[How to] Set up Wireguard VPN on OPNsense

In this post, we’ll walk through a simple WireGuard remote-access VPN configuration on OPNsense - including client setup examples with Windows & Android.

August 2, 2022 · 11 min · 2173 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Connect Cisco SD-WAN to Umbrella SIG/SWG

A tutorial for configuring Viptela SDWAN with Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway & Secure Web Gateway

April 22, 2021 · 9 min · 1741 words · Matt Schmitz

Privileged Access is Dangerous

My thoughts on the recent Twitter hack, and why access-control is important

July 16, 2020 · 6 min · 1096 words · Matt Schmitz

The Future Web: Privacy or Security (You Only Get One)

Sometimes it feels like technology advancement conflicts with trying to encourage security

September 4, 2018 · 4 min · 838 words · Matt Schmitz

Thoughts on Cisco's 2018 Annual CyberSecurity Report

My thoughts on Cisco’s Annual CyberSecurity Report

February 21, 2018 · 7 min · 1487 words · Matt Schmitz

What is Risk Acceptance?

Are all risks bad? If not, how do we determine what is acceptable?

February 14, 2018 · 5 min · 867 words · Matt Schmitz

What's wrong with VLAN 1?

“VLAN 1 is bad!” - I’m sure you’ve heard this before. Ever wonder why?

December 5, 2017 · 6 min · 1261 words · Matt Schmitz

How to Improve: Stop Doing, Start Understanding

The best way to truly understand a technology is to dig deeper than surface-level configurations

November 28, 2017 · 6 min · 1158 words · Matt Schmitz

What's Going Out of Your Network?

Ever consider enabling firewall filtering for outgoing traffic from your network? Let’s look at why that could be interesting…

November 21, 2017 · 4 min · 789 words · Matt Schmitz

Quick Tips for Better BGP

A lot of BGP setups I run into are bare-bones, but there are a few quick ways to improve your configurations

May 2, 2017 · 6 min · 1127 words · Matt Schmitz