It is an honor to have been nominated to the 2012 Defence IQ Blogging Awards in the category of Cyber (Security, Warfare, Strategy).
After many hours of discussion and debate, we’ve finally agreed on our shortlist for the eagerly awaited 2012 Defence IQ Blogging Awards. We’ve seen nominations from avid readers, bloggers, journalists and fans from across the world alerting us to the best blogging the industry has to offer.
Thank you!
Configuration of syslog for VMware vShield Manager 5.0.1 has been brought up a lot lately, so here’s a quick reference:
At the vCenter main page for vShield Manager go to “Settings and Reports” and then the “Configuration” tab to specify the syslog server configuration. Audit logs and system events for vShield Manager will be sent via UDP using the default port (514) unless a different port is specified.
A system event in vShield has the followng format:
syslog header (timestamp + hostname + event)
Name/value pairs are separated by delimiter ‘::’ (double colons)
Event ID :: 32 bit unsigned integer
Timestamp :: 32 bit unsigned integer
Application Name :: string
Application Submodule :: string
Application Profile :: string
Event Code :: integer (possible values: 10007 10016 10043 20019) Severity :: string (possible values: INFORMATION LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL) Message :: string
It was fifty-years ago tonight, June 11, 1962, when convicted bank robbers Frank Lee Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin disappeared from Alcatraz. They were never found.
It took them a year to create the escape route, disguise it and create the necessary tools. Soap and toilet-paper turned into decoys, air ducts became doorways, and rubber raincoats and plastic bags made a raft. On the night of the escape a ventilation shaft behind air ducts to their cells gave them a route to the roof. From there they climbed down a chimney on the outside of the building and then paddled their raft towards Marin. Mythbusters recreated the scene and tested the raft’s seaworthiness.
Morris is credited with devising the plan during his first year at the deteriorating facility. He had been sent to Alcatraz in 1960 on a sentence that would have ended in 1974. Instead, he escaped and it was closed by 1963.
Louis Mhlanga, Zimbabwean guitar master, plays Shungu Iwe on his album World Traveller from April 25, 2006
Shungu iwe shungu iwee we
Doro munongothambura naro, hamugone, siyira vamwe…