Zentyal - My New UTM Server

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Zentyal Linux small business server can be configured as a Gateway, Unified Threat Manager (UTM), Infrastructure Manager, Office Server, Unified Communications Server or a combination of them.

Zentyal offers small businesses professional and secure IT solution, that is both affordable and easy to manage.

For production environments get fully supported Zentyal Small Business or Zentyal Enterprise Edition and the additional services such as Disaster Recovery or Zarafa Small Business, according to your needs.

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Rufus - Create bootable USB drives

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Creating bootable USB drives the easy way

Description

Rufus

Rufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

It can be be especially useful for cases where:

  • you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
  • you need to work on a system that doesn’t have an OS installed
  • you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
  • you want to run a low-level utility

Despite its small size, Rufus provides you with everything you need!

Oh, and Rufus is fast. For instance it’s about twice as fast as UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer or Windows 7 USB download tool, on the creation of a Windows 7 USB installation drive from an ISO (with honorable mention to WiNToBootic for managing to keep up). It is also marginally faster on the creation of Linux bootable USB from ISOs (1).
A non exhaustive list of Rufus supported ISOs is also provided at the bottom of this page (2).

Finally, please remember that once formatted, your drive is still usable as before to transfer data: it doesn’t have to be dedicated for DOS or ISO installation only.

Download

Two versions of Rufus are provided for your convenience: one with FreeDOS support and one without.

Apart from the ability to select FreeDOS rather than the default Microsoft DOS, these versions are exactly the same. If you use a non-US keyboard, FreeDOS is recommended as it supports more keyboard layouts. In both cases, if you choose DOS, Rufus will try to set the keyboard locale for you.
If you use plan to use ISO images only, any version will do.

Once downloaded, the application is ready to use — no installation or other files are necessary.

System Requirements

Windows XP or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn’t matter.
If elevation is required, you will be prompted for it.

Usage

Download the executable and run it - no installation is necessary.

The executable is digitally signed and is produced in a 100% transparent manner, from its public source, using a MinGW32 environment.
The signature should state “Pete Batard - Open Source Developer”.

ISO Support

The current version of Rufus allows the creation of a bootable USB from an ISO image (.iso). In a futture version, we may add the ability to read files directly from a CD/DVD drive for from a folder, but the time being you have to provide a .iso.

However, creating an ISO image from either a CD or DVD or from a set of files is very easy to do using a CD burning application. The one we recommend, because of its ease of use, is the freely available CDBurnerXP.

License

GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 or later.
You are free to distribute, modify or even sell the software, insofar as you respect the GPLv3 license.

Feedback, Bugs or Enhancement Requests

Please use the github issue tracker. Or you can send an e-mail.

Versions

  • Version 1.1.7 (2012.04.06):
    • Fixes wrong bootable disk ID introduced in 1.1.6 (reported by Jeff Byers)
    • Fixes support for minint WinPE 1.x images
  • Version 1.1.6 (2012.03.27):
    • Add ISO support for Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows 2003 and BartPE
  • Version 1.1.5 (2012.03.12):
    • Fixes detection of devices without friendly name (reported by rschiang)
    • Fixes support of WinPE/AIK ISO images (reported by Dmitry Sokolov)
    • Fixes no disk at launch with empty card readers (reported by ChrisR
    • Add download of vesamenu.c32 for ISOs that need it
  • Version 1.1.4 (2012.03.03):
    • Fixes ISO support for directories with extended characters (reported by ChrisR)
    • Fixes bad blocks test issues (reported by steve6375)
    • Read extended labels from autorun.inf when present
    • Update FreeDOS files to latest versions
  • Version 1.1.3 (2012.02.24):
    • Fixes an issue on XP when using Windows ISOs (reported by wimb)
    • Disable listing of fixed drives (eg. HDDs)
    • Add ‘fake’ USB drive detection during bad blocks check
  • Version 1.1.2 (2012.02.22):
    • Fixes ISO support for Fedora, openSUSE and Hiren’s Boot CD
    • Add icon and extended/international label support
  • Version 1.1.1 (2012.02.16):
    • ISO image support (syslinux) - targeted at Linux installation ISOs
    • ISO fixes and UI improvements
  • Version 1.1.0 Beta (2012.02.08):
    • ISO image support (NTFS, bootmgr only - targeted at Windows installation ISOs)
  • Version 1.0.7 (2012.02.02):
  • Version 1.0.6 (2012.01.03):
    • Log report when bad blocks are found
  • Version 1.0.5 (2011.12.25):
    • Keyboard layout detection & support
  • Version 1.0.4 (2011.12.16):
    • FreeDOS support
  • Version 1.0.3 (2011.12.12):
    • First public release
    • Progress status improvements
    • Filtering of invalid cluster sizes
    • Disable Autoplay on Vista and later while the application is running
  • Version 1.0.2 (2011.12.06):
    • Beta release
    • Support for bad blocks check
  • Version 1.0.1 (2011.12.04):
    • Alpha release

Source

If you are a developer, you are very much encouraged to tinker with Rufus and submit patches.  

