Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft : Server Center, Identity and Authentication

Technical Analysis: Remote Administration of Windows Systems with SSH

jcannon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:22:00 GMT

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 uses SSHWindows, a minimal package of Cygwin and OpenSSH. It is available from http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net. The paper is written such that an average Windows system administrator can get an SSH server up while understanding how to make use of security features.

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Note: This paper represents testing and documentation in a lab environment. User Account Control (UAC) is an essential security component to Windows and Microsoft does not recommend turning off UAC in production environments.

Technical Analysis: Installing Apache with SSL on Windows

jcannon — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:02:00 GMT

Abstract:
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.

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Technical Analysis: Active Directory and Linux Identity Management

jcannon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:22:00 GMT

Abstract: 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.

Note: This paper represents testing and documentation in a lab environment. User Account Control (UAC) is an essential security component to Windows and Microsoft does not recommend turning off UAC in production environments.

Centrify's Paul Moore Fields Questions from the Community

jcannon — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:40:00 GMT

Paul Moore sits down with Sam in this podcast, our second go around with Centrify. For those who don't know, Centrify builds software that provides access control and centralized identity management in mixed networks (Yes, this can include Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac, J2EE and web platforms with Active Directory). This interview is a bit different as Sam runs through questions submitted to Port 25 from the first Centrify interview and Paul takes the opportunity to directly answer the community.

Centrify is also a sponsor of TechX, a roadshow being sponsored by IBM, Linux.com, Slashdot, Microsoft and others to help customers better enable interoperabiliy between operating systems, directories, applications (headed to DC, Chicago, Dallas & San Fran - check it out).

Windows Security and Directory Services for UNIX Solution Guide

admin — Thu, 11 May 2006 19:36:00 GMT

Jason Zions pointed us to this newly revised Windows Security and Directory Services for UNIX solution guide, still in beta.

Description of the Guide and access instructions from Luis Camara Manoel, Program Manager, Collaboration Solutions Team:

"The Windows Security and Directory Services for UNIX v1.0 Beta guide provides several solutions for enabling interoperability between UNIX and Windows infrastructures. The solutions included in this Beta release describe multiple options to achieve two different end states:

How to enable UNIX clients to use Windows Active Directory Kerberos for authentication while continuing to use a UNIX-based store for authorization.
How to enable UNIX clients to use Windows Active Directory Kerberos for authentication and use Active Directory LDAP for authorization.

To download and read the solution online, please visit Microsoft Connect: https://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx. Follow registration procedures and select “The Windows Security and Directory Services Guide for UNIX v1.0” program to enroll and download the beta."

Per Jason: "Although the guide gives step-by-step instructions for setting up AD integration only for Solaris 9 and for RedHat 9, it's pretty easy to see how it would extend to lots of other UNIX and UNIX-like systems."

To download the paper you'll need a Passport Account (the link above will prompt you for one) which is used to send updates, if you wish, on new releases and an announcement when the guide is final.

Let us and Luis know what you think!

IDMU....And You.

admin — Fri, 05 May 2006 20:16:00 GMT

Sam interviews Shamit Patel, Project Manager for Identity Management for Unix (IdMU), to discuss the current state of the project and solicit feedback from the Port 25 community to help shape future versions of the project.

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Want to learn more? Check out Interop Systems: UNIX Tools for Windows - another great community site for UNIX users, sysadmin's and developers who find themselves needing to interoperate with Windows and Linux systems.

Tom Kemp & Paul Moore: Integrating Linux, UNIX and Windows with Centrify

admin — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:40:00 GMT

Sam interviews Tom Kemp, CEO and Paul Moore, CTO, of Centrify, to learn more about how customers are successfully implementing Active Directory and standards to create centralized identity management, account admin, single sign-on and more...

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