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Gaim --> Pidgin

So to appease the great AOL gods, gaim is now known as Pidgin. OTR is not yet ready for this client so use the OTR proxy until then. Also, here's a quick howto for setting up Google chat with the Pidgin client by way of the Jabber/XMPP protocol.

Very useful

In case anyone happens to have to manage a fairly large VPN hub server running IOS, here's something very useful for troubleshooting. As of IOS 12.3, you can set conditional filters for debugs based on varying criteria most notably the peer id or user id (XAuth complaining!) so you can see what's exactly going without being confused with other sessions that are working fine.

Windows Vista upgrade path

Here's a helpful guide on your path to enligh...er..bette..no.. losing more money on frivolous upgrades?

New Job == More Money?

CNN seems to think so .

101 "Normal" Business Activities

Fucking hilarious !

Citrix TCP/2598 Explained.

According to this post, when you enable session reliability for Citrix ICA traffic it now uses a new port TCP/2598 as they've built a new framework to encapsulate the ICA traffic and accommodate the session reliability. TCP/1494 is now trivial once you do this...

SSTP (part 1)

Here's some initial links on SSTP. This is the new builtin feature in Vista SP1 that incorporates SSLVPN tunneling. If you're already familiar with SSLVPN's, you're already well aware of its advantages over other VPN technologies as its primarily encapsulating in SSL transactions and make it a very robust solution for clients that are on various types of networks as really, you only need to have the remote network to allow TCP/443 (HTTPS) back to your RAS server. The fact that Microsoft is building this into their architecture is awesome as there are a number of embedded devices being developed that could greatly benefit from this venture. The links below are from the Microsoft RRAS blog.

Advantages

How it works

Using the builtin Vista client

FAQ #1: Generic

FAQ #2: Client specific

Kepner-Tregoe

Here's a wikipedia entry on Kepner-Tregoe. It's a training company that focuses on teaching leaders systematic and methodical approaches for managing difficult business issues / crisis management.

Richard on SAS 70

Here's a lengthy post on SAS 70 from TaoSecurity and the common pitfalls companies are falling into by using SAS 70 to create an illusion of being secure. To summarize, its quite easy for a company to earn a SAS 70 certification and yet not be completely secure at all. Some people are recommending SysTrust or the old ISO 17799, 27001, and 27002.

Cisco buys Ironport for $830 Milllion

Cisco bought out Ironport today for $830 million to better secure their space in the security infrastructure market. Ironport has some decent offerings in the Email Anti-spam/virus sector.

Interview with Bungie CEO on future of Halo

XBoxway International interview with Frank O'Connor on the current developments of Halo 2 and what we can expect from Halo 3 on XBox 360.