August 2005 - Posts

Understanding Security in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP SP2
30 August 05 03:34 PM

Nice doc... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E550F940-37A0-4541-B5E2-704AB386C3ED&displaylang=en Read More...

Postedby michael_HOWARD | 3 Comments    

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Even more for the Patterns & Practices folks
16 August 05 12:26 PM

Security Guidance Index: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/SecurityGuidanceIndex.asp Security Engineering Index: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/SecurityEngIndex.asp Security How Tos Index: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/SecurityHowTosIndex.asp Read More...

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MBSA v2 Visio Connector
15 August 05 04:07 PM

Cool stuff. The Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Connector for the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.0 is now avail for download. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsavisio.mspx Read More...

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Security "How To" Index
12 August 05 02:48 PM

The patterns and practices folks have just updated their list of Security-related "How-Tos" http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/SecurityHowTosIndex.asp Very cool.... Read More...

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Comments from Gartner about Microsoft's Security Work
02 August 05 11:07 AM

I just read this very interesting article in Information Week about the recent Cisco 'issue' at Blackhat. What caught my eye is a comment from John Pescatore, a senior security researcher at Gartner. Emphasis is mine... Microsoft , said Pescatore, has Read More...

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