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Microsoft's SSL-based VPN Solution
The US IT security company Whale is to cooperate with Microsoft to expand Microsoft's Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server to include an SSL-based VPN solution for encrypted network connections.
This emerges from a press release by Whale. Besides an application-level firewall and an expanded Web-cache function Microsoft's ISA Server also offers a VPN solution, which so far has been exclusively IPSec-based.
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22.12.2005 Pirate Bay to offer cheap, unlogged VPN
Back in July 2008, torrent tracker The Pirate Bay announced plans to encrypt the Internet. That hasn't happened yet, but they plan to offer a VPN tunneling service to the public starting April 1.
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24.03.2009Hole Found in Widely Used VPN
Gear
Bug makes VPN products
vulnerable to a denial of
service attack...
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16.11.2005Configuring Windows Server 2008 as a Remote Access SSL VPN Server (Part 3)
In the first two parts of this series on how to create an SSL VPN server on Windows Server 2008, we went over the basics of VPN networking and then
dived into the configuration of the server. At this point we are ready to finish things up by performing some small configuration changes in the
Active Directory and on the CA Web site. After making these changes, we will focus on the VPN client configuration and finish up by establishing the
SSL VPN connection.
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14.02.2008Microsoft Buys VPN, SSL
Company
Microsoft on Thursday said it
was acquiring Whale
Communications, a provider of
virtual private network (VPN)
and SSL solutions, as well as
Web application firewalls. The
company's technologies will
be integrated into
Microsoft's Windows Server
and ISA Server products...
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18.05.2006Configuring Windows Server 2008 as a Remote Access SSL VPN Server (Part 2)
If you missed the first part in this article series please read
Configuring
Windows Server 2008 as a Remote Access SSL VPN Server (Part 1) Thomas Shinder: In the first part of this article series
on how to configure Windows Server 2008 as a SSL VPN server, I went over some of the history of Microsoft VPN servers and VPN protocols. We finished
that article up with a description of the example network that well use in this and subsequent articles on configuring the VPN gateway to support SSTP
connections from Vista SP1 clients.
Before we begin, I need to say that I know that there is a step by step guide on how to
configure SSTP connections to Windows Server 2008 on the
www.microsoft.com Web site. The
problem with that article is that I felt it did not reflect a real world environment that uses an enterprise CA for certificate assignment. Because of
that, and some of the issues that were left out of the Microsoft step by step guide, I decided to do this article. I think you will learn a few new
things along the way as you follow along with me.
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30.01.2008Dell's AMD boxes vastly
cheaper than Intel
How cheap are they? How about
the cheapest AMD-based
Dimension E521 for less than
half of the cheapest Core 2
Duo-based system. How about
almost half of the cheapest
Pentium D-based system? If you
hunt long and hard you will
eventually find the raw
configuration pages, not the
shiny bundle pages, and that
is where the interesting stuff
is.
Those pages are
not flagged with bright orange
'More value with AMD'
labels, but the message is not
lost. On those shiny ones, you
can get an AMD-based system
for about 赨 less than
Intel. When you look at the
raw configuration pages, AMD
here and Intel here, you can
find the true prices. The
cheapest I could make an
AMD-based system was 趷,
that's a Sempron 3400+; lose
the modem, monitor and
speakers while dropping RAM to
512MB. Upping the CPU to an X2
3800+ brings the total to
踇. It's hardly a
screamer, but quite a workable
office machine even with the
Sempron.
For Intel,
you can only go as low as
踛 for the same
configuration as AMD, but with
a Celeron D 346. Upgrading to
a Pentium D 805 or a Core 2
Duo E6300 will bring you to
軏 and 辗
respectively.
The
low end Intel-based system is
almost 50% more than the
cheapest AMD-based system, and
the cheapest dual core
machines are at a similar
premium. The cheapest Core 2
Duo is more than twice the
price of the cheapest AMD dual
core. These are not trivial
differences.
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20.09.2006Secure VPN tunneling protocol in development
Microsoft is working on a
remote access tunneling
protocol for Vista and
Longhorn Server that lets
client devices securely access
networks via a VPN from
anywhere on the Internet
without concern for typical
port blocking issues.
