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Tag Archives: Authentication

Windows XP, Internet Explorer 7 and SharePoint

22-Nov-06

Internally we have deployed SharePoint Portal Server 2003 as our intranet. To ensure that the Citrix Web Interface for SharePoint (WISP) web part works correctly, we need to ensure that there is only authenticated access to SharePoint (WISP fails if anonymous access is enabled). What I have found on Windows XP machines that have been [...]

Access Gateway vs. Secure Gateway Part 1: A Case of Mistaken Identity

24-Oct-06

Before I go into what I actually want to talk about, here’s a high level overview of the differences (and similarities) between the Access Gateway and Secure Gateway:

Feature
Secure Gateway
Access Gateway

Now that we’ve got that out of the way - there’s a discussion I tend to have with sales or customers on a semi-regular basis that [...]

Strengthening OWA Authentication with ISA 2006 and RSA SecurID

28-Sep-06

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 [...]

TimeSheet Professional

01-Mar-06

TimeSheet Professional from Best/Sage/Buckhead/Whoevertheyare Software is a tool aimed, you guessed it, time sheets. It includes a Win32 client as well as a web client that runs on Java. However, there’s a couple of dumb things that it does.
Dumb Things #1: TimeSheet Professional provides a list of users on the authentication page even before you login. [...]