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December 2004 - Posts

Do you know what is out there on TechNet?

Posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:29 AM by BruceCowper
As per my last blog posting... I thought it would be useful to let you know some of what is available as really cool and useful resources on TechNet Canada (okay I will also include some world wide links as well) At the end of presentations, workshops Read More...
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Is the password dead?

Posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:44 AM by BruceCowper
In a previous blog post I talked about account lockout tools... and quite rightly it was pointed out by Drew that one potential drawback is that people can us the lockout feature as a denial of service (DoS) attack. When you decide on your password policies, Read More...
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Exchange Best Practice Analyser Tool...

Posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:13 PM by BruceCowper
I told you I would be giving your some more tools for the holiday season. Whilst trawling through the MS site the other day, I came across this tool... http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2003/exbpa/default.asp The EXBPA is a really cool tool Read More...
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Account lockout tools....

Posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:02 PM by BruceCowper
One of the challenges I always came up against, both as a security consultant and as an network administrator was account lockouts... I kept coming up against this in a number of ways: - Accounts being locked out because of attempts to brute force the Read More...
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Windows Server 2003 SP1 Release Candidate

Posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 3:12 PM by BruceCowper
I am really interested to find out your experiences with Windows Server 2003 SP1 Release Candidate. I have now installed it on several machines running under Virtual PC and Virtual Server 2005 with no problems. OK I hear you say - that is a controlled Read More...
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Blog Spam

Posted Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:40 PM by BruceCowper
I have fought long and hard to avoid doing this, but because of the volume and content of some of the blog spam that some people have seen fit to put on my blog, I have had to resort to approving all comments that are posted here. I have spent a great Read More...
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And there is more...

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:12 PM by BruceCowper
Many people send me emails via this blog giving their feedback ( I always encourage that!). Some even post comments back and I love that. Others fill in the feedback forms we hand out during events - a quick reminder 1 is bad 9 is good... The question Read More...
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As if by Magic.

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:50 PM by BruceCowper
I was recently contacted by Dwight Bittner in Alberta as a result of the tour and my blog postings about a challenge he had. I wanted to share this with you as an example, not only of how useful I am told having a Microsoft Techie talking to you all is, Read More...
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As if you hadn't had enough of me blogging today.

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:44 PM by BruceCowper
I got some time today and decided to add to my blog as quite rightly I was chastised the other day for having a break of over 2 weeks between posts. I have been away on a training course in Redmond. Now call me synical but I thought it rained a great Read More...
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Cool Tools

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:27 PM by BruceCowper
I thought for Christmas this year it would be great of we all shared. I think Christmas comes early each time I find a new tool that I can share with everyone. I would like everyone to let us all know about the latest tools you have found. First blood Read More...
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VPN's with ISA server

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:17 PM by BruceCowper
I was asked about this the other day when doing a presentation on Securing the Network Perimeter with ISA Server 2004 about how to configure VPN's. So I sat down this evening to write a step by step guide for you all. Then I remembered having seen a really Read More...
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Network Access Quarantine On Windows Server 2003

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:56 PM by BruceCowper
If you are anything like me (paranoid about security) I find the whole idea of Network Access Quarantine absolutely indispensable. Being able to intercept your incoming VPN connections and place them in a quarantine area, allowing you to make sure the Read More...
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Virtual Server 2005 performance

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:33 PM by BruceCowper
I was sitting wondering the other day how I could squeeze more Virtual Machine performance on a test box I have and came across an article from RoudyBob http://roudybob.net/articles/927.aspx which was talking performance tips for Virtual Server 2005. Read More...
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Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:00 PM by BruceCowper
Did you know that there has been an update to the specification for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1? Well you do now! Here is a link to the latest specs and changes. There is some really cool stuff there, so take a look! http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C3C26254-8CE3-46E2-B1B6-3659B92B2CDE&displaylang=en Read More...
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