Steve Riley on Security : November 2006

BitLocker command line interface: Last week at TechEd Europe I showed the BitLocker command-line interface. At other TechEds I've mentioned it but didn't show it. The CLI provides full control over BitLocker, including enabling it on any NTFS volume on the system (the Control Panel UI Read More...
Posted 25 November 06 08:39 by Steve Riley | 14 Comments
Filed under physical security, BitLocker, configuration, encryption, protection, Windows Vista
Windows Vista vs. hotels: At many TechEds this year I've presented information about the new TCP/IP stack in Windows Vista. One of the important advances is its automatic performance tuning . With some of the early pre-release builds of Windows Vista, people were reporting problems Read More...
Posted 21 November 06 01:08 by Steve Riley | 11 Comments
Filed under networking, configuration
Why administrative passwords will never be like nuclear missile launchers: During the past few months many people have lamented that Windows lacks a nuclear missile style control option for administrator passwords. Surely you've read about or seen photographs of missile silos where two operators, separated by a distance greater Read More...
Posted 21 November 06 02:16 by Steve Riley | 11 Comments
Filed under physical security, Active Directory, authentication, passwords, risk mitigation, security policies, security science