April 2009 - Posts

28 April 2009
Exporting security events to csv files using Powershell
One questions I see multiple times is how to read eventlogs (especially security logs) from multiple computers and save them in another format, mostly csv. This is something that could easily be done with Powershell, and the following script shows how: 1: # ==========================================... Read More...
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28 April 2009
Powershell script to read AD RMS information from documents
I thought that I should post my Powershell script to read information about a RMS protected document. This information checks for the XrML tags inside the document, and reads the information into a XmlDocument. Then I use the simple XmlDocument functionality inside Powershell to write out some of the... Read More...
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28 April 2009
A short note on Vbootkit 2.0
Today I was asked about my opinion about Windows 7 security. Quote “What do you think about Windows 7 security, now that it is already hacked (Vbootkit 2.0)” Truth is, I strongly belive you should go for Windows 7 anyway. And why is that? If you read about the hack you will see that it requires physical... Read More...
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28 April 2009
Steve Riley talk about Windows 7 Security
Listen to Steve Riley talk about his favorite Windows 7 security features http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowssecurity/archive/2009/04/22/steve-riley-on-windows-7-security.aspx Read More...
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27 April 2009
Overview of AD RMS
Overview AD RMS helps protect information through persistent usage policies by establishing the following essential elements: Trusted entities Organizations can specify the entities, including individuals, groups of users, computers, and applications that are trusted participants in an AD RMS system... Read More...
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27 April 2009
A bit more on why use Active Directory Rights Mangement Services
These days, organizations and individuals store a great deal of private data in digital documents. They want to be able to share it with those that need it, but to be able to control who can access it. On a network, we can use ACLs, NTFS, and Active Directory to control access. Unfortunately, digital... Read More...
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18 April 2009
A simple script to see which folders are consuming space
I created this simple script to see which of my folders where growing underneath my windows folder structure. The script takes a path as input, and then calculates all the child folders, as well as the given folder. The result is displayed in MB, largest folders at bottom. You can easily pipe output... Read More...
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17 April 2009
Pin applications to Windows 7 Taskbar
  Lately I seen some posts on the net about how to pin applications to the taskbar in Windows 7. As there is no direct API to do this, you could use the Shell Objects, well known from VBScript. As for me, I like to use Powershell (no surprise) and I created a Powershell script that could pin applications... Read More...
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17 April 2009
Free e-book on virtualization
Microsoft has made available a free download of “Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions” at http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urmvs17u33 Something to read for the weekend :) Read More...
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07 April 2009
Why AD Rights Management Services?
These days I´m working on a AD RMS deployment , and I thought I write something about it. This starts with a short introduction, and if popular (enough people asks for it), I will go more deeply. There is no doubt that how we approach security needs to change. For too long now we have been thinking about... Read More...
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06 April 2009
Remote Administration from Windows 7
As you might know, Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) will let you administer your Windows Servers from a Windows client. RSAT gives you all the GUI tools – also the ServerManager. But it also gives you the providers for Powershell to work with Active Directory, Group Policy, Failover Clusters... Read More...
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