Jeffreys Ruminations - Network Blog

George Ou (who runs an informative blog if you have never visited it before) has an article about the nexgen hacking tools for cracking wireless networks… He also includes a list of best management practices to help keep your wireless network as secure as possible.
Visit here for the article.
One concern that I have is [...]

OK, this isn’t a normal type of post for this weblog, but it could be pertinent to those of you who admin systems that may be running Firefox…
Mark at the In-Cider Knowledge blog posted information on how to create a GP admin template for customizing Firefox settings…
Take a look here for more information.

OK… So now I know why more information about Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 has been forthcoming…
The first release candidate is now available for download…
The 32-bit version is available here
The 64-bit version is available here

The December edition of The Cable Guy is out.. This issue is packed with information concerning networking and security improvements that are contained in Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1. I have been playing around with this for some time as this is the never-ending beta, but I haven’t mentioned much due to [...]

MS has posted a script that will allow netadmins to work around the new WINS security vulnerability…
This script accomplishes this by creating an IPSec policy with two filter rules that:
1. Block inbound packets destined for TCP or UDP port 42 from any host
2. Block outbound packets destined for TCP or UDP port 42 [...]