Syslog-NG with TLS setup for centralized logging

Sure, I know this is more of a dull topic for most people as most of us have setup centralized syslog servers many times but when attempting to get Syslog-NG setup on Debian 6.0.6 I noticed that the majority of documentation was RedHat specific and I thought this topic could use a Debian walk through. My intent with this setup is to get a centralized syslog server where my remote clients (including network devices) could send their log files. I wanted to use the built in TLS encryption that Syslog-NG versions greater than 3.1 now support. This configuration is using …

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Exchange ActiveSync and the Cisco ASA HTTPS Timeout

If you are running Exchange ActiveSync behind a Cisco ASA firewall you may receive Event ID: 1040 in your application event log. The event basically says: The average of the most recent heartbeat intervals [470] for request [Sync] used by clients is less than or equal to [540]. Make sure that your firewall configuration is set to work correctly with Exchange ActiveSync and direct push technology. Specifically, make sure that your firewall is configured so that requests to Exchange ActiveSync do not expire before they have the opportunity to be processed. To resolve this error we can bump up the …

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Python: File System Storage Report

Recently I have been updating my scripting skills and learning Python. I have been using some of the great resources out there such as Codeacademy and the book “Dive into Python” but after getting about half way through I found a need to build some apps. So, please forgive me if the code looks horrible or if things could be done a better way but this is literally my first Python program… Anyways, on to the program. I needed a way to parse through terabytes of data and locate files that I could archive to different storage. The scan had …

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February 2013