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Posts Tagged ‘Security’
Enhancements and certifications announced that raises security and privacy for BPOS
In: Uncategorized
26 Feb 2010Microsoft announced @ the 8th annual MS US Public Sector CIO Summit some important enhancements and certifications that raises the security and privacy for BPOS. Below a summary of the changes announced:
BPOS meets a wide variety of industry standards and certifications, including International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001, Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70 Type [...]
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- Tags: BPOS, Security
Integrated Windows Authentication in IE6 and IE7
In: Security
23 Dec 2009In IE you can set the checkbox “Enable Integrated Windows Authentication” (Internet Options, Advanced Tab, below the heading Security)
Internet Explorer version 6 and 7 will use Integrated Windows Authentication whether you have the checkbox enabled or disabled. The big difference lies in the type of authentication which is kerberos or NTLM. [...]
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Forefront Product Roadmap
In: Uncategorized
4 Dec 2009As you can see from the roadmap below, before the end of 2009 we will have Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) and Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG).
Forefront Threat Management Gateway TMG is a secure web gateway that enables safe employee web use through comprehensive protection against malware, malicious web sites [...]
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Cloud Computing interview with Whitfield Diffie
In: Cloud Computing
2 Dec 2009Whitfield Diffie is a cryptographer and one of the pioneers of Public Key Cryptography. In 1976 he introduced a new method of distributing Cryptographic keys solving one of the fundamental problems of Cryptography….key distribution. This method became known as the Diffie-Helman Key Exchange (D-H…. you might have heard about it).
Technology Review had an interview with [...]
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- Tags: Cloud Computing, Security
Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server integrates multiple scan engines from industry-leading security firms into a comprehensive, layered solution, helping businesses protect their Microsoft Exchange Server messaging environments from viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content.
start forefrontexchangesetup.exe
Accept the License Agreement and click on [Next]
You will be warned with [...]
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- Tags: Exchange, Security
Browsing a local hosted site with IE8
17 Nov 2009Internet Explorer version 8 has got some annoying loopbackcheck. Whenever you want to browse a local hosted site (IIS), it will pop up a security dialog in which you have to fill in your username and password. Whatever combination you fill in, eventually you will get a 401.1. error.
You can resolve it by [...]
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- Tags: IIS, Security
The Machine SID Duplication Myth
In: Security
17 Nov 2009A great article by Mark Russinovich (the creator of the tool NewSID), about the Myth around duplicate Security Identifiers. The NewSID tool is frequently used by System Administrators to change a computer’s SID, for cloning purposes, after you read this article you get a better understanding about SID’s and why the tool has been retired
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx
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Forefront Client Security and windows 7
14 Oct 2009I just installed a new virtual machine with Windows 7 Enterprise. As I wanted to have some good protection from viruses and malware, I decided to go for Forefront Client Security.
I copied the installation files for FCS to a local temp folder, and executed the command CLIENTSETUP.EXE /NOMOM (to install FCS with [...]
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- Tags: Forefront, Security, Windows 7
Setup IIS mail relaying with authentication
In: IIS
13 Oct 2009Today we had an issue with one of our Amazon hosted servers. This server was hosting a local SMTP Server (IIS), and was sending out mail on behalf of a domain (let’s say domain: abracadabra.com).
The mail was dropped into the IIS bad mail directory, because our server was prohibited from relaying [...]
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- Tags: IIS, Mail, Security
View Permissions for Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode
In: Security| SharePoint
15 Jul 2009Setting up security for SSRS in SharePoint integrated mode can be a bit tricky, particularly if you want to set up some of your users to only be able to run reports, but not to be able to modify or change them. I found a great post explaining how to create a Reporting group in [...]
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- Tags: Security, SharePoint, SSRS