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Contrary to popular belief, the rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. Well, ok, no actual rumors, but hey, one can dream, huh? My spring calendar was full of events in Asia and Australia, then TechEd US seemed to suddenly appear out of nowhere! Read More...

Posted 25 June 08 01:55 by Steve Riley | 26 Comments   
Filed under Windows Vista, NAP, authentication, TechEd, Active Directory, configuration, VPN, IPsec, networking, BitLocker, encryption, group policy, SSL/HTTPS

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 authentication, security policies, risk mitigation, passwords, security science, Active Directory, physical security

Domain controller security: it starts at layer zero

Recently I seem to have had the same conversation over and over again, in places as far apart as Jakarta, Winnipeg, and Berlin. The question is usually worded like this: "What happens if someone steals one of my domain controllers?" There is, essentially, Read More...

Posted 10 March 06 01:15 by Steve Riley | 8 Comments   
Filed under security policies, risk mitigation, Active Directory, physical security

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