Blog du Tristank
Migrating to https://blog.tristank.com/ . And still so terrific that 3 of 4 readers rated it "soporific"
An SBS-focused ISA blog
Noticed that a new blog has popped up, specifically about running ISA Server with Small Business...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/16/2005
ISA 2004 Enterprise Edition hits RTM... (And why is that special?)
'nuff said! See https://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/ for more information. March 1 is the general...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/16/2005
And This Morning, I Didn't Like Podcasts
My experience to date with podcasting has been that I'd rather not, thank you. Nice that you're...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/10/2005
"Buttering" Onesself with MSN Search?
The verb form of "Google" seems to have become the commonly accepted form of "searching using...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/09/2005
ISA 2004: Forms-Based Authentication and RADIUS
Forms-Based Authentication in ISA 2004 is a nifty new feature that emulates Exchange 2003's FBA...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/08/2005
ISA 2004: Protocol Definitions can now have multiple primary ports
Just a quickie: As I've mentioned in passing a couple of times, when using ISA 2004 Protocol...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/06/2005
ISA 2004: "All IP Traffic" really means it
With ISA 2000, while "All IP Traffic" rules were open slather for Firewall clients, they actually...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/04/2005
Aussies: Got Windows Skills? Want A Job?
JJ's posted a bit about a role in our Platforms team, which is where I work. I thought I'd burble on...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/03/2005
ISA 2004: Publishing a RADIUS Server
Newsgroup question: I don't want ISA to actually do the RADIUS stuff, but I want to publish a RADIUS...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/03/2005
Fat and PasteOff?
Ah, the Sean Connery accent PasteOff jokes just keep on rolling. Matt noted that PasteOff is a "huge...
Author: Tristan K Date: 02/02/2005
About The Colour
I'll freely admit that I've never been particularly gifted at website design (though I'm an...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/27/2005
Some ISA 2004 Custom Protocol Definitions at Arkane Systems
I just spotted the Arkane Systems blog, where they have been posting some of the protocol...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/27/2005
PasteOff 0.8
Mainly UI fixes in this PasteOff update, so your settings should be preserved if upgrading.
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/25/2005
Games Moving to Online Distribution?
Change is in the wind. As far as I know, when Valve released Half-Life 2 via Steam, they became the...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/24/2005
Apple Cinema Display Saga: I Upgraded And Text Mode Now Works
Since August, I've had to use a second monitor to view full-screen Text-mode (like the BIOS and DOS...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/20/2005
My MSN does RSS
Looks like it's here now - Mike mentioned this was coming last week. I'm still checking it out, but...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/18/2005
It's ISA Webcast Week
I barely need to mention this, but in case you missed it, ISA Webcast Week has started. I'm in the...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/18/2005
Get Involved with the ISA Server Community! (and win stuff!)
ISAServer.org is (IMHO) the premier ISA Server community site, and they're running a competition in...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/13/2005
ISA 2004 vs HTTP Compression
Been a while since a dedicated ISA post, so Happy New Year to my ISA-focused readers! I spotted this...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/12/2005
ISA 2004 SDK now on the Web
Last time I looked for the ISA Server 2004 SDK (late last year), it was only available as an HTML...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/12/2005
LCS 2005 Resource Kit Out Now
We just released the Live Communications Server 2005 Resource Kit to Microsoft.com. It's available...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/11/2005
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1
Just in case you haven't heard it a billion times already (if you have - sorry, but I think this is...
Author: Tristan K Date: 01/08/2005
So What's Your Game Of The Year 2004?
Some excellent titles to choose from that make my shortlist (in no particular order): Halo 2 Far Cry...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/26/2004
The Guts Of PasteOff
Ahh, my first day off. Just catching up on blogs, editing theme tunes for the Smartphone (heheh...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/23/2004
PasteOff Upload Script
This is a sample script that's quite similar to the Upload.CMD I use with PasteOff (fixed the...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/23/2004
PasteOff 0.7. Lots of tweaks.
Oops, it's 1:45 am. Still, new version is baked, and it's pretty much what I want from a utility...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/23/2004
Up, up and away. Did I mention "up"?
Off on vacation from 24th Dec to 10th Jan, so my last day of "real" work this year is tomorrow....
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/22/2004
My First Smartphone
Embracing the Christmas Spirit, I figured I'd get an i-mate SP3i from Telstra. So far, I'm pretty...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/21/2004
PasteOff 0.6. More Image Formats.
PNG, BMP, JPG, TIF can be output. Sometimes they might even work, too! As a note, when upgrading,...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/18/2004
More Fiddling: PasteOff 0.5
PasteOff is back, bigger, stronger and with more error handling. OK, barely more error handling....
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/17/2004
PasteOff: Clipboard-To-Image-File Utility
PasteOff Strange New Disturbance I've been testing PjPic, and it addresses many deficiencies of...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/16/2004
Fiddling: PasteOff Image Saving Thing
As I mentioned in my post about MSN Spaces, I've got this weird habit of wanting to convert...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/16/2004
ISA 2004 FAQ: What Happened To Cache-Only Mode?
[Update 20050210 - emphasis added] Well, it's not called that any more, and we use Network Templates...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/10/2004
Office Holiday Terror: The Airzooka
In one of my rather more sugar-induced and less technically reasoned Holiday Season moods, I decided...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/07/2004
A 'Savings' of what?
At least I know I'm not the only one that finds the use of the plural "savings" in a singular...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/06/2004
Ooh, MSN Spaces! (beta)
I have to hand it to the MSN guys, this was a pretty slick way to set up a blog. It looks...
Author: Tristan K Date: 12/03/2004
Problems With Other Browsers?
Thanks to Eric TF Bat who dropped me a comment:There's an issue with this blog on...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/29/2004
Thanksgiving Tech Support: Thanks, HP.
HP claimed the first victim of the holidays - a teary mother. I'd given her an HP PSC 1315 as an...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/27/2004
Routed Networks in ISA 2004
I was having an argument with a friend from elsewhere in the Aussie support organization about ISA's...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/23/2004
Wow. Busy. Work. And Half Life 2. And comment spam.
First, my sincerest thanks to the jerk currently at 221.219.2.87 for comment spamming me;...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/18/2004
It's Halo 2 Night!
No self-respecting Xbox gamer would have missed that tonight's the night!Aussies - by virtue of our...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/08/2004
Getting Help With ISA Server - Helping Us Help You!
Usability strides in ISA 2004 aside, ISA Server is a powerful product that's still quite easy to...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/07/2004
ISA Server and Xbox Live: Not Officially Supported. But I'm interested...
It's old news, but I thought I might as well get the conversation started, after John emailed me...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/01/2004
ISA 2004 does 502s rather than 407s if you're already authenticated
Update: Also works for ISA 2006 and TMG. There were a couple of newsgroup questions on ISA 2004...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/01/2004