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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
Filed under access technologies, authentication, protection, wireless, threats
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
Filed under access technologies, authentication, protection, security science, wireless, risk mitigation, NAP, threats
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
Filed under access technologies, authentication, configuration, identity, IPsec, protection