(1) Speed comparison between Rufus and other applications

The following tests carried out on a Windows 7 x64 Core 2 duo/4 GB RAM platform, with an USB 3.0 controller and a 16 GB USB 3.0 ADATA S102 flash drive.

• Windows 7 x64: en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool v1.0.308 mins 10s
Universal USB Installer v1.8.7.57 mins 10s
UNetbootin v1.1.1.16 mins 20s
RMPrepUSB v2.1.6384 mins 10s
WiNToBootic v1.23 mins 35s
Rufus v1.1.13 mins 25s

• Ubuntu 11.10 x86: ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso

UNetbootin v1.1.1.11 min 45s
RMPrepUSB v2.1.6381 min 35s
Universal USB Installer v1.8.7.51 min 20s
Rufus v1.1.11 min 15s

• Slackware 13.37 x86: slackware-13.37-install-dvd.iso

UNetbootin v1.1.1.1>60 mins
Universal USB Installer v1.8.7.524 mins 35s
RMPrepUSB v2.1.63822 mins 45s
Rufus v1.1.120 mins 15s
 

(2) Non exhaustive list of ISOs Rufus is known to work with

Arch Linux, Archbang, BartPE/pebuilder, CentOS, Damn Small Linux, Fedora, FreeDOS, Gentoo, gNewSense, Hiren’s Boot CD, Knoppix, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, NT Password Registry Editor, OpenSUSE, Parted Magic, Slackware, Tails, Trinity Rescue Kit, Ubuntu, Ultimate Boot CD, Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 Consumer Preview, etc.

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Great find for making bootable USBs

Netsupports.info: Set Duplex & Speed - Fortigate CLI

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Technical Note : iPhone and iPad Dialup User IPSec VPN sample configuration for FortiOS v4.0 MR3
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FortiGate

 

Description
This article provides a sample IPSec VPN configuration for use with iPhone and iPad.  The configuration is for FortiOS v4.0 MR3 and differs from the configuration that is required for previous firmware versions.The related article provides a configuration guide for earlier firmware versions.


Scope
This example is intended for a dial-up VPN network that requires connections from iPhone or iPad clients.
Solution
This example is intended for a dial-up VPN network that requires connections from iPhone or iPad clients.The following sample configuration has been tested and works correctly in FortiOS v4.0 MR3.

It should be noted that the VPN is configured as route-based, otherwise known as interface-based. The configuration requires a peer ID (“apple” in this case) as well as a user group. It is best to configure this VPN using the CLI as some of the required settings are not available in the web interface.Setup a User, User Group, and Firewall Addresses:

 

config user local
   edit “test”
      set status enable
      set type password
      set passwd <password>
   next
endconfig user group
   edit “apple”
      set group-type firewall
      set member “test” 
      set authtimeout 0
   next
end

config firewall address
   edit “LAN”
      set associated-interface “switch”
      set type ipmask
      set subnet 10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0
   next   edit “iPhoneVPNUsers”
      set associated-interface “Any”
      set comment ”
      set type ipmask
      set subnet 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0
   next
end

 

Phase 1 Settings:
name : iPhoneP1 
type : dynamic 
interface : port1 
ip-version : 4 
local-gw : 0.0.0.0 
nattraversal : enable 
dhgrp : 2 
keylife : 28800 
authmethod : psk 
peertype : one 
xauthtype : auto 
mode : aggressive 
mode-cfg : enable 
proposal : aes256-md5 aes256-sha1 
localid : (null) 
localid-type : auto 
negotiate-timeout : 30 
dpd : enable 
fcc-enforcement : disable 
peerid : apple 
authusrgrp : VPNUserGroup 
default-gw : 0.0.0.0 
default-gw-priority : 0 
assign-ip : enable 
mode-cfg-ip-version : 4 
assign-ip-from : range 
add-route : enable 
ipv4-start-ip : 172.16.1.1 
ipv4-end-ip : 172.16.1.40 
ipv4-netmask : 255.255.255.0 
dns-mode : auto 
ipv4-wins-server1 : 0.0.0.0 
ipv4-wins-server2 : 0.0.0.0 
ipv4-exclude-range: 
ipv4-split-include : (null) 
unity-support : enable 
psksecret : * 
keepalive : 10 
distance : 1 
priority : 0 
dpd-retrycount : 3 
dpd-retryinterval : 5

 

