Jeffreys Ruminations - Network Blog

Here is an interesting webcast that I plan on attending:
Join us for a live webchat to discuss your queries regarding the deployment and configuration of the VPN server and its interaction with other network infrastructure services. This webchat will focus on Routing and Remote Access Server (RRAS) configuration and its interoperability with DNS, NAT, Firewall [...]

Just a quicknote to people who are upgrading their Toshiba tablet PCs from the Toshiba customized version of Tablet PC OS to Windows Vista build 5472. MAKE SURE THAT YOU EITHER BACKUP OR IMAGE YOUR HARDDRIVE!!!!
After upgrading, I get a BSOD immediately and haven’t gotten around to figuring out which software component is causing [...]

From a mailing list I am on:
We are happy to announce that Hping 2 works with Windows XP again!
It is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/sectools

For those who might not know, hping 2 is a packet crafting tool created by Salvatore Sanfilippo and ported to Windows by Rob Turpin.  The unix version is available at http://www.hping.org.  When Microsoft [...]

I finally have been able to finish downloading build 5472 and put it on my work test machine. Here are some quick thoughts and observations:

MUCH FASTER. Both in the install and normal functionality. On a AMD 3200 machine, the install took 37 minutes.
Almost all hardware was detected OOB. The only [...]

From the news stack:
Microsoft acquired the small Austin company Winternals (maker of ERD Commander and numerous other Administrator utilities we have come to know and love) and have named Mark Russinovich as Technical Fellow in the Platforms and Services Division and Bryce Cogswell has joined the Windows Component Platform Team.
What will become of tools like [...]

I don’t know how I missed this one when I started my long download of Build 5472 of Vista - but the Beta 2 release of the NAP (Network Access Protection) Client for Windows XP Service Pack 2 is available for download at Connect.
One feature that it doesn’t include is the 802.1x for wired/wireless connections, [...]

Microsoft has made Virtual PC 2004 SP 1 free for all users and has promised to make Virtual PC 2007 available in the future to support Windows Vista…
I don’t think the Mac version of Virtual PC is included in this offer, though, so it’s Windows only for now…
This is just another salvo in the virtualization [...]

Off-topic discussion below, but somewhat relevant…
Add this to the list of problems with the WGA Notifications:
I have installed a copy of Windows XP SP2 (Retail version) on one of my desktops at home. Since this is my test machine, I usually do not activate it since I will be wiping it out within a [...]

From the RRAS blog:
VPN and NAP (Network Access Protection) (Network Access Protection) Overview
VPN and NLB (Network Load Balancing)
There are also many other informative documents related to RRAS server in Windows 2003 Server and even a few Longhorn Server-related articles.  Their blog has picked up in activity in the past month…  Welcome to the blog world, [...]

Microsoft has recently released an updated guide on how to setup an IPv6 Test Lab environment based on security changes in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows 2003 Service Pack 1.
Click here for the updated guide.