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Microsoft, Mozilla, Verisign Team Up on E-Commerce Security Flaw

Plus: Windows Media Player RCE flaw not serious, says Redmond; Twitter phishing; more.

Get-Unique -- Same But Different

I still prefer the Select-Object cmdlet, but Get-Unique has a way of weeding out the dupes that's, well, different.

Microsoft Ends 08 with Two Security Battles

Plus: Should security experts follow open source's open development model? And the damage that can happen in 4.5 seconds.

Understanding and Configuring BitLocker with TPM

Vista SP1 has a greatly improved BitLocker. Still, use BitLocker with a Trusted Platform Module for best results.

Vista Security (Exam 70-620)

Uniqueness Counts

PowerShell's Select-Object command has a -unique switch that lest you sort through the riffraff.

Distributed File System (Exam 70-642)

Preventing External User Access to a Private Web Site

Developer wants to block external users from internal Web sites.

Security Comes in Patches

IT pros have some complex reasons for rolling out patches, but one thing is for sure: Threats always loom, so do it sooner rather than later.

Command Performance

The Get-Command cmdlet reveals all that you need to know about PowerShell.

A Tasty Dish of Worms and Spam

The security space saw lots of activity in November that may have lasting effects on the way IT pros protect, deploy and maintain environments going forward.

Credential Caching on a Windows Server 2008 RODC

Admin wants to know what threat is posed with password caching if an RODC is stolen.

Windows 2008 Backups (Exam 70-642)

Credential Caching (Exam 70-642)

Taking ISA Server Into the Danger Zone

Reader wants to have ISA Server obtain an IP address from an externally facing DHCP server.

Reading Assignment

My secret for learning Powershell? Check out these blogs.

Certificate Services (Exam 70-642)

Quick Hit -- Vista Shell Commands

Get access to some common Vista folders using the shell commands.

SMB Fix Is In the Flaw

Plus: Users seeks transparency with SharePoint; Symantec chief retiring; a fool and his job are soon parted.

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