The Secure Socket
Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
creates a VPN tunnel that
travels over Secure-HTTP,
eliminating issues associated
VPN connections based on the
Point-to-Point Tunneling
Protocol (PPTP) or Layer 2
Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) that
can be blocked by some Web
proxies, firewalls and Network
Address Translation (NAT)
routers that sit between
clients and servers.
The protocol,
however, is only for remote
access and will not supoort
site-to-site VPN
tunnels.
Microsoft hopes SSTP will
help reduced help desk support
calls associated with IPSec
VPNs when those connections
get blocked by firewalls or
routers. In addition, SSTP
won?t foster retraining issues
because it does not change the
end-user VPN controls. The
SSTP based VPN tunnel plugs
directly into current
interfaces for Microsoft VPN
client and server
software.
Microsoft plans to ship SSTP
support in Vista Service Pack
1 and in Longhorn Server. The
ship date for Vista SP1 has
not been set, but Longhorn is
expected to ship in the second
half of this year. SSTP will
be included in Longhorn Server
Beta 3, which is set to ship
in the first half of
2007.
Microsoft officials also say
they are working with partners
-- the company declined to
name -- on adding SSTP to
other client devices besides
Vista.
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20.01.2007Security: What Microsoft Can Teach Apple
Is Apple's approach to Mac OS X 10.5 security about stupidity or arrogance? Maybe Apple needs to learn something from Microsoft.
Last night, I read an
Heise Security report about Leopard's
firewall being turned off by defaultor turning off a previously active firewall during the upgrade from an earlier Mac OS X version. I can confirm
that the upgrade flips off the firewall, and without warning.
There are other troubling changes going on under the hood, too. For
example, Apple's new Back to My Mac feature either turned on without my authorization or turned on during installation. I'm still early stages
testing and hadn't gotten around to this feature. I ran Leopard all day yesterday, periodically using Cisco VPN client to connect to my corporate
network. This morning, when I launched the VPN client, a Leopard popup warned that the new Back to My Mac feature and VPN cannot operate at the same
time; a handy link flipped off the service. But who turned it on in the first place?
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30.10.2007ASUS planning world's cheapest dual touchscreen Eee Reader
Back in March ASUS had shown us a glimpse of their dual panel touchscreen concept at CeBIT. Since then we had all forgotten about this little beast
from the company. Just over a week ago, a rumor came up that ASUS may just push out an Eee-book reader this year. Jerry Shen, the company's
president, said that it may not be only one device that they launch and said that the company plans to unveil the device before the end of the year,
all this according to Times Online. The company aims to launch two versions, a budget version and a premium version in the UK.
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07.09.2009Magnetic-based HDDs still cheapest in 2020
A new study has found that if magnetic-based hard disk drives (HDDs) continue to progress at their current rate then by 2020 we'll see a 2.5" HDD
with a capacity of more than 14TB at a cost of about $US40. Flash memory will also become cheaper, but will reach terminal limits before 2020
keeping the ultra-fast technology from replacing HDDs. The study by Professor Mark Kryder and Chan Soo Kim of Carnegie Mellon University, published
in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, showed that in fact most technologies wouldn't be able to compete with HDDs on a cost-per-TB basis by 2020.
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25.10.2009Rumor of Xbox 360 SKU with Motion Controller
Recently there's been plenty of talk about the Xbox 360 price drops. The cheapest SKU out now; the Xbox 360 Arcade is said to go down to $200, which
would make it the cheapest current generation console. Now rumor has it that it will also include a motion controller in its package. The Arcade SKU
is said to include the usual arcade games, a 512MB memory card, the forthcoming Fall Dashboard Update preinstalled, and the motion controller as well
as motion controlled games developed by Rare. It is said to release sometime in the Holiday 2008 season, but this leaves us wondering if this rumored
SKU will be the same $200 rumored SKU said to be released in September.
It is said the motion controller will be sold separately and
will be bundled along with a wider variety of games. No word on the price or release date has been confirmed yet.
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24.08.2008Microsoft's new VPN tunnel using SSL is coming
I am very happy to announce that SSTP will be first time released to all our TAP and techbeta customers via coming Vista SP1 beta and Windows Server
2008 RC0 release.
To get your hands dirty with SSTP, work with your Microsoft TAP contact if you are part of Windows TAP program.
