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What do YOU need out of two-factor authentication?
Two-factor authentication continues to grow in popularity and emerge as a security requirement for many people I meet with. At Microsoft, we use smartcards internally for VPN access right now; soon we'll be requiring smartcards for domain logon, too. Read More...
Posted 20 April 06 03:37 by Steve Riley | 43 Comments   
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How to secure your wireless network
I'm now a contributing editor for TechNet Magazine . Everyone with a TechNet subscription automatically receives it; if you don't have one, you can still get the magazine free . The magazine's published three issues so far: Winter 2005 , Spring 2005 , Read More...
Posted 11 November 05 11:43 by Steve Riley | 3 Comments   
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August article: 802.1X on wired networks considered harmful
Several months ago I learned from Svyatoslav Pidgorny, Microsoft MVP for security, about a problem in 802.1X that makes it essentially useless for protecting wired networks from rogue machines. Initially I was a bit skeptical, but the attack he described Read More...
Posted 11 August 05 10:55 by Steve Riley | 16 Comments   
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New column -- Using IPsec for network protection
I'm now writing semi-regular articles for TechNet. These are part of the security management series, and they're also linked from the security newsletter. The first column is a two-parter about IPsec. Part 1 describes the technology: how it operates, Read More...
Posted 10 February 05 09:59 by Steve Riley | 6 Comments   
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