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January 2005 - Posts

Geek Dinner in London

Lee is setting up a Geek Dinner in London. Venue: Central London (tba) - ideas welcomed (obviously a venue with free WiFi)Time: 7:30pm If you're interested, leave him a comment..  Read More
posted Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:55 AM by adam | 2 Comments
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Passwords vs Passphrases

Greg Hughes blogged about how he started using passphrases. After reading Jesper Johanssen's articles (here, here, and here) on the subject, I too have started replacing my passwords with passphrases. Greg makes a good point that they allow you to have Read More
posted Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:40 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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I'm Back

After a fairly long blogging break, I'm back in the saddle. The planning guide that i've been writing is almost complete and I finished the other project I was working on too. Now to plan that holiday... ;) Read More
posted Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:32 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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(Relatively) New Security Blog

Tony Bailey, one of the PMs in the group I'm currently working with at Microsoft has a security blog. Check it out at http://weblogs.asp.net/secguide/ Read More
posted Friday, January 21, 2005 9:59 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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I need a holiday!

Im going to be taking two weeks holiday in the summer to go to the US with Faye and I'd like some recommendations on places/towns/cities/states to go to. Ive been to Seattle, NYC, Dallas and Orlando before but id be happy to go again please leave Read More
posted Friday, January 14, 2005 4:02 PM by adam | 4 Comments
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Name that Tune

It seems to be an afternoon for finding this stuff.. Fancy a game of Name that Tune? The first one I tried was Robbie Williams and I got the following score:  Hooray! You scored 10 out of 10. Perfect. 100%. You are a music guru. We bow down before Read More
posted Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:54 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Spam - An Alternative Solution?

I was just browsing for some statistics on e-mail spam when I came across Email Roulette. What is Email Roulette? Email Roulette is the finest form of email entertainment to hit the net since spam. Whether you're seeking new online friends or Read More
posted Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:33 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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RFC 2828 - Internet Security Glossary

The planning guide that I'm currently working on is security related and there are often times where you come across some terminology that needs a definitive definition. RFC 2828 has descriptions for most internet security terms Read More
posted Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:04 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Microsoft ISA Server 2004 Webcast Week

January 17-21 is ISA Server 2004 webcast week where you can find live webcasts on pretty much every facet of ISA 2004. There is a great looking one on Configuring Exchange and VPN connectivity. As part of this series, SSL hardware vendor nCipher Read More
posted Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:13 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Real VOIP makes it to the UK

Vonage have launched a UK service It's not clear from their site whether or not you can keep your existing BT number. I'll have an explore round their site and see Read More
posted Monday, January 10, 2005 6:04 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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They Give with one hand and take away with the other..

It seems that although Microsoft have made a swift job of delivering a beta version of the anti-spyware app, they've delayed the release of Exchange Edge Services hmmph, no fair :( Read More
posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:50 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Microsoft Windows Spyware BETA

Microsoft has released a beta version of the Anti-Spyware app it acquired from Giant a few weeks ago. Check out the Microsoft Spyware website for more info I'll blog my impressions when i have a moment Read More
posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:41 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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First blog of 2005

Happy New Year After my first week off in ages over xmas, I'm back working again on some powerpoint decks which, as you can imagine, is immense fun. I bought a new car over christmas. As soon as I have a decent amount of light, i'll post up a picture Read More
posted Wednesday, January 05, 2005 5:16 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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