RE: Vista - VPN not needed....

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

Actually the reference in the conference call was to accessing Terminal
Servers, and I assumed it was a mistaken reference to Longhorn Server's use
of SSL to tunnel all RDP connections. Being client-only I don't see how
Vista could be a complete solution. I sent in a question to Waggener Edstrom
(the official MS Flack Firm) but have no response yet.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Kyle Quest
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:10 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] Vista - VPN not needed....


He's probably talking about how Vista (and Longhorn) will be using IPSec as
much as possible. One thing to keep in mind is that it will have to be a
pure Windows environment, which will require not only Vista, but also the
latest server OS.

My guess it will be using Kerberos for IPSec authentication (which is a
Microsoft only IPSec authentication method) and Kerberos for user
authentication (so there's no need for L2TP and traditional VPNs) and Group
Policy using Active Directory to set things up transparently (without users
even knowing what's going on).

Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]On
Behalf Of Todd Towles
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:51 AM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Vista - VPN not needed....


In a conference call Wednesday, Goldberg said the new operating system would
allow people to log onto their office's system remotely without needing to
connect through a virtual private network, or VPN, which some users find
cumbersome.

What is this all about?

BTW, in the three vista articles linked by Google News, this one is the only
one that comes close to talking about least priv.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/13935549.
htm

-Todd



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