March 2008

PWN to OWN Contest: Vista gets compromised

Update on the PWN to OWN contest at the CanSecWest conference. After the MacBook Air got compromised in 2 minutes, Shane Macaulay claimed victory over the Fujitsu laptop running Windows Vista. Yes, Windows Vista was compromised at the tail end of Day 2, at 7:30 p.m., thanks to a vulnerability in Adobe Flash. More in […]

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Mac, meet PC: PC, the Mac’s already hacked!

The Event: CanSecWest’s PWN 2 OWN contest, Vancouver, CanadaThe Contenders: Mac OS X Leopard, Microsoft’s Windows Vista, and Linux.The Challenge: Compromise the OSThe Prize: $10,000 + laptopThe Winner: Charlie Miller Apparently, the OS that’s safer by design is the first to get compromised, after the rules were relaxed a little bit. 2 minutes is all […]

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Errata: Edge Subscription and Synchronization white paper

The white paper on Edge Subscription and Synchronization has the following error: Under Recipient Information: Distribution groups are not replicated to ADAM. Distribution Groups are in fact replicated to ADAM using EdgeSync. In Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Distribution Group membership (the member attribute) is also replicated. On Windows Server 2008, ADAM is replaced by Active […]

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India not looking to ban BlackBerry, keen to resolve issue

India’s Dept of Telecom (DoT) says it has asked Indian wireless carriers to specify a timeframe by which they will resolve all security concerns. India is not looking to shutdown BlackBerry services, but it is keen to resolve the issue. There has been a lot of speculation about the DoT having given a 15-day notice […]

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“Save XP” Campaign: InfoWorld responds, and the facts about downgrade rights

Note to readers: I haven’t had to keep a post on hold for as long as I”ve kept this one, contemplating whether I should post it or not. After much thought, I’ve decided to post this, because it is important to know the facts about downgrade rights, and to clarify my position on this debate. […]

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Standby Continuous Replication (SCR): Replay and Truncation Lag

Standby Continuous Replication (SCR) is a new High Availability feature in Exchange Server 2007 SP1. It uses Continuous Replication (also used by LCR and CCR) to replicate Storage Groups from a clustered or non-clustered mailbox server, known as a SCR source, to a clustered or non-clustered mailbox server, known as a SCR target. SCR is […]

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India wants access to BlackBerry encryption algorithms to fight terrorism

India’s half a million BlackBerry users may have to live with the prospect of the Indian government having easy access to their wireless communication. India says it needs access to RIM’s encryption algorithms, used to encrypt email sent and received by BlackBerry smartphones, to fight terrorism. The Indian government is delaying a license to offer […]

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Routing outbound mail using a particular IP address

A question that frequently and inevitably pops up when discussing Exchange transport is that of being able to route outbound mail using a particular IP address. The Exchange Server 2003/2000 transport architecture was confusing for many newcomers— the difference between an SMTP Virtual Server and an SMTP Connector being the main cause of this confusion. […]

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iPhone, meet Exchange: Apple announces Exchange ActiveSync support

Finally, Apple announces Exchange ActiveSync Support. Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior VP of Marketing, announced minutes ago what many have suspected all along – Apple chose to go with Microsoft by licensing EAS. Schiller demonstrated EAS on the iPhone, including the ability to remotely wipe an iPhone. Without taking names, Phil also criticized the BlackBerry approach […]

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iPhone, meet Exchange: Will Apple make them talk?

March 6 is here, and the iPhone’s software roadmap, including the much talked about “enterprise features” should be public in a few hours, along with the release or another announcement of the iPhone SDK. In the past, there have been plenty of rumors and some “confirmations” about Apple having licensed Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol […]

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