January 2018 – HOP16

General

Windows Server in GNS3

January 22, 2018 - By Jon Major

*UPDATE* After tinkering around with Spice and QXL VGA driver, I’ve found that increases performance exponentially as well. Update highlighted below. How I get a Windows guest running smoothly in GNS3 using virtIO drivers, sysprep, and creating a linked base. This can be especially useful for testing FirePOWER services, integrating…

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Security

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) in GNS3 part 1

January 17, 2018 - By Jon Major

If you’re like me, then the best way to learn something new is to get your hands dirty. Get some lab gear, boot devices up, and try different scenarios. This is as true (if not more) with Cisco’s Next-Generation Firewall, Firepower (FirePOWER?) Threat Defense. Lucky for us, at least those…

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