Cisco::Network

Cisco CCNA Preparation
Cisco has made a wonderful site available for those preparing to take the CCNA exam. It could also be very useful to read up on topics there even if you don't plan on getting certified.

http://www.cisco.com/go/prepcenter

You will need to be registered with a Cisco profile, such as you would already have to submit support incidents via web.

VOIP::Security

Security concerns with VOIP & SIP are discussed at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1734367,00.asp

Response from a Cisco CCIE security engineer:
My opinion is that in the enterprise, voice spam will be no worse or better than
data spam. With our solution, all spam (either voice or traditional email) will be
filtered or stored based on administrative storage policies on the email message
stores. I think the bigger problem will be with SIP phones and Internet Telephony
to the home, where there are NO corporate policies in place to control the amount
or type of email that gets sent to the home email user.

In regards to the other issues, in particular the DDoS attacks and other network
attacks, Cisco addresses those with our defense in depth approach to securing the
entire network infrastructure. The specific attack mitigation strategies and
deployment guidelines are detailed in the SAFE Whitepaper, SAFE: IP Telephony
Security in Depth. This whitepaper can be located at:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/so/cuso/epso/sqfr/safip_wp.pdf

I'd also like to mention the Network World article regarding the voice security
testing of a Cisco IP Telephony infrastructure. By building a secured
network infrastructure, Cisco IP Telephony was the only IP Telephony system
to be rated "Secure" by Miercom, which provided the testing for the Network
World article. Details of the test can be located at:
http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/0524voipsecurity.html

ISDN Test Numbers

http://www.expeditevcs.com/test.htm

HTML::Redirect

< html>
< header>
< meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://www.mypage.com/ccmuser">
< /header>
< body>
If you are not redirected to the logon page, click below:

< a href="http://www.mypage.com/ccmuser">http://www.mypage.com/ccmuser
< /a>
< /body>
< /html>
< /code>

Windows::XP::Wireless::Network::User Profile

I can't connect to my wireless network if I logon my computer as administrator.
Wireless configuration settings are stored in the user profile folder:

c:\documents and settings\[userid]

It is stored in the hidden, system folder named WLANProfiles.
Copying this folder to the other user profiles allows those users to connect to the wireless lan with the same configuration settings, such as WEP keys and preferred networks.

Network::Tools::Online::Ping

Great online network utilities. PING back to your DMZ without getting stuck in firewalls.....
Free online network utilities - traceroute, nslookup, smart whois, ping, finger - each utility with source code