The Terminal Services Gateway is simply a HTTPS-based connection for remote desktop. It does this by providing native encryption, using port 443, allowing enhanced logging, policy configuration, and centrally controlling the remote desktop connections. The Terminal Services Gateway is a new role that is made available with Windows Server 2008, and it can provide some features that network administrators may be excited to use.

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Brad Bird takes a look at virtual servers and their level of security compared to physical servers. What makes a virtual server a richer target for attack? Are you prepared for the security considerations?

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In this week’s blog, I want to go through a few handy use cases for iperf via the command line. Before we get too far into these examples, a quick tip to use for future reference is that if you can build your command in the Jperf gui to get the command syntax built instead of command line iteration trial and error.

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Being able to quantify latency in terms other than millisecond response time is important when determining the quality of a network. One tool that can help administrators do just that is iperf.

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They may not be appropriate for your home, office, or even your enterprise, but some of the most powerful routers in the world make it possible for you to surf the Web and send e-mail around the globe. David Davis introduces you to Cisco’s lineup of service-provider routers.

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Having collection of equipment that can be transported to another datacenter or location can be convenient for a number of reasons. While these collections may not as sophisticated as Google’s ocean-based datacenter, network administrators may be presented with challenges with mobile equipment. This mobile equipment collection may be used for staging resources during an upgrade, consolidation capacity during a merger or acquisition, a traveling demonstration system or other legitimate purposes.

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Blogger Brad Bird describes a clustering solution that provides both high availability and fault tolerance for applications.

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Moving large files to external parties proves a tricky task in which there are no clear best practices. Mechanisms can be made internally or we can shop the field for a solution. Identifying the best solution starts with identifying the requirements.
In my post last month on Secure File Exchange, many TechRepublic members came back with […]

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When compared to IPv4, IPv6 is certainly new and improved, yet there are some security concerns that we need to be aware of. This podcast will address several of these issues as well as talk about how to avoid pitfalls during the transition to IPv6.

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Have you ever wondered about the Internet addressing scheme? Where did it come from? Who’s in charge? How is address duplication prevented? All valuable questions; especially since the answers will help us better understand IPv6.

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