We are glad to welcome the Microsoft Identity and Security Division team!

PING,

Our next UG will be extraordinary; we are going to host Cristian Mora,

Who is a Senior Product Manager and in charge of Secure Messaging, Secure Collaboration and Information Protection solutions in the Microsoft Identity and Security Division.

Here is the link for registration:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032445818&Culture=he-IL

Hope to see you all there...

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko)
System & network
Security Architect
Security User Group Leader @Microsoft
My Blog: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/Plotniko

JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS ...

 Hey!

 So... I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS ...

 First of all thanks to whoever came to our last User Group @ Micrsoft... It was great!!! 

 So, what was so great about it?

"The ZUK", AKA Itzhak Avraham, Was talking about China VS. Google (The Hacking part, You know :) )

Enjoy it:

http://imthezuk.blogspot.com/2010/02/china-vs-google-presentation-at.html

Peace,

Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Release Candidate (RC) is available!!!

 Hello World,

Microsoft has released Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Release Candidate (RC).

Please follow this ling to read about it on Forefront team blog:

http://blogs.technet.com/fss/archive/2010/02/05/microsoft-forefront-protection-2010-for-sharepoint-release-candidate-rc-is-available.aspx

And the RC can be downloaded here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=01bfa7c6-84be-478f-8b78-6875ad71a98b&displaylang=en

"This release has many performance enhancements, stress improvements, and bug fixes. This is a stand-alone release and cannot be managed with Forefront Protection Manager. The Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint RTM standalone will ship in the same time-frame as Office 14.



Upgrades from previous products and beta versions are not supported. Any previous version will need to be uninstalled and the Microsoft Forefront Protection for SharePoint data folder will need to deleted."

(Also Can Be Seend @ http://forums.forefrontsecurity.org/default.aspx?g=posts&t=447 )

Yours,

There we go again.... ;-)

PING!

Like always, this month we'll have our Security UG meeting,

You can now register to the next meeting from here:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032441218&culture=he-IL

Please also sign to the distribution to get all of the UserGroup Invitation to your Email... (If you already singed, please don't do it 3490834 times :)

http://www.forefrontsecurity.org/?ctype=SecurityUserGroup


Hope We'll see you there......

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko)
System & network
Security Architect
Security User Group Leader @Microsoft
Security Leader@Hi-Tech College
My Blog: Http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/Plotniko

Come Visit Us @ www.ForefrontSeucirty.ORG

Our Next UserGroup Meeting!

Hello Again!

I want to start thanking whoever came to our last meeting! It was AWESOME!

You can now register to the next meeting from here:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032439169&Culture=he-IL

Please also sign to the distribution to get all of the UserGroup Invitation to your Email... (If you already singed, please don't do it 3490834 times :)

http://www.forefrontsecurity.org/?ctype=SecurityUserGroup

So... just PING me with the form...
Enjoy...

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko)
System & network
Security Architect
Security User Group Leader @Microsoft
Security Leader@Hi-Tech College
My Blog: Http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/Plotniko

Come Visit Us @ www.ForefrontSeucirty.ORG

Our Information Security User Group is starting... now...!!!

Hello!

As you all know... I'm the Security User Group Leader@Microsoft

You can now register my Security User Group from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/israel/communities/usergroups/security.mspx

Or... directly from here:

http://www.forefrontsecurity.org/?ctype=SecurityUserGroup

So... just PING me with the form...
Enjoy...

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko)
System & network
Security Architect
Security User Group Leader @Microsoft
Security Leader@Hi-Tech College
My Blog: Http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/Plotniko

New Service "Publish your products for free!"

Hello,

www.ForefrontSecurity.ORG has opened a new Products section on the site !
and happy to presents a new service "Publish your products for free!"
"Publish your products for free!" allows you to publish your own solutions for the entire Microsoft Forefront Family in our ForefrontSecurity.ORG Virtual Product Zone
For more details: Press here

http://www.forefrontsecurity.org/?ctype=News&id=A00000031&rootid=5&name=New-Service

Thanks,

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko).
System & network
Security Architect
Security User Group Leader @Microsoft 

Now Available – Antigen and Forefront server security service packs!

 Hello,

 As you can see in ForefrontSecurity.ORG:
http://forums.forefrontsecurity.org/default.aspx?g=posts&m=761#post761

 Microsoft announced the release of four service packs from the Antigen and Forefront product families that provide leading protection for customer’s Exchange and SharePoint environments.

Enjoy.

 Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko).
System & network
Security Architect
Security User Group Leader @Microsoft

Microsoft Forefront? got used to "Stirling"?... new BUZ..."FPS"

 So...

FPS (Forefront Protection Suite), will include all of  the Forefront security product,
plus the Forefront Protection Manager (formerly known as the “Stirling” management console)
and the Forefront Threat Management Gateway Web Security Service. (formerly knows as "ISA Server 2006").

Of course we have also "UAG" Forefront Unified Access Gateway, (formerly knows as "IAG 2007").

