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• Setting up IPsec bypass

  Mark Minasi explains how to set up IPsec bypass, a technology that requires both your clients and their machines to be authenticated prior to accessing your network. This chapter is an excerpt from Minasi's book, "Mastering Windows Server 2003 ...  Continue Reading

• Locking up the ports: Windows Firewall

  This upgrade to best-selling author Mark Minasi's Mastering Windows Server 2003 covers all the undocumented updates and new features in SP1 and R2. With clear and easy instruction, this book update tells you all about the SP1 and R2, ...  Continue Reading

• Secure settings for shared files

  Proper file sharing settings are vital to ensuring that important and commonly used documents stay exactly the way you want them. With this advice from Windows hardening expert Jonathan Hassell, get the information you need on how to keep your ...  Continue Reading

• Cracking passwords: Eight tips in eight minutes

  Learn some valuable password cracking advice with these eight tips from SearchWindowsSecurity.com.  Continue Reading

• Automatic exceptions: IPsec bypass

  In this excerpt from Mark Minasi's book, Mastering Windows Server 2003 Upgrade Edition for SP1 and R2, Mark shares his thoughts on IPsec bypass, a technology in Windows Firewall that requires both your client and their machine to be ...  Continue Reading

• Top Web security tips of 2006

  Check out the top five Web security tips of 2006 to get advice on securing Internet Explorer, ISA Server and Radius and a set of tools designed to secure the Web browsing experience.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 are here

  With the Nov. 30 launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista and Office 2007, there is a lot that users need to know about the new releases. This page provides information about planning, deployment, administration, hardware and security.  Continue Reading

• Zero-day attack prevention

  These technical tips teach you how to defend yourself against zero-day attacks on the server, client, Web and network levels.  Continue Reading

• Permitting Ping: ICMP Exceptions

  According to Mark Minasi, "Ping's the most basic troubleshooting tool in many a networker's arsenal, and it's a pain to try to do network troubleshooting in a network that's blocked all pings." In this excerpt from his latest book, Mastering Windows...  Continue Reading

• Tips on surviving with IE6

  Microsoft recently released it's newest Web browser, Internet Explorer 7. Of course, as is the case with many software releases, this does not mean that IE users across the globe have implemented this new browser. For those of you yet to migrate to ...  Continue Reading

• Making server apps work with Windows Firewall

  In this excerpt from Mark Minasi's newest book, Mastering Windows Server 2003 Upgrade Edition for SP1 and R2, he explains how to make server apps work with Windows Firewall.  Continue Reading

• When to use (or not use) Windows Firewall

  In this excerpt from Mark Minasi's newest book, Mastering Windows Server 2003 Upgrade Edition for SP1 and R2, he explains when to use (or not to use) Windows Firewall. Should you use WF if you are already using a software firewall or a ...  Continue Reading

• Windows Firewall Basics

  Mark Minasi is a best-selling author, commentator and all-around alpha geek. Mark is best known for his books in the Mastering Windows series. The following excerpt is from chapter eight of his newest book, Mastering Windows Server 2003 Upgrade ...  Continue Reading

• Patch management: Are off-cycle, third-party patches trustworthy?

  Often, waiting for Microsoft to release a patch is a bother. One solution is to fix these vulnerabilities with off-cycle, third-party patches. But off-cycle patches are not without their own risks. Brien Posey describes potential problems from ...  Continue Reading

• Debunking the "Blue Pill" Vulnerability Theory

  In the weeks since Black Hat, the "Blue Pill" vulnerability demonstration continues to raise concerns about the security of Windows Vista. But is this something Windows admins should be alarmed about? Jonathan Hassell lays out the facts about the ...  Continue Reading