Get Cisco VPN Client Working on Windows 8.1

I recently needed to be able to use the Cisco VPN Client (I’m specifically referring to version: 5.0.07.0410 on 32bit Windows and version: 5.0.07.0440 on 64bit Windows, although this fix would apply to earlier versions as well) on my Windows 8.1 (32bit Windows) tablet (Acer Iconia), but was not able to connect to my remote VPN endpoint. […]

How to Factory Reset a Cisco ASA 5512-X IPS

I recently ran into a situation with a new Cisco ASA 5512-X IPS where I needed to fully reset it back to its factory default settings (ok, I entered a password incorrectly, twice. Thankfully it wasn’t in production yet). After some searching and reading, I came up with the following (get out of jail) process. […]