Making IPSec VPNs Enterprise Class; Microsoft confirms critical unpatched Vista, Windows 7 RC bug

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Making IPSec VPNs Enterprise Class The last newsletter highlighted the fact that the improvements that we have seen over the last twenty-five years in the price/performance ratio of wide area networking is nothing close to the price/performance improvements that we have seen for other areas of IT such as storage or processing. This newsletter will discuss a technique to turn low cost consumer-grade IPSec VPNs into an enterprise-class IPSec VPN. Microsoft confirms critical unpatched Vista, Windows 7 RC bug MIcrosoft late Tuesday confirmed that a bug in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and the release candidates of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, could be used to hijack PCs. Seven Deadly Sins of Building Security You've got a few security guards and your CCTV system is up to snuff. You've got your building security covered, right? Think again. While many organizations are taking the steps to ensure their building is secure, many are ignoring basic pieces of the puzzle that is physical security in and around a facility. NASA's future manned spaceflight forecast: Bleak The Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee summary report was handed to the White House today after months of expert review and testimony. Privacy groups: Obama has more work to do U.S. President Barack Obama's administration received mixed grades from privacy groups after more than seven months in power, with the groups saying Obama has done little to change a surveillance-state environment created under former President George Bush. Startup invents anti-theft tag for smartphones A UK startup will this week start selling a cheap plastic tag it believes could banish forever the daily blight of mobile phone loss and theft. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. 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