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Ethernet and WiFi and Bluetooth, oh my!: Customers have long requested a way to configure a computer to automatically disable its wireless NIC when its Ethernet is in use. Many third-party utilities can do this for you, but neither XP nor Vista have a built-in way to accomplish this, nor will Read More...
Posted 15 October 08 02:16 by Steve Riley | 19 Comments
Filed under wireless, configuration, networking, group policy, Windows 7
[OT rant] Are there any home WiFi routers that DON'T SUCK?: Warning: rant ahead, and names named. When I'm not traveling, I like to work from home some days rather than endure the trek from Seattle to Redmond (although it's much better now that our own employee transit service has expanded into my neighborhood Read More...
Posted 22 August 08 05:12 by Steve Riley | 25 Comments
Filed under things that make me angry, wireless, networking
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
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
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
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
Filed under access technologies, security policies, protection, networking
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
Filed under Windows Vista, configuration, networking
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 | 13 Comments
Filed under configuration, networking