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Directly connect to your corpnet with IPsec and IPv6: 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
Do you need RMS/IRM in Office for Macintosh?: Please let me know if this is a feature you'd be interested in. We're looking to build the business case to develop it, and the best way to do that is for you, our customers, to let us know. Also, if any of you want to deploy RMS now but can't because Read More...
Posted 23 April 08 03:34 by Steve Riley | 19 Comments
Filed under RMS, encryption, access control
Microsoft IPsec diagnostic tool: IPsec is a wonderful technology for identifying computers and securing the exchange of data between them. I've written and spoken extensively about in the past. It is, however, a bit of a challenge to configure, especially if you're newly learning about Read More...
Posted 01 February 08 03:39 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments
Filed under authentication, configuration, IPsec, networking, encryption
Changing the SSL cipher order in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista: Recently, the question of using AES for SSL has come up in the newsgroups and at some conferences. When IE makes an HTTPS connection to a web server, it offers a list of cipher supported cipher suites. The server then selects the first one from the list Read More...
Posted 06 November 07 09:37 by Steve Riley | 13 Comments
Filed under Windows Vista, configuration, encryption, group policy, SSL/HTTPS
Myth vs. reality: Wireless SSIDs: Do you ever wonder sometimes how it is that some ideas just won't die? Like the thought that not broadcasting your wireless network's SSID will somehow make you more secure? This is a myth that needs to be forcibly dragged out behind the woodshed, strangled Read More...
Posted 16 October 07 12:08 by Steve Riley | 25 Comments
Filed under false claims, authentication, security myths, wireless, networking, encryption
The bad guys will use BitLocker, too: Got an email today from a customer asking about how BitLocker will affect the ability of law enforcement to conduct forensic analysis of a protected hard drive. Specifically, the person was asking about any back doors that law enforcement could use to Read More...
Posted 13 July 07 11:03 by Steve Riley | 14 Comments
Filed under Windows Vista, security theater, public policy, BitLocker, encryption
Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing: Take a few moments and indulge in a thought exercise with me. Consider your company’s complete collection of information processing assets—all the computers, the networks they’re connected to, the applications you use, and the data and information you Read More...
Posted 02 July 07 01:46 by Steve Riley | 7 Comments
Filed under protection, physical security, RMS, BitLocker, encryption
When you say goodbye to an employee: ...what do you do with his or her account? Recently this question came up -- someone was asking for guidance on how to handle this very situation. And, as often happens, the question was more about process and policy than anything to do with the technical Read More...
Posted 31 May 07 11:29 by Steve Riley | 6 Comments
Filed under security policies, threats, encryption
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 | 15 Comments
Filed under Windows Vista, protection, physical security, configuration, BitLocker, encryption

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