FortiClient ZTNA Connection Refused on macOS: When pf Answers for the Server
Manny FernandezNo fluff. Just the config that works. Executive Summary SecureCRT said Connection refused. Terminal ssh to the exact same host...
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FortiGate Incomplete Certificate Chain: Fixing the Missing GoDaddy Intermediate
Manny FernandezExecutive Summary A routine external scan of a customer's public IPs came back with one finding: an incomplete FortiGate certificate...
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FortiGate Threat Feed Stuck on Not Start? Check for a 301 Redirect
Manny FernandezNo fluff. Just the config that works. FortiGate can pull IP, domain, URL and malware hash lists from outside servers...
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CVE-2026-97631: EDK2 PXE ICMP Overflow Turns Network Boot into Pre-Boot RCE
Manny FernandezCVE-2026-97631: EDK2 PXE ICMP Overflow Turns Network Boot into Pre-Boot RCE InfoSecMonkey | October 29, 2026 | No fluff. Just...
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Sales Forecasting Metrics Explained: A Sales Engineer’s Field Guide
Manny FernandezClosed, Commit, Best Case, Pipeline, and the Landing number, decoded for the SE who has to defend the technical win...
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Microsoft Paint CVE-2026-83844: The RCE Fix Windows Update Will Never Install
Manny FernandezNo fluff. Just the config that works. Executive Summary Paint CVE-2026-83844 is a remote code execution bug in the Windows...
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SonicWall GMS Vulnerability CVE-2026-109593: Unpatched, End of Life, and What to Do Now
Manny FernandezINFOSECMONKEY | CVE BRIEF | NO FLUFF. JUST THE CONFIG THAT WORKS. Executive Summary On November 3, 2026, SonicWall published...
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APT CVE-2026-109518: How a Download Retry Lets an Attacker Swap a Verified Package for Root
Manny FernandezAPT CVE-2026-109518: How a Download Retry Lets an Attacker Swap a Verified Package for Root No fluff. Just the config...
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Managing Windows Firewall from the Command Line: netsh, PowerShell and 7 Hidden Features
Manny FernandezManaging Windows Firewall from the Command Line: netsh, PowerShell and 7 Hidden Features No fluff. Just the config that works....
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OpenLDAP Server on Ubuntu 24.04: Deploy, Configure and Use It
Manny FernandezOpenLDAP Server on Ubuntu 24.04: Deploy, Configure and Use It No fluff. Just the config that works. An OpenLDAP server...
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Chrome CVE-2026-106378: Patching the macOS Sandbox Escape
Manny FernandezChrome CVE-2026-106378: Patching the macOS Sandbox Escape No fluff. Just the config that works. Objective: understand what Chrome CVE-2026-106378 is,...
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PAC Files Explained: How Proxy Auto-Config Really Works
Manny FernandezPAC Files Explained: How Proxy Auto-Config Really Works No fluff. Just the config that works. Executive Summary A PAC file...
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CVE-2026-41709: The VMware ESXi Logging Bypass Zero-Day Warp Panda Used to Go Dark – Now on KEV
Manny FernandezCVE-2026-41709: The VMware ESXi Logging Bypass Zero-Day Warp Panda Used to Go Dark InfoSecMonkey | No fluff. Just the config...
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Introducing Net3PO: A Free, Open-Source Network Engineer Toolkit for macOS, Windows and Linux
Manny FernandezIntroducing Net3PO: A Free, Open-Source Network Engineer Toolkit for macOS, Windows and Linux No fluff. Just the config that works....
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PHP2Shell Explained: How CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 Turn an Out-of-Memory Error into a Shell
Manny FernandezNo fluff. Just the config that works. PHP2Shell CVE-2026-109618 and its sibling CVE-2026-109619 are two unauthenticated remote code execution bugs...
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ICAP Configuration on FortiGate, Palo Alto and Cisco: How Content Redirection Really Works
Manny FernandezICAP Configuration on FortiGate, Palo Alto and Cisco: How Content Redirection Really Works No fluff. Just the config that works....
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LACP (802.3ad) Link Aggregation: How It Works and How to Configure It
Manny FernandezFortiGate, FortiSwitch, Cisco Catalyst, and Linux bonding, with the verification commands that prove it is actually working Executive Summary LACP...
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Blockchain Explained for Beginners: How It Works, Minus the Hype
Manny FernandezBlockchain Explained for Beginners: How It Works, Minus the Hype No fluff. Just the config that works. This one has...
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Network Performance Metrics Explained: Latency, Jitter, Packet Loss, and Throughput
Manny FernandezInfoSecMonkey | Networking What each metric means, how it is actually calculated, and a plain-English analogy so it finally sticks...
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The /31 Subnet: Myth or Standard? Network and Broadcast Addresses on Point-to-Point Links
Manny FernandezNo fluff. Just the config that works. The /31 Subnet: Myth or Standard? Network and Broadcast Addresses on Point-to-Point Links...
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