Author Archives: Mike Lococo

Multihop SSH with Putty/WinSCP

Introduction It’s not always possible to ssh to a host directly. Many networks require high-value systems to be accessed via an intermediate bastion/proxy host that receives extra attention in terms of security controls and log monitoring. The added security provided … Continue reading

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SSH Key Management and Presence

There are a number of excellent guides to setting up public key authentication for ssh, but they tend to stop short of describing how to integrate presence events like a screensaver turning on. It’s a topic that isn’t possible to … Continue reading

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New York City?!!???!

Making good on the heels of my CISSP certification, I’m going to be joining the Security Services group at NYU in May as a Senior Network Security Analyst. Security Services is charged to protect the entire NYU network, which provides … Continue reading

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Poor Battery Life on Latitude D620

Dawid Lorenz, myself, and a number of other folks (read the comments on Dawid’s page, and also on the product pages for the D620 batteries) have all experienced poor battery life on Dell Latitude D620′s that are typically less than … Continue reading

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Fedora Core 6 on a Dell Latitude D620

Dawid Lorenz already has a very comprehensive set of notes on running Fedora Core 6 on the Dell Latitude D620, but I’m going to drop in my two cents as well for variety’s sake. FC6 works quite well on the … Continue reading

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