From the monthly archives:
Now that Microsoft have released ISA Server 2006, we have more authentication options available to us. This includes the ability to add two-factor authentication solutions to the existing forms based authentication, traditionally used to authentication against Active Directory only. I have a previous post on how to protect Outlook Web Access with RSA SecurID, which [...]
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With the release of Office 2007 not that far away, the new Open XML file formats should be starting to make an appearance in enterprises. By installing the Microsoft Office applications on your Advanced Access Control server you can provide HTML rendering of Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents to your users (You can also provide [...]
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I upgraded our firewall a couple of days ago from ISA Server 2004 to ISA Server 2006, which went fairly smoothly with the actual setup routine only taking about 5 minutes to complete. However, after the upgrade there were a couple of items required some configuration changes: 1. Published Public Web Sites Access to unauthenticated [...]
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Just in the process of upgrading our firewall from ISA Server 2004 to ISA Server 2006. Before I did this, though, I wanted to grab an export of my current config. However toward the end of the export, the management console would report this error: 0xc0040357 The Server referenced by Array CLAFW does not exist. [...]
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Here’s a couple of nifty tips for Windows Vista that I’ve learnt this week and wanted to share: Tip #1: Hold Ctrl and Scroll the Mouse Wheel to Resize Icons This one is great and a nice way to change the size of icons in any Explorer window. This will move through the different icon [...]
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Here’s a quick list of interesting NAP and Domain/Server Isolation related links from Microsoft for September: Webcast: Enabling Trusted Communications and Health Policy Enforcement with NAP NAP Chat Transcript Longhorn Server will have the Windows Firewall ON by default Webcast: Network Access Protection Platform Architecture Webcast: Next Generation Networking features WebCast: How to configure VPN [...]
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I’m not alone in my frustration with Windows Vista (or Windows XP) and the inconsistency in font usage. Fonts are definitely in your face and consistent font usage helps the user distinguish between a UI element and content. David Vronay, Research Manager for Windows User Experience Compliance, has posted a response to a thread that [...]
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I’m sure the use of adding .ICA files to web servers to launch published applications from Presentation Server doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but it’s still useful for adding a link to an application on an intranet site. After adding a .ICA file to IIS6, however, users may receive a file not [...]
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