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Esafe

Dec
14
2009

Increase log size in eSafe

Session logs in eSafe are  essential for debugging  . By default ,nevertheless each Session log file is limited to 100 megabytes in size , after reaching this limit eSafe stops writing the Session logs until the next log rotation – that is midnight.
To fix this , edit  the file /opt/eSafe/esafecfg.ini:
[ALERT GENERAL]  
Size limit=2
Last overflow=0
Minimum free [...]

Sep
18
2009

SSH login alert by mail Linux or Unix based systems

As you may have noticed many security-related software/appliances are based on Linux or Unix operating
systems in their variety. And as the logical consequence of that remote managing of such devices is done with OpenSSH
package  .  What is lacking in these applications built on Linux/Unix platforms is alerting in real–time on successful
SSH login to the system [...]

Sep
8
2009

eSafe has iptables too ….

Did you know that eSafe  software is based on RedHat Enterprise  Linux (RHEL) ? Of course you did.
But what does it mean? It means that all (or almost all) tools/utilities/programming logic of the Linux is at your fingertips.
Let’s take for example software eSafe runs on the boot
 [root@esafe root]# chkconfig –list
rdisc                          0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   [...]

Jun
12
2009

Website/malware categorization in eSafe

If some website gets blocked by eSafe for being categorized wrongly you
may fix it actually very simple. You enter the link below and change the website category; this takes some time , usually from few hours up to a day,for the change to take effect. If website has no category already then [...]

Mar
7
2009

eSafe Certified Professional

Recently I’ve taken the 2-day course and then successfully passed eSCP certification and here are some impressions about that. First, for serial certification obtainers,for the main question – what is the gain here? – I will frankly say – I don’t know. This cert isn’t found under ‘most wanted/hot/industry leading’ headings anywhere, so whether it’s [...]

Jan
28
2009

eSafe download – demo, docs

Today newcomer to our department asked me how he should start learning eSafe – should he install Mail or Gateway on VMware ? Erm … May be docs and manuals (as I did) ? No ,old-fashioned, in our age of
CBTs/virtualization/Camtasia-everywhere buzzwords it needs to be with GUI and interactive, so …
The best way to start [...]

Sep
6
2008

Esafe defaults and some debug commands

As any other box esafe comes with some default configs , to much of my surprise it takes too long to find them in the Esafe docs, so here they are:
eConsole TCP port: 43970
eConsole UDP port: 43982
Webmin TCP port: 37233    -    https to eSafe, when installed on linux  [last eSAfe to support
Windows was eSafe 6 FR2] [...]