Just to make sure you guys are clear, Ultimate is Enterprise. It's just the consumer name. Volume Licensing customers will most likely have enterprise. Folks operating off OEM licenses would probably need to upgrade from Business. Who would need Ultimate? Home users, they can upgrade from Home Premium. This is not some tech you would use to get an employee's home PC connected though. To use DirectAccess you are talking about adding their home PC to your domain and managing it, applying GPO's etc. That's crazy. It's not for use on PC's that corporate doesn't own, and it really makes the most sense for volume licensing customers. The type of people that some of you might say are already drinking the kool-aid. - Show quoted text -
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Atom Powers <atom.pow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Joseph Kern <joseph.a.k...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Sorry, wrong link. Here's the right one: > > http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31012_7-10379487-10355804.html > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Joseph Kern <joseph.a.k...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> BTW, DirectAccess ONLY works in Windows 7 Ultimate[0]. > >> > >> It might not be what you hope it is. > > Jonathan and the WikiPedia article suggest that it could be. The fact > that it is only available in Ultimate could be a product failure and > not a design failure. On the other hand, if it only works for services > that can use port 443, that would be a design failure. > > The idea is intriguing, but if only Ultimate clients can use it and if > it only works with services that are designed to take advantage of it > it, then it isn't going to replace VPNs. Chuck it on the heap of good > ideas done badly. > > >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Atom Powers <atom.pow...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> I'm no expert on MS Windows, but if I understand this feature > >>> correctly Microsoft appears to be taking advantage of features > >>> inherent in IPv6. If DirectAccess works the way I would make it work, > >>> then it should be available to anybody running any OS. > >>> > >>> Namely, IPv6 already has end-to-end encryption -- one of the major > >>> reasons VPNs are used. Combine this with a decent certificate > >>> management system (integrated into Active Directory of course) and you > >>> also have client authentication -- the other major reason to use VPNs. > >>> > >>> These two enhancements should make it easier and more secure to > >>> provide direct access to company resources for remote clients without > >>> the hassles caused by typical VPN systems. In other words, it's a > >>> "VPN" dedicated to that specific session between client and service. > >>> > >>> I'm just speculating. I only heard about this feature last week from > >>> an MS Windows 7 demo and haven't had any time to investigate how it > >>> /actually/ works. But if it works as I think it does, then it's > >>> friggin' brilliant. > >>> > > > -- > Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. > --Atom Powers-- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lopsa.org > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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