I spent some time earlier automating the backups of our appliance configuration to a restricted network share and thought I’d share a simple batch script to backup the configuration from multiple Juniper Netscreen (ScreenOS) firewalls.
@echo off
REM ================================================================
REM CONFIGURATION INFO
REM ================================================================
set USERNAME=backupAccount
set PASSWORD=superSecretPassword
set CFGFILE=BackupList.txt
set DESTDIR=C:\Backups\

REM ================================================================
REM STOP CHANGING HERE OR YOU’LL BREAK SOMETHING
REM ================================================================
SET TIMESTAMP=%date:~-4,4%.%date:~-7,2%.%date:~-10,2%
for /F [...]

At work I’ve just replaced a custom Linux box I’ve been running as our firewall and proxy with a Juniper Netscreen SSG140. I had a few problems forwarding PPTP traffic so thought I’d document the problems I came across and the solutions.
PPTP Forwarding
Firstly, I was having problems even forwarding the PPTP traffic. I’d initially setup [...]