Jesper Johansson's Blog : Windows Server 2008

A better, more reliable, work-around for the Microsoft Video Control Vulnerability

Jesper's Blog — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:09:00 GMT

For the past few days I've been following the Microsoft Video Control Vulnerability with interest. Basically, it's another vulnerable ActiveX control that needs killbitted. Last night, Microsoft posted a work-around which involves using a Group...(read more)

What I Learned from Attending the Windows Launch Event Today

Jesper's Blog — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:55:00 GMT

Today I attended the Microsoft 2008 server wave launch event in Seattle. In the process I learned a number of things: The launch event apparently does not need to coincide with actually launching anything. Server 2008 launched a couple of months ago....(read more)

Q&A with Amazon about the Server 2008 Security Resource Kit

Jesper's Blog — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:08:00 GMT

Yesterday the editor from the IT section at Amazon.com sent me some questions about the Windows Server 2008 Security Resource Kit. The answers will eventually go on the book detail page . The questions, particularly questions 3 - 6, were interesting and...(read more)

Resource Kit Done!

Jesper's Blog — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:40:00 GMT

Last Friday the last of the Windows Server 2008 Security Resource Kit finally went to press! This was a project I had not really planned and so, to complete it in time, I brought in an amazing crew of co-authors. Together, we managed to put together 17...(read more)