtering

In this tutorial, we’ll see how to put filtering on outgoing streams with a Sophos XG firewall. I will show you the two filter modules: Web: which is an internet proxy Application: level 7 filtering that allows to act the applications and actions available on a website For both modules, you must create a filtering …

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EMC Unity 300 add a LUN

LUN created

In this tutorial, we’ll see how to add a LUN to a UNITY 300 storage array using the Unisphere Web interface. Before adding a LUN, hosts must be configured on the array. 1. On the web interface, go to Blocks 1 / LUNs 2 and click on the + to launch the Add Wizard. 2. …

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Convert a VMware VM to Hyper-V with 5Nine V2V Easy Converter

In this tutorial, we will see how to convert a VM on VMware to Hyper-V with 5Nine V2V Easy Converter. The utility is not available on the official website because redeem Acronis, I put a direct link. Il est possible également d’utiliser l’outil pour faire la conversion dans l’autre sens. Prerequisites Install 5Nine V2V Easy …

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Sophos XG : The user portal

The user portal Introducing the Sophos XG User Portal, users can: -> Consult their internet statistics (volumetry / time / quota). -> Unblock quarantined email if email filtering is enabled. -> Download the client and configuration to connect with the VPN client.

SOPHOS XG : clientless access

Clientless access presentation Client-free access to Sophos XG firewalls allows connections to corporate servers without a VPN client by going directly through an internet browser as Citrix does. Clientless access configure Firewall configuration 1. Go to the firewall administration interface. 2. From the navigation menu go to Administration 1 / Device Access 2 and verify …

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EMC Unity 300: Adding an FC Host

list initiator

In this tutorial, we will see how to configure a host on an EMC Unity 300 array. Before you begin, the server must be plugged into the array either directly attached or through fabrics. If you are plugging in multiple servers simultaneously, get the wwn to identify them. 1. On the Unisphere storage bay interface, …

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