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Disaster Strikes Mexico Today!

Families and business near the area of Guadalupe, Mexico are going to be shaken up for a while, even after tremors subside.

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook the town and surrounding areas (http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978151590). Thankfully, very little damage was reported north of the US/Mexico border. Our hearts go out to those in Mexico who were affected adversely by the quake today.

The quake brings back thoughts of my own disaster kit at my home in San Diego. I have water, blankets, dog food, non-perishable meals and a meeting plan with my wife. We are ready to go on a moment’s notice.

What about the disaster planning in our businesses?

If you are a client of Deconn Technical Services, you’ll know that I have shared this with you in person. “If you have some kind of disaster like a fire, flood or earthquake, grab the backup drives and head for the door.” I have the exact same plan for my business. My backups run every day and I know that if something was to go horribly wrong, the first thing I would do is make sure my family is safe and then grab my backup drives. I know that with my backup data in my hand, I could be back in business at another remote location in a matter of hours. Some of my services would not affected by a regional disaster as I have been careful to make sure that redundancy is built into the operation plan.

What about your business?
How quickly could your business be back up and running after a natural disaster? What if that quake hit the Coronado Island, here is San Diego? A 7.2 magnitude earthquake, even with our strict building codes in California, would render damage to structures or even to your office? Would your servers fall out of the rack? Would a cup of coffee rattle off a desk and into the server’s chassis?

Let’s face it…writing a disaster recovery plan is not exciting, or even on your task list, but shouldn’t you take today’s “near miss” as a little dose of reality? We live in California. Earthquakes are a part of our history and as of today, recent history.

I am so passionate about protecting the priceless data that companies depend on that I want to extend a free offer to any San Diego area business:

Through the end of April, I will give you a Disaster Recovery, Security and Backup Audit (a $500 value) for FREE!! At no charge, I will send an expert technician to your office and conduct a thorough audit to determine:

• How fast could you be back up and running in the event of a disaster?
• How secure is your data…really?
• Is all of your critical data being backed up, every day?
• Are you really protected from hackers, viruses and human error?
• Do you know what steps and costs would be involved to rebuild your server and recover your data if you had to?

Since this is FREE, you have no good excuse not to do it now. If we don’t find any problems, you’ll at least have peace of mind that your network is secure and that you could recover quickly in the event of a disaster. But if we DO find a few loopholes, you’ll be able to fix them BEFORE you experience an unexpected catastrophe.

Link here before April 30, 2010 to claim your audit now!

Go to: http://www.MySanDiegoSupport.com/disaster
Or call (619) 497-2916

You have NOTHING to lose and everything to gain. All you have to do is ask!

david Disaster Recovery data backup, disaster planning, earthquake

It is possible to debug IPSec in FortiOS 3.0 using the command:

FGT_FRW01# diagnose debug app ike -1 X.X.X.X
FGT_FRW01# diag debug enable

where X.X.X.X is the Remote Gateway IP.

In FortiOS 4.0 the filter must be configured separately:

FGT_FRW01# diagnose vpn ike log-filter ?
clear	erase the current filter
dst-addr4	the IPv4 destination address range to filter by
dst-addr6	the IPv6 destination address range to filter by
dst-port	the destination port range to filter by
interface	interface that IKE connection is negotiated over
list	display the current filter
name	the phase1 name to filter by
negate	negate the specified filter parameter
src-addr4	the IPv4 source address range to filter by
src-addr6	the IPv6 source address range to filter by
src-port	the source port range to filter by
vd	index of virtual domain. 0 matches all

Once the filter has been set, IKE debugs can be started using the commands:

FGT_FRW01# diag debug application ike -1
FGT_FRW01# diag debug enable

Other useful commands to list ike and ipsec SA:

List ike security associations (phase1):

FGT_FRW01# diag vpn gateway list

List IPSEC security associations (phase2):

FGT_FRW01# diag vpn tunnel list

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