Phase 2 Settings:
name : iPhoneP2 
dst-addr-type : subnet 
dst-port : 0 
encapsulation : tunnel-mode 
keepalive : enable 
keylife-type : seconds 
pfs : disable 
phase1name : iPhoneP1 
proposal : aes256-md5 aes256-sha1 
protocol : 0 
replay : enable 
route-overlap : use-new 
single-source : disable 
src-addr-type : subnet 
src-port : 0 
dst-subnet : 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 
keylifeseconds : 1800 
src-subnet : 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

 

Configure Firewall Policies:VPN => LAN

 

cconfig firewall policy
   edit 1
      set srcintf “iPhoneP1”
      set dstintf “switch”
         set srcaddr “iPhoneVPNUsers” 
         set dstaddr “LAN” 
      set action accept
      set status enable
      set logtraffic enable
      set schedule “always”
         set service “ANY” 
      set nat disable
   next
end
LAN => VPN

 

config firewall policy
   edit 2
config firewall policy
   edit 1
      set srcintf “switch”
      set dstintf “iPhoneP1”
         set srcaddr “LAN” 
         set dstaddr “iPhoneVPNUsers” 
      set action accept
      set status enable
      set logtraffic enable
      set schedule “always”
         set service “ANY” 
      set nat disable
   next
end
   next
end

Configuration required on the iPad/iPhone Cisco VPN Client:

 

description: FortiGate VPN
server: IP of the FortiGate WAN interface that is configured for VPN (interface : port1 in this case)
account: test (a user account on the FortiGate)
password: test123
Use certificate: off
group name: apple
secret: Pre-shared key for the tunnel

Related Articles
Technical Note : FortiGate-to-iPhone IPSec VPN configuration guide (Japanese and English version)
Last Modified Date: 01-20-2012 Document ID: FD3337

The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 12 “Lisa” released!

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 12 “Lisa”.

Linux Mint 12 “Lisa”

New features at a glance:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 12“.

Important info and release notes:

The Release Notes are an important source of information. Here are some of the topics they cover:

  • Tips and Tricks
    • Information about DuckDuckGo
    • Switch to a single top panel
    • Switch to a black panel, menu and window list
    • Quickly preview files without opening them
    • Restart Gnome Shell when needed
    • Debug Gnome Shell (for developers or to troubleshoot)
    • Run Gnome Shell in Virtualbox (for testers and reviewers)
    • Install MATE from the CD edition
    • Workaround for a disappearing MATE panel
    • Workaround for 100% CPU usage in MATE
  • MATE
  • mint4win
  • Moonlight
  • Upstream issues

System requirements:

  • x86 processor (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
  • 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
  • 5 GB of disk space
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD/DVD drive or USB port

Upgrade instructions:

  • To upgrade from a previous version of Linux Mint follow these instructions.
  • To upgrade from Linux Mint 12 RC, simply apply any level 1 and 2 updates (if any), as well as level 3 “mate” and “caja” updates available in the Update Manager.

Download:

Md5 sums:

  • DVD 32-bit: ee3d6e2ca498bc7685b7f17cdb5f2eea
  • DVD 64-bit: 548f0ac303fea840ef138e5669880a74
  • CD no codecs 32-bit: 40562d26447207cb5111f94b93957a58
  • CD no codecs 64-bit: 641e0ab8f746b82c36fc3f0bbca70dc7

Torrents:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit CD No codecs ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit CD No codecs ISO:

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun with this new release!

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Great Linux OS Distro for everyone to try.

Enhanced Recorded TV Interface for Windows Media Center® - Includes Backdrops, Genres & Favorites!

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Awesome Plugin for Windows Media Center.

Snapseed - Free, iPhone and iPad

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Ever wanted to just do some quick edits on a photo you just took so that you could upload it to facebook or flickr, but didnt want to pay the money for the really nice ones?  Snapseed is free for only the next couple of days, and it is great!

The learning curve is not too bad but it will take a bit of practice but it does try to show you for each different thing.

 

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Chromium OS? In my VirtualBox? - Hexxeh’s Blog

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For all the people that are wanting to try Chrome OS but don’t want to buy a $500 laptop to do it. You can go here download the latest build of Chromium OS and install it on VirtualBox.

CrackBook Air 13”

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Oh yes nice little Cracked screen on the 13” macbook air. No damage to the laptop, still factory plastic on the Laptop and box.  It had 3 boxes as you can see all with no damage. RMA has been ordered.  This would have had to come from the factory like this, I can see this being a shipping issue.

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CleanMyMac

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CleanMyMac is a great tool for cleaning off your old cache, logs and other system files they you don’t really need but don’t want to mess with either. My first run I cleaned out 2GB of useless stuff.

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