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The desktop problem

One thing that came up in today's Tech Days is the "desktop issue"... 1.  Person complains that every time they use RWW their icons get shoved over because the screen they are using doesn't match the one they use for remote access.... this casuses Read More
posted Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:29 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Zero day Excel

<Do you really need to have Excel files come into your office via email?  No?  Then why the heck are your alllowing them to enter in the first place?  Block them. From the Incidents listserve...  There has been a report of a targeted Read More
posted Friday, June 16, 2006 12:47 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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On the Security Couch...

So here I am on the last day ... sitting on the "Security Couch" and we just came out of a focus group where we all agreed that Security cut across all products, and that you couldn't have any product not have thoughts about security..... The real issue Read More
posted Friday, June 16, 2006 11:30 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Blogging from the bus...

So on the way to the Center and blogging from the bus... well as long as the battery holds out anyway.... And for those coming to the Birds of a Feather on SBS..make sure that I've had enough Mountain Dew in the system to hand out the SBS Server Hardening Read More
posted Wednesday, June 14, 2006 5:38 AM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Microsoft you are blowing the trust in patching....

Today on my accounting listserve someone posted in that a patch had hurt him... so much so that he was turning off automatic updates and leaving them off...  I just wasted a few hours of my life when my computer could not connect to my network.  Read More
posted Friday, June 09, 2006 12:02 PM by bradley | 7 Comments
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Ouch a lot of security patches out next week...

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx and given that I'm in Boston next week.. I'll have to decide whether to patch remotely or not.. yeah I'll be reading those bulletins and Read More
posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Whoa..they DO get it.....

This question was seen in the beta tester application of a certain software package..... is that software.... a.  The latest and greatest Google app killer targeting another Microsoft app? b.  The latest and greatest voice over IP dohicky Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:31 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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The book is ordered and somewhere...but maybe I'll buy one at TechEd

http://virtualteched.com/default.aspx I'm on the VirtualTechEd site watching the video of the interview with Michael Howard about his new book on the Security Development Lifecycle..yes the book is ordered and shipping from Amazon soon....and it Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:20 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Edukatin' those end users

I've send email to someone and when they email back.. up in the header file their IT staff has placed the following right in the subject line: "CAUTION-Email contains attachment -DO NOT OPEN IT unless you are expecting it. Even if it is from a known Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:32 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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WSUS sp1 will be on MU today

WSUS Product Team Blog : WSUS SP1 published to MU and available to WSUS today: http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2006/06/07/433695.aspx Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:16 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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How long does is take you to reboot?

In the blog comments..... a poster says.... . Everytime I write up a memo to use WSUS it gets shot down by my boss as "Too dangerous", "It might break something", "But patches force me to reboot and I can't work then". and to that I say .. TOUGH. Reboot... Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:41 PM by bradley | 8 Comments
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Okay so today is NOT the second Tuesday of the month...

and that means that today is NOT Patch Tuesday... that also means that next Tuesday will be patch Tuesday and I WILL BE AWAY FROM MY NETWORK... which means about Friday night after I have remoted into the office and installed the patches there..I will Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 12:09 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Dr. Jesper Johansson's Fan Club at TechEd

For those that are planning to be at TechEd in Boston... well. I'll be the first to admit I'm a security 'groupee'.  See that security track at TechEd?  Well you could make that the entire event and I'd be happy.. and in fact.. I've of the opinion Read More
posted Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:23 AM by admin | 0 Comments
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Symantec Def issues?

Just got an email about issues they are seeing (possibly) with Symantec def files?In case anyone else sees this...watch those dat file updates...."We had major issues with our 2000 PRO SP4 PCs this morning. Constantrebooting and blue screens. I was Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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For those that are already WSUSing.....

Service pack 1 has been released.. This document describes known issues affecting Windows Server Update Services Service Pack 1 (WSUS SP1) The good news is that this allows WSUS to be installed on SQL 2005 and that includes workgroup edition. Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:14 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Apple security listserve

Okay when they build a security listserve for ya... you know it's beginning to be a target... Objective The Focus-Apple mailing list discusses security involving hardware and software produced by Apple or that runs on Apple platforms.  Discussion Read More
posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:39 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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What access does Remote Web Workplace Give you?

In the newsgroups over the weekend... a thread about RWW came up ...and I wanted to visually show everyone the difference between when you log into Remote Web Workplace as a domain admin (Which you should ensure that you set up an additional admin account Read More
posted Monday, May 29, 2006 7:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Running as a user predictor tool

Whenever there's some news about a tool or something that makes "running as non admin" a smidge more obvious... or some tool that helps to beat Vendors over the head... I always joke "okay so whom do I owe my first born to now?" Today I owe someone... Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 6:38 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Seen in the WSUS newsgroup...

Someone was talking about patching and how when they setup "download patches and notify me" that they wished there was a:Wish: There was an "Install Updates and Restart"I pinged this to someone I know as well...I want a "install and restart" please.. Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:07 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Outlook Express 06-016 patch issues

You remember those Outlook Express issues we had with the 06-016 patch? Error message when you open the Windows Address Book or you open Outlook Express after you install cumulative security update 911567 (MS06-016): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:40 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Trend and hosted email

So today on the echanneline.com site, Trend announced "hosted email protection services for SMBs.. and I'm seeing more and more folks wanting to get that gunk off their front door steps and off in some other sandbox somewhere.  The SBS podcast gang can Read More
posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:02 AM by bradley | 5 Comments
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My practice.. my risk

"How can I harden my SBS server?" "What's the best practice for SBS?" I really hate those questions.... I really do.  Because it assumes that each firm has the same assets, the same risks, the same everything.  And last I looked around... Read More
posted Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:30 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Word Zero day vulnerability

Happy fun boy asked if I had seen the Slashdot headline  and I said yup..saw it already on. www.incidents.org ... it was also talked about on the http://blogs.technet.com/msrc site.  So far the reports are that it was a very isolated Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 6:34 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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OWA and Active X issue.. only patched in SP2

Ah ha.. it is only Exchange 2003 sp2... This patch here.... This update restores functionality to Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access due to changes being made to Internet Explorer in the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista Beta release. Only installs Read More
posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:08 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Does everyone have to have admin rights?

On the SBSlistserve I said that not everyone in an office deserved to have local admin rights on their desktops.  When you set up a SBS network.does everyone get remote access rights?  Not in my firm.  Does everyone "need" remote access Read More
posted Sunday, May 14, 2006 11:16 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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