Jeffreys Ruminations - Network Blog

OK, I’m late on this one (like usual), but here it goes:
Virtual PC 2007 has been released for download here.
Virtual PC is available free for Windows XP and Vista Boxes (note the limitations on which versions are “supported”).  I haven’t seen any downloads for the Virtual PC Tools for Unix variants, but they have been [...]

OK, I promised all of you a product review in my last blog entry. My first entrant is an open-source firewall project that I am currently using at my workplace. I was seeking a relatively “cheap” software-based firewall solution that would provide me with a dual-WAN setup that will allow our office to [...]

Since I have been MIA for the past month, I have slipped with providing links for new Networking-related downloads. Therefore, many of these are definitely on the older side…

Windows XP Remote Desktop Client (Vista Optimized) - 32 bit
Windows XP Remote Desktop Client (Vista Optimized) - 64 bit
Win2K3 Server Remote Desktop Client - 32 bit
Win2K3 [...]

OK, there was a new surprise this morning when looking at the Downloads site at Microsoft…
Pre-built Virtual Server VHD Images…
The posted builds are for ISA Server, Exchange Server 2007 + Office LCS 2007, Windows 2003 R2, and SQL Server 2007. This is a good start. Now if only they would encourage the formation [...]

IE 7 has finally been officially released.  It appears that Yahoo jumped the gun earlier today with their customized release with the integrated Yahoo Toolbar.  Also note that there is also a trojan program that is purportedly being issued by MS via an email from support@microsoft.com - DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS VERSION.
Sandi H. has posted [...]

OK, this is a bit late, but as of last week, the beta of Virtual PC 2007 is available if you want to sign up at the Connect website.
Not too much different except for the fact that hardware virtualization works if you are using the 64-bit version of Virtual PC on a 64-bit OS.  This [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

From a mailing list that I am a member of:
The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network enviroment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you [...]

Joseph Davies (of the Windows Server Networking team and also known as the Cable Guy) has recently released a new online book entitled TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows that is available on Technet.
From Joseph’s posting on the server networking newsgroup:
This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic
concepts and principles of the Transmission [...]