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June 2004 - Security Briefs
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I got a prerelease copy of my book cover - check it out ! I'm about halfway through copyedits. It's fun going back and rereading this work now that it's done. I really think it's going to help a lot of people.
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A former student (let's call him Joe) sent me mail the other day. He was wondering why sometimes when he surfs to an internal website he is prompted for credentials, when the site is configured for integrated authentication. “Shouldn't it just happen automatically?” he asked. Apparently after he types in his Windows user name and password (the same account he's logged in with, by the way), things work great......
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Version 1.5.0.4 adds support for sorting by frequency of usage. After using it for awhile, it'll track how often you use each password, so if you run it in “Sort by frequency” mode, you'll find that your most commonly used passwords will float...
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Aaron , Fritz , Bill and I spent the last few days up in Redmond. Don and Barb were very kind in letting us crash at their place. What a whirlwind trip we had - we talked to a bunch of different product groups, including the Indigo guys and the PAG team...
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Ted Pattison was here in Denver teaching one of his famous Sharepoint classes , so he gave me a ring and asked me to come over and talk about security a bit with his class. Turns out the security lecture was the last talk of the day, and I got there just...
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Here's a little secret - you may already know that a quick and easy way to set your IP address without having to type it into that silly GUI is to use NETSH.EXE: netsh int ip set addr lo static 192.168.0.23 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1 netsh int ip set...
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Today I was reading a thread about identity theft on a private MVP security board, and it got me thinking: just how safe am I from identity theft? It's been hitting closer to home: I've heard horror stories from students, and even some of my aquaintences...
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I've been reading Pragmatic Unit Testing over the last couple of evenings (it's a quick read if you're not a newbie to unit testing), and really enjoyed some of the insights this book offers. One of the most compelling reasons (I thought) for getting...
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