Google is now offering SSL-enabled searching with the Google blog announcing it last Friday. SSL searching for Google is enabled by visiting the site with https:// in front of the usual www (note the 's'). Using SSL where possible allows you to communicate securely between your browser and the website, meaning that any ISPs, routers, governments, or other prying eyes between … [Read more...]
Follow-up: McAfee’s Response to DAT 5958
I had the privilege yesterday of attending a session with an engineer from McAfee. Before giving a presentation on McAfee's Host Intrusion Prevention System and Whole Disk Encryption products, we were able to have an hour-long Q&A session about the bad DAT (antivirus definitions) file that wreaked worm-like havoc for thousands of computers in my organization and many, many … [Read more...]
Product Review: HP MultiSeat and Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
At work, we're looking to replace a lab with new computers. These days, that leaves us plenty of options. Normal PC or thin client? Each of those choices has a lot of variants as well. One of the thin client options we're looking into is the HP MultiSeat T100 Thin Client solution. HP's MultiSeat is a pretty interesting setup and falls somewhere between the traditional desktop … [Read more...]
How to Hold a Confidential Print Job at a Shared Printer
One of the low hanging fruits of Green IT recommendations is to replace the 'printer at each desk' model with the 'fewer, higher-capacity printers shared amongst an office' model. In my office, we've been trying to follow this recommendation in order to save electricity, reduce maintenance, and provide printers with increased capabilities to my users. Unfortunately, it's not … [Read more...]
RSoP and GPResult – Must-Know Tools When Using Group Policy
RSoP, Resultant Set of Policy, and GPResult are two of those tools you absolutely have to know about if you're using Group Policy in your environment or you'll wish you had known about it sooner. Through the Group Policy Management Console you can see all the settings that a specific GPO will apply to machines and users in that OU but because the Active Directory is … [Read more...]