• Mac OS X

    Mac OS X: The Dangers of Internet Sharing

    December 11, 2007

    There have been a number of occasions when there is a Mac introduced into a freelance type of environment where the Mac has Internet Sharing enabled and using the Internet Sharing feature ends up causing issues on the network due to the DHCP server that is enabled as a part of Internet Sharing.  Rogue Access Point detection is one solution that can help to mitigate this risk.  D-Link and a number of other vendors have solutions that can be enabled on their switches that disable this type of activity.

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  • Mac OS X Server

    Mac OS X: 2 Factor Authentication

    December 10, 2007

    CryptoCARD can be used to provide 2 factor authentication.  This can easily be integrated into the VPN server for Mac OS X, although it will take a little while to get integrated into Open Directory.  However, it’s cost effective and available for OS X.

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  • Articles and Books,  Microsoft Exchange Server,  Windows Server,  Windows XP

    Microsoft Office Live

    December 6, 2007

    I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Microsoft Office Live Workspace is a portal that allows you to view your Microsoft Office documents online. This includes the ability to share documents and do desktop presentations of Microsoft Office documents. Microsoft Office Live Workspace is in beta and free, so why not give it a try? That’s what Microsoft is asking now that Google Docs and Zoho are moving towards commoditizing the document and spreadsheet space. So first impressions? Office Live Workspace doesn’t let you edit documents. Anyone who has used Google Docs or Zoho is going to be looking for that feature. There is a nice plug-in that is free that…

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  • Xsan

    Xsan: Backup

    December 5, 2007

    OK, RAID 5 is not a backup scheme.  Even with Direct Attached Storage you have to back it up.  But even more to the point, if you have a bunch of RAIDs strung together as an Xsan and you’re not backing it up then you are taking life one day at a time.  Stop.  The cost of a backup is probably nothing compared to the cost of loosing all your data.

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  • Active Directory,  Microsoft Exchange Server

    Exchange 2003: Applications that Access the Information Store

    December 4, 2007

    I would always create a service-specific (Atempo, Blackberry, GFM, Symantec, etc) account that is not a Domain Admin but is an Administrator. Then I would provide the rights mentioned here. So, once you do that then you can go to Services and provide the service with an account to fire up as (eg – AtempoAdmin). Then make sure this key is in the registry (according to which SP you have it might not be) HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftExchange EXAdminShowSecurityPage DWORD value =1 Then fire up Exchange System Manager, click on the Organization, click on the Admin Group and then your group and then properties for it. Then you’ll notice that nice security tab.…

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