September 2005 - Posts

Controlling Acceptable Internet Access With ISA Server
28 September 05 04:28 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

You can't win, but there are alternatives to fighting. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking, Security

Office 2003 SP2 Just Installed Itself!
28 September 05 12:13 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Office 2003 SP2 Out Now. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature

Microsoft.com Operations on x64
27 September 05 10:50 AM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Microsoft.com publish some details on their x64 migration. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, x64 Early Adoption

Mental Note: Serenity Party Friday
26 September 05 01:19 AM | tristank | 1 Comments   

Serenity. Go see. 'Nuff said. Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature

x64-friendly Smartcard Reader
22 September 05 07:51 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Gemplus 433 - X64 Friendly. Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, x64 Early Adoption

Subtleties of Denying Traffic
22 September 05 07:27 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

What happens when you vary the port definition of a protocol in a publishing rule? Can you still block it like you used to? Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking

A Plea To WPF/Avalon Developers
19 September 05 04:36 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

TristanK pleads for sanity when animating user interfaces, and threatens violence if his plea is not taken seriously. Read More...

Filed under: Developery, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature

Live Logging FTW! An Example
19 September 05 02:39 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

(for the over-15s reading this blog, FTW means "for the win", and means something/someone is really good, according to my human-subhuman interface, and is popular with teh Kids Online. Never say I don't try to bridge the generation gap for y'all.) I've Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking

Support Terms #891: Frisbee Moment
16 September 05 07:40 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

Support Terms Continued. Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature

Another IT Pro OPML Update
14 September 05 07:21 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

Aussie IT Pros updated. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Aussie

More on The Client Menace and Authentication
12 September 05 09:19 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

A keylogging comment dissected. And hopefully addressed. But mainly dissected. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Security

Dystopia Tomorrow...
09 September 05 05:46 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

The Dystopia mod demo for HL2 should ship tomorrow. Read More...

Filed under: Aussie, Games

IE6 Phishing Philter Phrom MSN
08 September 05 05:17 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

MSN punch out a Philter for IE6. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, ISA Server, Networking, Security

What I Worry About When Web Publishing
07 September 05 07:18 PM | tristank | 7 Comments   

In a word: Keyloggers . The Client Menace. A particularly sharp chap at Tech.Ed asked me what I worried about when publishing OWA. More general than OWA, here's what I worry about in general web publishing terms: I'm an ISA guy (I know, ISA-related posts Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking, Security

My Tech.Ed AU 2005 In Blurry Slightly Truncated Pictures
05 September 05 07:35 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Tech.Ed 2005 In Blurry Pictures From A Broken Phone. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, Aussie

Mr. McLaren's Blogging!
05 September 05 03:05 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

McLaren. Blogging. Good. Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, Aussie

Dystopia Nears Release
05 September 05 12:19 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

One of the other GTSC guys popped up on the Friday over lunch at Tech.Ed, and told me I had to check out the Dystopia stand - cunningly incognito under the "MEDIA CASTING" pod banner. I hopped over to have a look ( holding my pants up on the way) and Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, Aussie, Games

Tech.Ed 2005: Without A Belt
04 September 05 09:12 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

I was packing on Monday afternoon. I'd taken Monday off sick - my first sick day since starting with Microsoft four years ago - to try to recover from the cough-rapidly-becoming-a-cold-and-fever that had hit me on Saturday night, and developed nastily Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, Aussie

Tech.Ed AU 2005: Done and Dusted
02 September 05 11:53 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

Just got home and I thought I'd capture a quick reaction before it wore off: OH YEAH! Was that an intensely good Tech.Ed or what? I ended up attending three sessions - that's right, three (!) - because I was caught up discussing ISA Server, or Media Centre, Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, Aussie