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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   
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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 | 15 Comments   
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Enabling Secure Anywhere Access in a Connected World
A few times each year, Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer publish an executive memo. The first memo was Bill's essay on trustworthy computing , in July 2002. Today Bill has a new memo , one that is very important for all of us who strive to achieve a balance Read More...
Posted 06 February 07 12:47 by Steve Riley | 1 Comments   
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Curious about the ways Windows talks to the Internet? Here's your answer.
I was browsing through the Microsoft download pages today -- yeah, even we employees occasionally find little nuggets interspersed among the usual updates and such. I noticed a pair of whitepapers that will answer a common question I hear from many of Read More...
Posted 20 December 06 03:32 by Steve Riley | 1 Comments   
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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 | 10 Comments   
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