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As of today, I am officially a home owner - my wife and I just closed on our new house today. And with that, comes FiOS installation along with all of the fun that comes with a new move. Good stuff. Yet due to other recent events, I have found myself using a hotspot compatible [...]

The default access setting for Windows event logs allows guest and anonymous users to view them. This can make sensitive data openly accessible to users who should not be able to view it. A simple tweak of the registry, however, can rectify the possible security opening. You can block guest and anonymous users from viewing [...]

When Windows writes memory data to the pagefile, it can contain sensitive information that you don’t want to be accessible on the disk, including passwords. If anyone in your organization works with sensitive information, clearing the pagefile on that desktop is an important step to take to ensure that data isn’t accessible to unauthorized users. [...]

If you want to restrict the applications that users can access and run in Vista from the Start menu, the desktop, and the Control Panel, you can make a few simple modifications to the registry. For example, you can remove common programs, you can remove the All Programs menu, and you can remove the Run [...]

In Part I of this article, you learned how to create a warning dialog box that will appear before the classic logon dialog box. Instead of (or in addition to) creating a separate warning, you can add warning messages to the Windows logon dialog box as well as the Windows Security, Computer Locked, and Unlock [...]

Microsoft has a done a good job of making Vista extremely customizable. You can customize to suit your personal preferences and you can also customize to increase security.
The problem is that some of the customization has to be done via the Windows Registry. Be very careful when editing the Registry. If you accidentally delete [...]

You can also experience problems after you successfully establish a connection with the VPN server. If your connection is established and you can access the VPN server, but you cannot browse the LAN or access resources on other computers, there can be several reasons for the problem:
The VPN server must be configured to allow [...]

In all of the problems discussed in the previous installments of this article, the client is able to contact the VPN server but is unable to negotiate a VPN connection because of configuration settings that do not meet the server’s criteria. Sometimes, you will see the Error 769 message (The specified destination is not reachable). [...]

As you learned in the Part II, a VPN client and VPN server must support the same tunneling protocol. In addition to a common tunneling protocol, both client and server must support a common authentication method. If the client is not configured to use an authentication method that the VPN server supports, you will see [...]

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) requires a tunneling protocol. Both the client and VPN server must be using the same tunneling protocol. If the VPN server does not support the tunneling protocol with which the client is attempting to connect, the connection will fail.
When you configure a Vista client, you have three options:

Point [...]

There are different problems that can occur with Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections. Given that establishing a VPN requires you to first establish an Internet connection then connect to the VPN server, there are two points of failure, which makes troubleshooting more complex.
A VPN connection requires that both the client and the VPN server be [...]

I’m pulling my hair out (what I have left, anyhow) trying to find a good home/home office wireless router that includes all the features I need. Granted, I’m a bit of a power user, but I’m honestly a bit surprised I can’t find what I want out there somewhere. You’d think someone would build it. [...]

Discover why there are SSL VPNs, and why they are able to compete with other solutions in terms of security.
This white paper offers a detailed and informative discussion comparing the advantages and disadvantages of traditional VPN technologies and SSL VPN solutions and why client-based SSL VPNs, offer a valid alternative to conventional remote access software. [...]

Learn how to achieve enterprise level secure access for remote users.
This independent analysis explores competing technologies and outlines the criteria to be considered when evaluating options for extending the enterprise without compromising the security of the network. SSL VPNs have revolutionized the possibilities for extending access to corporate networks. There is an ever increasing demand [...]