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Using OpenSSL to generate CSR’s with Subject Alternative Name

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Nick Moody
Friday, 19 May 2017 / Published in Certificates, Security
This post details how I’ve been using OpenSSL to generate CSR’s with Subject Alternative Name Extensions. You may have noticed that since Chrome 58, certificates that do not have Subject Alternative name extensions will show as invalid. Amazing, I must have missed the memo on that. Most of the certificates I use in my home
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The Home Networking Lab

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Nick Moody
Wednesday, 29 June 2016 / Published in Automation, Lab, Networking, Personal, Security
Here is an overview of the Home networking lab setup. You might ask why even have a home lab these days? You can build a fairly grown up enterprise grade topology using virtualization? Agreed, especially if you have high spec workstation or choose a cloud provider for the compute. Why I built a home lab
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Plan for the worst

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Nick Moody
Friday, 01 April 2016 / Published in Personal, Security
I was approached recently by friend requesting some help with a very difficult situation. A member of their family had sadly passed away. The deceased was a husband and father of two young children. My friend was trying to assist the wife of the deceased with various financial issues that arise when a someone passes away. The
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Weekly Podcast Roll

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Nick Moody
Wednesday, 02 March 2016 / Published in Networking, Security
Keeping relevant in this industry can be challenging. With the DevOps, SDN, public cloud and insert acronym here revolutions, everything is moving so quickly consuming information can feel like drinking from a fire hose. A strategy of mine is to listen to industry related podcast’s both security and data networking. Podcasts are a great way
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Implementing Vyos routers into the home lab

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Nick Moody
Sunday, 21 February 2016 / Published in Lab, Networking, Security
[UPDATE] My home lab now runs Palo Alto VM100 virtual firewalls with a Unifi Security Gateway. I’ll leave this post up for anyone who may be interested in my experiences working with VyOS[/UPDATE] I’ve just completed a project implementing VyOS routers into the home lab. In this post I’ll detail why and how I use VyOS. VyOS
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Project Surveillance

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Nick Moody
Monday, 02 November 2015 / Published in Networking, Security
One of the objectives of a recent home network redesign was to incorporate IP Surveillance cameras.  I’ve always had external cameras at home, I like the assurance I get from 24 hour visibility of my property.  It’s reassuring to access the surveillance setup remotely and check up on the house. My old setup was a stand alone
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Wireshark Network Analysis (Second Edition)

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Nick Moody
Saturday, 29 August 2015 / Published in Certifications, Networking, Security, The Bookshelf
Superbly written by Laura Chappell the Wireshark Network Analysis (Second Edition) is a must have book. Not only to learn the Wireshark tool in great depth but also protocol analysis in general. I’ve been eager to study for the WCNA (Wireshark Certified Network Analyst) for some time now so I made the purchase a few
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Net Assured Moves to HTTPS

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Nick Moody
Tuesday, 28 July 2015 / Published in Security
This week I migrated the web site over to https.  I opted for an extended validation certificate which means we get the shiny green box with “Net Assured Limited” in the browsers URL bar.  The process to obtain an EV certificate is lengthy and in some cases can take weeks to be validated and certificate
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Brocade Certified Vrouter Engineer (BCVRE)

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Nick Moody
Monday, 27 July 2015 / Published in Certifications, Networking, Security
A few months back I registered with Brocade for a promotion to study and take the Brocade Certified vrouter Engineer exam (BCVRE).  I’ve had some time recently to take the online course, install the vyatta vrouter in my lab and have a play. I took the exam this morning and passed, I thought I’d write a few notes
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Network Design Cookbook

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Nick Moody
Sunday, 21 June 2015 / Published in Networking, The Bookshelf
If your designing networks regularly I highly recommend this Network Design Cookbook.  The first few chapters lay out a clear structure to design  from the intial phase, design phase, proposal phase, review, pre & post implementation. Sure, its Cisco focused but the principals could be adopted for any vendor of hardware. Be aware this book is
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