by jcannon on July 16, 2008
Our community knows that open source businesses are important to Microsoft. Nothing demonstrates this better than the fact that open source was a key theme in the recent Windows Server 2008 Launch. You can read more about that here . One of the individuals... more
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by anandeep on June 18, 2008
I have always been fascinated by clusters. Some people envision working with desktops or workstations when they think of “working with computers”. For me working with computers was always with a large collection of computers in a back room somewhere.... more
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by jcannon on June 17, 2008
Abstract : Microsoft Terminal Services provides an important set of functionality for remote administration and centralized application management. This service allows administrators to log in remotely and with full access to the system. Similarly, users... more
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by jcannon on June 11, 2008
Abstract: SSH has largely replaced Telnet for remote administration of UNIX and Linux systems, but has not yet been used much on Windows. SSH is generally considered to be more secure than Telnet and the Berkeley remote commands (rlogin, etc). This paper... more
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by jcannon on June 06, 2008
Abstract: Secure remote access to UNIX and Linux systems is generally accomplished through SSH. The most frequent implementation of that protocol is OpenSSH, originally written for the OpenBSD project but now ported to a wide variety of platforms. This... more
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by jcannon on May 29, 2008
Abstract: In the UNIX and Linux world, vi and EMACS have long held positions as the best-developed editors for handling large amounts of code or other text. More recently, an improved vi clone has emerged named VIM (Short for Vi, IMproved). VIM features... more
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by Sam Ramji on April 29, 2008
I have the privilege of interacting almost every day with technical and business experts who are creating the future of software—including both core engineering teams at Microsoft and thought leaders across a broad spectrum of open source communities... more
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by hjanssen on March 04, 2008
I have this really odd feeling of Dejavu. The last blog I wrote ( here ), I started by saying that I have been very delinquent with writing blogs. So what do I do? I continue to be very delinquent with my blogs! If anything, I am consistent! :) So, why... more
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by Community Contributor on February 27, 2008
First, many thanks to Microsoft’s Port 25 Team for the opportunity to post today! Today SpikeSource announced the availability of five additional PHP-based applications on the Windows Server 2008 platform. Gallery, Mantis, Moodle, PhpBB and WebCalendar... more
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by Sam Ramji on February 27, 2008
When I think about what works really well in open source development and technology, the following things stand out: Modular architectures You can find these wherever you see participation at scale – and often a rearchitecture to a more modular system... more
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by jcannon on February 12, 2008
Abstract : By many estimates, Apache is the world's most popular web server software, hosting more than half of active domains according to Netcraft. Typically, Apache is run on Linux or UNIX, but it runs quite well on Windows. This paper provides an... more
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by jcannon on January 25, 2008
The Apache authentication module mod_auth_kerb allows Apache to authenticate users against a Kerberos KDC including one from ActiveDirectory. Kerberos itself can be fairly complex to set up. This guide will attempt to show the specific steps required to make this possible as well as discuss security limitations specific to the interoperability matters. ... more
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by jcannon on January 04, 2008
Often SSL or TLS is required to secure data from web applications. Sometimes this is just prudent to prevent confidential or sensitive data from being confiscated. Sometimes this is required by regulations like HIPAA, or industry bodies, such as the Payment Card Industry. This guide will show how to install Apache with SSL on Windows.... more
- Friday, January 04, 2008
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by jcannon on December 11, 2007
This paper is written for a somewhat technical audience and covers how the identity management expectations differ between the Windows Server platform and Linux - and how Windows Server can be used to manage both. This paper assume that the reader is familiar with general Windows administration tasks, such as user management.... more
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by jcannon on November 20, 2007
We have all run into cases where Windows fails to load for one reason or another. The problem may be hardware or a software failure, and the problem may seem to be irrecoverable. Yet often Linux can be used to help recover data that otherwise might be lost. Another application of using Linux recovery is in the creation of disk images for post-mortem analysis of security breaches.... more
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