As frankps sees the world!

One of today’s big stories on the news was that people published information about their upcoming holidays on social medias, like Facebook and Twitter. Several countries are considering twitring about your holiday so careless that it can provide lower insurance. Don’t say that you will leave for a two weeks holiday to Spain in a week. Also try not to twitter about what you do on your holiday, when not at home. Don’t publish holiday picture publicly before coming home (for […] Continue reading →

My parents have just moved to a new apartment, and asked me to set up their Internet connection (cable modem, wireless router, VoIP adapter and telephone). In their previous apartment, the cables were not a problem as the equipment fitted on a shelf in a wardrobe in the hall. But in the new apartment the equipment had to be placed in the living room. Not a pretty sight … How could this best be solved? By using HomePlug/Powerline adapters. I had only heard about the technology, and […] Continue reading →

It’s two months since I got the first introduction to Windows 7 (code named Vienna) at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2008 in Barcelona, and this week Microsoft released a public beta of their next client operating system. I have installed it on my MacBook Pro, and plan to install it on an office machine in AD and on my home machine. I have been using Windows Vista for about 3 years now, through some of the betas and later with the released product. At the department where I am the sysadmin, more […] Continue reading →

Matt Heller Internet Explorer Product Management Microsoft Corp IE 8 is feature complete. Evolution and Change Web has envolved a lot the last 2-3 years. Things change, Web 2.0, privacy … Mashups are getting common. Users use frameworks for that. This creates new vulnarabilities. Users need to get control over things, especially this goes for privacy. User Preferences/Control. EU is coming with law/rules giving consumers privacy rights. Growth in ecommerce depends on consumer trust. […] Continue reading →

Paul Cooke – CISSP Director Microsoft Core Security in Windows 7, explore related usage scenarios, and look into how to manage these in an enterprise environment. The Windows Vista Foundation is continued. User Account Control and Enhanced Auditing. Security Development Lifecycle process. Kernel Patch Protection, Windows Service Hardening, DEP & ASLR (IE 8 inclusive), Mandatory Integrity Controls. User Access Control Make the system work well for standard users Administrators use full […] Continue reading →