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Windows 7 – Parental Controls

Good Morning AskPerf!  Today’s post is a bit of a departure from what we normally discuss, but since this past Sunday was Father’s Day, I thought this might be an interesting topic to share.  Actually, this conversation came up while I was having Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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APP: Application Compatibility - User Account Control (Windows Vista +)

APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY - USER ACCOUNT CONTROL (UAC) Description: User Account Control (UAC) is the functionality within Windows Vista that allows a user to run under a safer, less privileged context, but switch to an Administrator context when needed. Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 6:43 PM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

MS08-067: Worms, Worms, Worms

Over the last couple of weeks, there has been an uptick in the number of different malware programs aimed at exploiting the vulnerability patched in MS08-067 .  If you’ve been monitoring the various security websites and blogs, then you’ve probably Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

“Unknown Publisher”??? Part Two

Hello AskPerf readers, it’s Don Geddes again and I’m back with that post that I promised you about that pesky dialog box that we all know so well. In this post, I’m going to walk through some common client/server scenarios and explain the technical details Read More...
Posted Friday, October 31, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 5 Comments

Two Minute Drill: Five Things to think about regarding Anti-Virus software

Hello AskPerf readers!  My name is Leena Nair, and I am a Support Engineer on the Performance team.  Over the last couple of months, I’ve had some very interesting discussions with customers regarding anti-virus software selection, and I thought Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 3 Comments

NAP 101 – The Components of NAP

Welcome back AskPerf Readers. In my last post we covered the basics of Network Access Protection (NAP) – what it is, and what it can (and can’t!) do for you. Today we’re going to go over the various components of NAP. The diagram below from the NAP Architecture Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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Network Access Protection for the non-Network Admin

We've talked about security in previous posts.  We've also talked about SMB, Large File Copies and a number of other networking-related issues.  Today we're going to talk about Network Access Protection (NAP) and its role in the enterprise.  Read More...
Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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IE8 and Privacy

Privacy.  Personally Identifiable Information.  Choice.  Disclosure.  These are all key concepts in the digital age.  We expose more of our personal data electronically than at any time in our history.  IE8 gives users more Read More...
Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Terminal Servers and the “Man in the Middle”

We often get questions on configuring Terminal Server Authentication.  The questions have less to do with configuring a simple logon scenario than they do with preventing attacks, in particular “Man in the Middle” attacks – especially when the Terminal Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Key Principles of Security

OK, so today's isn't really something "Performance" related, but nevertheless, I think we can all safely agree that this is something that all administrators should be aware of.  During our Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 posts we've Read More...
Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

WS2008: Frontside Authentication and SSO

Welcome to Day Twenty-One.  We're three weeks into our series and there are only six days left.  Today's topics for discussion are Frontside Authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) in the Terminal Services space.  So, let's get started Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 3 Comments

WS2008: Network Level Authentication and Encryption

Welcome to Day Sixteen.  We're continuing on with our series on Windows Server 2008 in preparation for the launch.  Today, we're going to look at Terminal Server security in Windows Server 2008 - specifically Network Level Authentication and Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments

WS2008: Dynamic Link Library Loader and Address Space Load Randomization

There's only three weeks to go till Launch Day.  Today, we're going to talk about the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) Loader and Address Space Load Randomization.  In Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, when talking about process and thread creation, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 8 Comments

WS2008: Windows Service Hardening

Day Three of our series of posts in preparation for the Windows Server 2008 Launch and the countdown continues.  If it's a weekend for you, I hope you are enjoying yourself.  Only twenty-four more days to go till Launch Day.  Today's post Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 03, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments

BHO's, Security and Shell Extensions

Today we're going to wrap up our overview of Browser Helper Objects with a look at BHO's and Security as well as similarities between BHO's and Shell Extensions.  If you recall from our first post on BHO's , a BHO is an extension to Internet Explorer Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:08 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments
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