Active Directory
What is the *real* maximum password length?
I’ve for long been an advocate of using long passwords, using entire phrases/sentences instead of a single more complex but short password. Some Windows Server…
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Security
Google
Forwarding office email to personal email accounts
CNET News.com has a report titled “Firms fret as office e-mail jumps security walls“. Many organizations are concerned about employees forwarding work email to their…
Anti-spam
Enabled by default: SMTP Tarpit in Exchange Server 2007
From a recent discussion, and something I’ve been wanting to post about for a while: SMTP tarpitting is enabled by default on Receive Connectors in…
Administration
How To Allow Relaying in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007
In Exchange Server 2003, you can allow anonymous SMTP hosts to relay mail by adding their IP address(es) in SMTP Virtual Server Properties | Access…
News
Windows Vista RoI: BitLocker drive encryption enough to justify upgrades?
According to analyst Jon Oltsik of Enterprise Strategy Group, Windows Vista’s BitLocker drive encryption system provides enough RoI to justify the upgrade for enterprise customers.…
News
MS06-076: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express
As part of its monthly security patch releases, Microsoft has published a security bulletin (MS06-076) – a cumulative update for Outlook Express. Even if you…
Administration
IMF: Where’s the whitelist?
Another frequently asked question – asked frequently enough to make its way here. Does the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) v1/v2 in Exchange 2003 provide any…
Anti-spam
Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) v1 download removed from microsoft.com
A newsgroup poster recently informed that Microsoft has removed Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) v1 download from the IMF downloads page. IMF v1 was a separate…
Security
Short complex passwords easier to crack than simple long ones
Infoworld columnist Roger Grimes provides some interesting information in his Security Adviser column about (short) complex passwords being easier to crack than longer “non-complex” ones.…
Anti-spam
Microsoft opens up SenderID
Microsoft announced today it’s putting its SenderID technology under its Open Specification Promise program. This allows anyone to create products or services using SenderID technology.…