 And later on... we will talk about Microsoft “Geneva” That includes:

Active Directory Federation Services  –  formerly known as “Geneva” Server

·         Windows Identity Foundation – formerly known as “Geneva” Framework

·         Windows Cardspace – same as current version

The Geneva products is an open platform, that will provide simplified user access and single sign-on for cloud and on-premises application.

So a little names summary: ;-)

Old vs. New names

Intelegent Application Gateway (IAG)             Forefront Unified Access Gateway

OK, So... Thank you, "Forefront Team" for the update, the new products is available in Forefront BETA 2, and probably will be released in 2010 Q1.

You can download and try the new FPS Here.

Please, Do not hesitate to contact me for any qustion!

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko).

Ready, Set, Download! Forefront UAG Beta 2 is here!

 Hello again,

As you can see in ForefrontSecurity Forum

You can now download and install the UAG beta 2...!

And start digging in it! ;-)

Enjoy,

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko).

Forefront Threat Management Gateway (ISA Server) Beta 3 – Ready for Download!

Hello world,

For everyone waited...

Beta 3 – the last planned beta –
is now available to the public for download and evaluation: Download Here

  This marks a big step towards providing a complete Web security solution with the first public preview of Microsoft URL filtering capabilities.

Two questions and answers from the Forefront team:

So, what makes our URL filtering special? For most companies, there is a physical limit on URL categorization and coverage because it is a manual process.  Forefront TMG is leveraging the Microsoft Reputation Services to expand beyond what one company can provide.  Instead, MRS aggregates URLs from multiple sources – including but not limited to iFilter, BrightCloud and Marshall8e6 – and determines which is most accurate for categorization.  This gives Forefront TMG customers access to URLs from multiple trusted sources but also gives them confidence that the URLs will be accurate categorized.  This enables Forefront TMG to expand well beyond where it could if Microsoft only developed its own URL data set, not unlike the added protection benefits of Forefront Security with multiple AV engines.

Why do you want Forefront TMG if you already have URL filtering? Most companies today have some sort of URL filtering.  It may be a standalone product plugged into ISA or into a firewall or come as part of a unified threat management product.  These solutions represent a compromise.  With the first, you give up simplicity of a single vendor solution.  With the second, you give up the richness you get from most standalone URL filtering products.

 And...

Check this out:

"We will begin the release of the “Stirling” security suite with the delivery of Forefront Server Security for Exchange and Threat Management Gateway (the next generation of ISA Server) in the fourth quarter of 2009. " (Forefront Team)

Enjoy...

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko).

Server 2008 R2!!!

Hi All!

As we all know... Windows server 2008 is the most powerful...secured...easy to manage server OS ever made...!

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the next version of the Windows Server operating system from Microsoft.

Windows Server 2008 R2 (broadly available on October 22nd) builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable organizations to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructures. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and exciting Windows 7 integration help save time, reduce costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and efficiently managed data center. Powerful tools such as Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.5, updated Server Manager and Hyper-V platforms and Windows PowerShell version 2.0 combine to give customers greater control, increased efficiency and the ability to react to front-line business needs faster than ever before.

Want to try it already ohh..?

* Download the release candidat from Here

* Download the Virtual hard drive image (VHD) (For Hyper-V... Yaa...) from Here

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko).

First time ever! Get paid for your Knowledge!

Forefrontsecurity.org is happy to present a new service, "Get paid for your Knowledge"!

"Get paid for your Knowledge" service allows you to publish yourself and get paid for that,
Get paid for technical papers you write and you want to publish!

For more details: Contact by Email.

Windows 2008 Hyper-V STOP 0x0000001A

 Hi Again!

 

Yesterday I installed a new Hyper-V enviroment in one of my clients 2008 infrastructure,

Part of the configuration was Hyper-V failover cluster.

And not in the first time i  "Bump into" the "STOP 0x0000001A" error after an unexpected restart.

So... what happend???

This problem occurs when a Hyper-V component (Vid.sys) incorrectly unmaps some pages in the address space for the system process even though these pages were not mapped. This behavior corrupts the address space for the system process. When other programs or services try to access the corrupted address space, a Stop error is triggered. (From Microsoft KB 957967)

In the first time i bump into it i just installed the fix from Here

 But, as you can see in the link, to resolve this problem (and more), please obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2008.

Here you can find  How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2008


For any more help, please contact me.

 Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko).

 

Plotniko blog is alive!!!

Hello Everyone,

 My name is Ohad Plotnik, and i am the Security user group leader@Microsoft.

After some years of hard work and lots of “keyboard time” I'm publishing with Microsoft my IT\Security blog!

Here i'll share with you problems, tools, analyzing processes, hacking and more!!!
I hope you will find this information useful!

And, of course... i'll share and update you all of the Info, articles, videos, PPT's, and...... dates :-) ... that we will cover in the Security User Group!

 So.......

If you want to join ... just PING me...

You can visit and find more INFO about Microsoft security products @ www.ForefrontSecurity.ORG

Ohad Plotnik (Plotniko).