10 07, 2019

A Crazy Six Months at Fastvue. Report Speed, Safeguarding, FortiGate and More!

The first half of 2019 has been a huge step forward for Fastvue. We finally finished an epic project that insanely increases report speed in Fastvue Reporter. We added Safeguarding sections to Fastvue Reporter's Internet Usage Reports making it super-simple for schools to identify students at risk of self-harm, extremism as well as generally nasty online behaviour. We also released our first new product in two years with Fastvue Reporter for FortiGate - now available as Beta. And we're not looking at slowing down any time soon!

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23 05, 2019

Attacking and Testing Sophos SG Web Application Firewall

Learn how to set up a Sophos SG Web Application Firewall testing environment where you can test and hone your WAF configuration skills. Step by step instruction on how to get started with a controlled security testing environment called Web Security Dojo.

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5 03, 2019

Fastvue Syslog Version 2.0 Now Available! A Free Syslog Server for Windows

It has been over three years since we first launched our simple unlimited and free syslog server for Windows - Fastvue Syslog. Since that time, it's received thousands of downloads worldwide and been featured as one of the top syslog servers by multiple online reviews. Today, we're happy to introduce Fastvue Syslog v2.0!

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1 03, 2019

Testing Web Application Firewalls with Web Security Dojo

When testing your Web Application Firewall's (WAF) ability to mitigate threats, you need a vulnerable target to test attacks against. In this guide, I will step through setting up the Web Security Dojo to provide several weak web applications to attack, and configure it for external testing.  I will also show how to configure your attacking machine to access the Dojo, and finally how to perform a basic SQL injection.

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23 10, 2018

How To Retrieve Log Files From a Sophos UTM Cluster Slave Node

When you have an active-passive Sophos UTM cluster, the configuration is synchronized between the nodes, but if the Master fails, it may not sync all the log data to the Slave node. From the WebUI, there is no method to view the files on the Slave device, yet those log files can contain information about the cause of the failure. This guide takes you through how to retrieve log files from a Sophos UTM cluster slave node and copy the file(s) to your local machine for analysis.

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18 09, 2018

How To Deploy Fastvue Reporter in a High Availability Cluster

If your Fastvue Reporter server ever encounters a failure or any other form of unplanned or planned downtime, you will not receive the incoming log data during that time, and may lose the ability to report on that period. In this guide, I will go through the basic configuration required to deploy Fastvue Reporter in a high availability cluster deployment using Windows Failover Clustering.

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