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• Videocast - Testing DHCP Based NAP

  The other day I posted the first half of this video with the server side setup of NAP. This video will cover the client side setup and testing on both Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3. Note: Double-click on the video to go full screen. If you want to Read More... Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 9:18 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Network, Security, Windows Server, Windows Client, rodney.buike

• Configuring the NAP Client in XP SP3

  With the recent launch of Windows Server 2008 you are no doubt spending all your free time playing around with everything new. One thing you might be playing around with is Network Access Protection. There is a great document on getting a DHCP based NAP Read More... Posted Monday, February 11, 2008 9:52 AM by rodney.buike | 2 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• Implement 3DES Excryption for EFS

  Encrypted File System (EFS) is a feature built into Windows 2000, XP and 2003 that allows users to securely encrypt files and folders. You can increase this level of security in Windows XP and 2003 by implementing a more secure encryption algorithm. By Read More... Posted Monday, May 08, 2006 5:37 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• Backup EFS Certificates with Cipher

  Encrypted File System (EFS) is a secure way to encrypt files and folders on your workstation (or server). EFS is pretty much uncrackable due to the way files are encrypted. EFS encryption keys are generated on the fly to encrypt the file. The File Encryption Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:26 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• Quick Tip: Clearing the Clipboard when Launching IE

  There is a flaw in Windows that allows the ever famous malicous hacker to view the contents of your Clipboard by directing you to a specially crafted website. To clear your Clipboard when IE launches create a webpage with the following code. You can upload Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:40 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• Secure DHCP and DNS Services on Your DC

  Most admins I talk to run DNS on their Domain Controllers, and most also run DHCP on one or more of them as well. The benefits of AD-Integrated Zones and the small footprint of DHCP allow you to run these services on your DC's with minimal impact on performance. Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:51 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• Troubleshooting Event ID 680

  Event ID 680 is a Security log event that has a number of different, but closely related causes. This event ID logs the success or failure to logon with a local or remote process or user account. There are a number of codes that are associated with this Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:10 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• One Click Desktop Locking

  Everyone knows they SHOULD lock their desktop when they leave their desk, but how many people forget, or say its too hard. Well if this doesn't make it easy enough then we may need to get violent! You can give the user a shortcut on the desktop that will Read More... Posted Friday, July 15, 2005 11:21 AM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• Using Syskey to Secure Your Systems

  Windows 2000, XP and 2003 includes a Security Accounts Management database that contains hashed copies of user passwords. The database is then encrypted and the encryption key is stored on the local machine. When you boot up the machine and attempt to Read More... Posted Friday, June 17, 2005 8:20 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• Deleting Items PERMANENTLY

  We delete items everyday, and then we empty the Recycle Bin and the data is never to be seen again. Well that sounds good, there are a number of tools that can recover this "deleted" data. When you delete a file it is not actually deleted from the hard Read More... Posted Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:42 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client