Palo Alto Palo Alto Site-to-Site VPN Configuration Example What if I tell you that configuring site-to-site VPN on Palo Alto firewalls is easier than you may think? Just Suresh Vinasiththamby Nov 13, 2024 7 min read
Juniper Juniper EX Switch Port Mirroring In this blog post, we will look at how to set up port mirroring on Juniper EX switches. The goal Suresh Vinasiththamby Nov 7, 2024 1 min read
Palo Alto Palo Alto High Traffic Latency Troubleshooting We all know that firewalls are limited by hardware resources. Larger devices support higher throughput, while smaller ones may not Suresh Vinasiththamby Nov 5, 2024 4 min read
Containerlab Running Cisco IOL Devices in Containerlab Containerlab v0.58.0 supports running Cisco IOL images, which is something I was very much looking forward to. IOL Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 26, 2024 3 min read
Homelab Caddy Reverse Proxy With Docker I currently run multiple Docker containers across two hosts, each hosting various applications on different ports. UniFi Controller exposes the Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 22, 2024 5 min read
Palo Alto Global Protect VPN SAML SSO with Entra-ID In this blog post, we will look at how to use Entra-ID SAML SSO with GlobalProtect VPN. This guide assumes Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 19, 2024 5 min read
Palo Alto Global Protect Internal Host Detection & Internal Gateways - Lessons Learnt I already had Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN configured with an external gateway and portal, allowing me to connect back to Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 18, 2024 6 min read
Firewall Building a Simple HTTP Source for Firewall EDL Recently, I wanted to add a list of domains to the Palo Alto DNS policy to block them from resolving. Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 17, 2024 3 min read
Palo Alto How to Protect GlobalProtect Portal from Brute Force Attacks? As soon as you configure GlobalProtect and go to the monitor tab, you will see hundreds or even thousands of Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 12, 2024 5 min read
General Memos - Amazing Open Source, Self-hosted Notes App I've tried many note-taking apps like Evernote, OneNote, and Apple Notes, but none really satisfied me, if I& Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 10, 2024 4 min read
Palo Alto Auto Scaling Palo Alto VM-Series Firewalls in AWS In this blog post, we're going to explore how to Auto-Scale Palo Alto VM-Series Firewalls in AWS. It& Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 6, 2024 14 min read
Homelab Adding Palo Alto PA-440 to My Home Lab When I started my home lab, I used a Raspberry Pi 4 that functioned as a router/firewall, and I Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 5, 2024 4 min read
Palo Alto Managing Palo Alto App-ID Changes Using Threat Signature Indicators (TSID) If you rely heavily on Palo Alto App-IDs, you know the challenge of managing new and modified App-IDs. Palo Alto Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 3, 2024 5 min read
ISE How XtendISE Helps with 802.1X Management in ISE? XtendISE is a simple web application connected to your Cisco ISE, which helps with everyday routine tasks and common challenges Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 2, 2024 5 min read
Palo Alto Palo Alto App-ID - How Does It Work? If you've ever worked with traditional Layer 4 firewalls, you might be familiar with configuring security policies based Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 28, 2024 8 min read
Python Running a Simple HTTP Server with Python I think this is going to be the shortest blog post of all time because running a Python HTTP server Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 26, 2024 2 min read
Python Creating a Simple GUI Application with Python Tkinter A few years ago, I used a simple application called 'TypeItIn'. It kept a small GUI window open Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 20, 2024 3 min read
Python How to Use GitPython to Manage Git Repositories? I know what you're thinking, we usually manage our Python code via Git to track changes, but what Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 16, 2024 3 min read