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• Configuring the Vista NAP Client

  The other day I posted a tip on how to enable the Network Access Protection client on XP SP3 .  The client is also built into Vista (RTM and SP1) and is a little easier to configure.  Although the same command line from the XP SP3 config can Read More... Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:32 PM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Client

• 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 | 3 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Server, Windows Client

• Encrypting Additional Drives with BitLocker

  As you may know, BitLocker Drive Encryption only encrypts the C:\ drive. If you have additional drives in your PC, or use an external USB hard drive with your notebook, you can't encrypt that drive with BDE. Officially that is :) While Vista SP1 will Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 8:32 AM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Client

• Encrypt Drive with BitLocker

  We've done a few post on BitLocker around some of the more advanced features and controls. The one thing we haven't touched yet is just how easy it is to encrypt your drive with BitLocker. Before we get started on the procedure a little review of the Read More... Posted Saturday, September 22, 2007 12:09 PM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Client

• Manage BitLocker Via The CLI

  We have gone over the GPO settings for BitLocker recently and now we are going to cover the actual configuration of BitLocker on the computer itself. There are two ways, the GUI way, or the CLI way. Today we will focus on the CLI method. There is one Read More... Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 5:10 PM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Client

• BitLocker GPO settings

  We posted an article earlier about configuration settings in BitLocker. We covered most of the tabs from the GPO configuration settings. If you investigated the BitLocker Administrative Template you may noticed a final configuration you can adjust. This Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 3:22 PM by daniel.nerenberg | 3 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Client

• File System Virtualization

  One of the security features within Windows Vista that is not evident is file system virtualization. This type of virtualization allows an application a silo'd virtual store where it can read and write to without compromising the system. Let's say you Read More... Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:37 AM by rodney.buike | 2 Comments Filed under: Security, Windows Client

• Configuring BitLocker Options

  BitLocker is one of the hot new security features in Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions. It allows you to enable full volume encryption on the system drive (C:\) to protect your data in case you lose your notebook. In order to use BitLocker Read More... Posted Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:22 AM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Security, 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