Jeffreys Ruminations - Network Blog

There hasn’t been much new to update, but I thought I would post a few tidbits…
1. From Susan Bradley’s Blog:
Jeff from Vancouver also writes in that he wants a more detailed description of what the group policy can and cannot do.
You know [in my opinion] the best source for seeing the power of group [...]

Alas, that temporary security solution for SOHO and home wireless networks — WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Keys) — has been cracked… Well, we knew it was inevitable. Unfortunately, for the vast majority of small networks — like those in homes and VSBs (very small businesses) — there is no better solution for the time being… [...]

Greg Hughes has posted information on his blog about some upcoming “webinars” concerning Network Intrusion Detection…
Check it out…

I know this is old news now, but I am still a bit upset that the NAP (Network Access Protection) (Network Access Protection) services have been removed from the next version of Windows 2003 Server (the so-called R2 release). This was the main killer feature for me, at least, in the upcoming release. [...]

I just found a link to the October issue of Windows Server System Magazine in which they detail the setup of a Terminal Server and secure it. This is a good primer for those starting out using terminal services in both the Application Server or Remote Desktop mode (and actually much of it also [...]

Per the guys at Pocket PC Addict, it appears the Tweaks2K2.NET tool will allow a pocket pc user to specify an alternate port using the built-in Terminal Services client. This has been a frequent request of the Pocket PC community and it is one I hope MS will include with the next rev of [...]

OK, I just missed (probably by a few hours) the posting of the November Cable Guy article about WPA Encryption and Integrity. For those of you out there who are not wireless-aware, WPA is the “improved” data security system for wireless protection.
(To home users - if you have a wireless router or AP [...]

Two more VPN articles of note:
1. Using VPN Server on Mac OS X 10.3 - Information on how to enable the built-in VPN server included with Mac OS-X…
2. ISA Firewall Site to Site VPNs with Downlevel VPN Gateways & ISA Firewall Site to Site VPN Quick Fix - Tom has tracked down [...]

It seems Cisco has submitted a new draft spec for L2VPN extension for L2TP… I’ll put this aside for future reading…
L2VPN Extensions for L2TP
The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) provides a standard method for
setting up and managing L2TP sessions to tunnel a variety of L2
[...]

In my absence, I missed posting about a few of the newer Cable Guy articles. In case you haven’t seen them, here is a list. The October one is particularly relevant as NAT is the cause for many of our SOHO networking woes…

October 2004 – Problems with Using Network Address Translators
Learn about the [...]