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Allen Jones

Allen Jones is an independent author living in Seattle. He is an MCSE+Internet, an MCT, a CCNA, a CISSP and the author of several books, including Migrating to Win2K (Sybex).
Email: aj@io.com

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Arrest Suspect Clients with Windows 2003’s New Quarantine Feature

By Allen Jones, 09/23/2003

Don’t let your network’s remote Access Points fall victim to new viruses and other intruders’ attacks. Use Windows 2003’s Network Access Quarantine Control feature.

Take Advantage of the EventCombMT Utility

By Allen Jones, 01/13/2003

The EventCombMT utility takes the effort out of monitoring your event logs.

Securing 802.11 Wireless Networks

By Allen Jones, 05/20/2002

Learn how to set up a simple wireless network, then add security through Routing and Remote Access and PPTP or IPSec.

Monitoring Encrypted Traffic

By Allen Jones, 05/20/2002

Use Network Monitor to troubleshoot your VPN gateway.

The New WLBS

By Allen Jones, 02/05/2002

Learn how to configure NLB in your IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.0 Web farms.

Installing NLB on a Dual-NIC System

By Allen Jones, 01/30/2002

You know how to install NLB on a single-NIC machine. Now, find out how to configure load balancing on your dual-NIC systems.

Load Balancing Down on the Web Farm

By Allen Jones, 01/03/2002

WLBS’s clustering technology helps you provide fault-tolerant Web services on your IIS 4.0 machines.

A Special Note for Switched Environments

By Allen Jones, 01/03/2002

Discover a known bug in using WLBS in switched environments.

We Need Your Feedback

By Allen Jones, 05/22/2001

Your answers to a few questions will help us produce a more informative and useful IIS Administrator UPDATE newsletter.

Web-Enabling Applications

By Allen Jones, 05/08/2001

The release of SOAP 2.0 sparks questions about what role IIS will play in the XML space.

Microsoft Warns of Serious Security Hole in IIS 5.0

By Allen Jones, 05/08/2001

Last week, Microsoft warned server administrators about a serious vulnerability in IIS 5.0.

Use WebDAV to Share Files

By Allen Jones, 04/24/2001

Allen Jones tells you about the Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV) service, otherwise known as WebDAV.

Keeping Up with IIS

By Allen Jones, 04/10/2001

Microsoft releases a patch for the erroneous VeriSign certificates and offers a Web track at Tech Ed 2001.

New Toys from Microsoft

By Allen Jones, 04/10/2001

Allen Jones talks about the new toys that have come out of Redmond during the past few months.

Timesaving Utilities Used in a New Way

By Allen Jones, 03/27/2001

Allen Jones tells you how to save time when working with IIS or Proxy Server log files.

Keeping Up With IIS

By Allen Jones, 03/27/2001

Find out about erroneous Verisign certificates and Microsoft's release of Windows XP Beta 2.

E-Commerce Vulnerabilities a Real Threat

By Allen Jones, 03/13/2001

Find out if your system is vulnerable to the latest e-commerce Web site attack.

Keeping Up With IIS

By Allen Jones, 03/13/2001

Malformed URLs and WebDAV requests can cause denial of service (DoS) conditions.

How to Select a Reliable Outsourcer

By Allen Jones, 02/27/2001

Outsourcing might be a good thing for you or it could be a bad thing. Find out which scenario works for you by reading Allen Jones' IIS Administrator Update column.

Web and FTP Permissions in IIS 5.0

By Allen Jones, 02/15/2001

Allen Jones explains the difference between NTFS and IIS permissions and shows you how to set these permissions appropriately on your IIS and FTP servers.



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