If not, you can be a part of Windows techbeta program via enrolling to
http://connect.microsoft.com and get the Windows beta bits.
To do a SSTP pilot or lab deployment, all you
need is:
1) A machine running Vista SP1 beta or Windows server 2008 RC0 or later - acting as VPN client
2) A
machine running Windows server 2008 RC0 or later - acting as VPN server
Please enroll and get your set-up ready. Soon, we will
provide all the documents (like step-by-step guide) on our web site. For more questions on SSTP, see
http://blogs.technet.com/rrasblog/archive/tags/SSTP/default.aspx For any queries, feel free to connect with
us via our email address as given above
Samir Jain
Lead Program Manager (samirj@online.microsoft.com)
RRAS,
Windows Enterprise Networking
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13.09.2007Microsoft Sued Over VPN Technology
Software company VirnetX filed
suit against Microsoft
Thursday, accusing the Redmond
company of infringing on two
of its patents regarding
virtual private networking...
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15.02.2007Satellite Phones Descend Below $1000 Mark
London-based mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat has begun marketing its new IsatPhone as the world's cheapest satellite phone...
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18.10.2007Sears.com offers the cheapest desktop PC at $185
Another low-end PC hit the market today, this time it is a machine by Mirus equipped with Freespire 2.0, available at Sears' online shop for $185...
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18.01.2008Configuring Windows Server 2008 as a Remote Access SSL VPN Server (Part 1)
Remote Access is one of todays big things. As an increasing number of people need access to information stored on work and home computers, the
ability to access that information from anywhere is critical. Gone are the days when you could say Ill get that information to you when I get to my
computer. You need that information now if you want to be competitive in todays business environment.
In the stone age of
computing, the way to remotely access information on your computer was to use a dial-up connection. RAS dial-up connections worked over regular POTS
(Plain Old Telephone Service) lines and had speeds that ranged up to around 56kbps. Speed was a major problem with dial-up RAS connections, but an
even bigger problem was the cost of the connections when a long distance number was required for access.
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08.01.2008Sony to Debut More Affordable VAIO NR Notebooks
Today Sony announced its newest addition to the VAIO line of notebooks, the NR, its cheapest model to date. They're still stylish: slim with rounded
corners, in a textured chassis that looks and feels - though isn't - upholstered...
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26.09.2007Sony Announces $1,000 Blu-ray
Player
Sony introduced its first
Blu-ray products on Thursday,
offering the cheapest
solutions so far to employ the
technology. However, the price
point still remains at about
$1,000 or more, twice the cost
of entry-level HD DVD players...
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17.03.2006SanDisk Introduces Low-Cost Video MP3 Player
SanDisk solidified its music player lineup on Monday, introducing the Sansa View, which is the cheapest video-enabled player in its category. Two
models will be made available, an 8GB version for $149 and an 16GB model for $199 USD...
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11.09.2007Meet the cheapest laptop in the world
From credit card debt and
school loans to rising gas
prices and adjustable
mortgages, there are plenty of
reasons why consumers in the
developed world can't afford
a laptop. Not to mention the
fact that underfunded schools
and underprivileged kids also
exist in the developed parts
of the world.
Enter
the
Medison
Celebrity laptop. It's a
$150 laptop from Swedish
company Medison that's
available through the
Columbus, Ohio-based online
reseller 2Checkout.com.
With Nicholas
Negroponte's OLPC hovering
around $175, and Intel's
Classmate PC expected to cost
more than $200, the Medison
Celebrity laptop can lay claim
to being the cheapest laptop
in the world. And it boasts an
impressive feature set for the
money. For starters, it
features a large, wide-screen
14-inch WXGA display and
weighs a reasonable 4.8
pounds. Powering the Medison
Celebrity is a 1.5GHz Intel
Celeron M 370 processor and
256MB of memory.
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25.07.2007Google Testing Out Free Wi-Fi
Service
UPDATED Google is
testing out a free wireless
hotspot service in two
locations, company officials
acknowledged Tuesday. News of
Google Wi-Fi spread following
a new download called Google
Secure Access that lets users
connect to Google's VPN in
order to keep their Internet
connection secure from prying
eyes when using Wi-Fi...
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