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November 2005 - Posts

Next Generation of Windows Networking at the IPv6 Summit

I wanted to talk about a brand new networking stack coming in Windows Server "Longhorn" (and Windows Vista). Dubbed the "Next Generation TCP/IP stack," this is a complete redesign of the TCP/IP functionality in Windows and represents the most significant update since the early 1990s. A key feature of this new networking stack is a dual IP layer architecture in which IPv4 and IPv6 share common Transport and Framing layers. Read More...
Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 9:24 AM by WindowsServer | 1 Comments
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More from the floor of SC'05

Gates' keynote from Supercomputing 2005 went well based on our un-scientific polls on the show floor. Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 5:25 PM by WindowsServer | 0 Comments
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MS Virtual Labs

The team just re-launched the TechNet and MSDN virtual labs running on Virtual Server 2005 R2 Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 2:35 PM by WindowsServer | 0 Comments
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802.1x Authentication for Wired Networks - A vulnerability note

Thanks to Steve Riley for pointing out some of the vulnerabilities about my post with using 802.1x to secure wired networks: (The whitepaper from this post does address these concerns) Essentially, the vulnerability is a weakness in the 802.1x protocol Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 3:14 PM by WindowsServer | 0 Comments

From SC'05

Over 9,000 people showed up to Seattle for SC'05. That's up from 8,000 in Pittsburgh last year. BillG's keynote showed how HPC is going to expand beyond historical supercomputing centers. Here's a datasheet on one of his demos on cancer research. The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:13 PM by WindowsServer | 0 Comments

Supercomputing with Windows

Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 runs scientific and technical HPC applications that take advantage of parallel processing at a departmental or workgroup level. Read More...
Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 1:10 PM by WindowsServer | 0 Comments
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New 802.1x and IPSec Whitepaper for Wired Networks

I have talked to many IT Pros over the years about using IEEE 802.1x to secure their wireless networks. One thing that I always found interesting is the number of people who are unaware that 802.1x isn’t just for wireless networks....wired too! If you Read More...
Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 11:57 AM by WindowsServer | 1 Comments
 
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