Jeffreys Ruminations - Network Blog

Continuing with the IPSec theme for today, you might be interested this whitepaper that discusses intra-Windows compatibility between modern Windows OS’s…

This paper includes information about managing intra-Windows compatibility among the IPsec-compatible Windows operating systems. This paper also includes information on regulatory compliance, Windows-based IPsec tools, and best practices. This paper is intended for IT professionals [...]

Steve Riley has posted a fairly long article about why 802.1X should not be deployed on wired networks…
This is relatively new to me, considering that the 802.1X was the backbone of the Network Access Protection feature that will ultimately be included in Longhorn Server. My problem with the proposed solution that MS [...]

Steve Friedl has posted a pretty good guide to IPSec protocol basics…
Warning - it is pretty technical, but understandable…

Tags: IPSec

OK, now that Google has started implementing it’s instant messaging service, it is high time that I start updating and/or abandoning old messaging addresses…
So, to contact me, you can use any of the following (in no particular order):
jrandow-at-gmail.com (The new Google IM/Jabber… Replace -at- with @)
jrandow-at-mvps.org (MSN Messenger - replace -at- with @)
JeffreyCentex (AIM)
JeffreyCentex [...]

I want to make a plea to either the Exchange or the Windows Mobile team at Microsoft (I’m not sure which one to talk to about this) - support synchronization of public folders to MS Mobile Devices.
By supporting synchronization, I mean the following:

Allow a Public Folder of Contact Information to be synced to a Smartphone/Pocket [...]

Tony Soper has a pretty good list of Patch Management Best Practices resources. In light of the recent Zotob explosion, it makes sense to bone up on some of the different patch management techniques.
Fortunately, we weren’t hit at all at my office. I would like to say it is because I always keep [...]

Microsoft has updated its Internet Protocol Security for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 documentation. I haven’t checked out what has changed as of yet, so YMMV…

Tags: IPSEC

The August 2005 edition of The Cable Guy involves the new encryption standards that will be included in the WPA (WiFi Protected Access) implementations. This article is good if you want specific details on the Encryption and Integrity aspects of WPA2.

Tags: CableGuy, WPA2