When setting up a GlobalProtect Portal/Gateway with AzureAD you may find you receive the error message: AADSTS700016: Application with identifier <Entity ID> was not found in the directory ‘<Directory ID>’. The fix here is easy – the GlobalProtect client injects a :443 at the end of the domain name which isn’t mentioned in the guide from Microsoft (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/palo-alto-networks-globalprotect-tutorial) but is… Read more
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Ruckus SmartZone – check that an Access Point has received the latest configuration
While iterating through an issue with our Ruckus SmartZone (with Ruckus R510 Access Points) controllers I was looking for a way to see when the Access Points had applied the new configuration; lone behold it’s quite easily done through both the CLI and the GUI. Anyone who has used the new SmartZone controllers will know all too well that’s it’s… Read more
ICTF Conference 2018 – Multi-Factor Authentication and Password Stores with Smart Cards and YubiKeys
Today I had the pleasure of presenting at the Oxford ICTF Conference on Multi-Factor Authentication and Password Stores with Smart Cards and YubiKeys, the video recording is online now here – https://youtu.be/WGtCxS2YFNA and the presentation can be downloaded through the link below. A special shout out goes to the Yubico press office for providing a set of YubiKey 4s, YubiKey NEOs and… Read more
Synology DiskStation as a Backup Target for Windows PCs and Macs
As some readers may know I currently work in Higher Education and while all of the business data is trivial to backup providing any level of backup service to students and academics is significantly harder. The challenges faced include the myriad of Operating Systems in use (Windows/OSX/Linux), the fact that the devices being backed up are inherently ‘untrusted’ (i.e. owned by the… Read more
5 fun applications to think about when deploying Smart Cards
Looking for some fun ways to get more out of your your Smart Card deployment? If so have you tried……? Use Smart Cards to login to your Servers via Remote Desktop Use Smart Cards with the PowerShell Get-Credential Commandlet Use Smart Cards with your Firewall for single sign on Use Smart Cards to login to IIS Web Applications (just a box… Read more
Gemalto Mini-Driver Manager change Admin Key options
If you are looking for a free tool to manage some of the more intricate features of the Gemalto IDPrime .NET and MD cards then the Mini-Driver Manager (downloadable from http://www.gemalto.com/products/dotnet_card/resources/development.html) may well fit the bill. However it has one small downfall in that out of the box it only allows you to manage cards with the Admin Key set… Read more
Setting PIN complexity on a Gemalto IDPrime Smart Card
So after meaning to play with Smart Cards in greater detail for some time we’ve just received a set of cards and accessories from Smartcard Focus (http://www.smartcardfocus.com/) including…. Gemalto GemPC Shell Token V2 (IDBridge K30) (a USB dongle style Smart Card reader which you can see in the screen shot sequence below) Gemalto IDPrime .NET smartcard – SIM cut (to… Read more
Lenovo ThinkPad OneLink+ Dock Review
Front Ports Image 1 of 5 The dock from the front; 2x USB ports (1 of which is powered) and the combined speaker/mic audio jack. Is the desktop dead yet? Well with the 4th Gen Lenovo X1 Carbon (i5-6300U/8GB/256GB) and the ThinkPad OneLink+ Dock it might as well be! This powerful little dock has just a single cable to plug… Read more
PRTG Push Notifications to Microsoft Band 2 from Windows Phone
Its been a day or so since buying a Microsoft Band 2 (took a while to find a high street shop that had one to try on in the first place!) and its proving rather useful to me as a person who rarely has his phone turned on loud and really never notices the little vibrations from it. My most… Read more
Windows 10 Mail – Your Outlook account settings are out of date – Fix
After giving the Customer/Technical previews of Windows 10 a wide berth (just haven’t had the time to play with them) I’m now finding I quite like Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 3 (i5 128GB); an interesting issue though – whenever I launched the new Mail app I found I was presented with the error message- Your Outlook account settings… Read more