This topic leads directly into a new topic. So I'm going to start a separate thread:
Cisco AnyConnect. Welcome death of the Old VPN. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Esther Schindler Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:36 PM To: Lisa Vaas; LOPSA Discuss List Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] OT slightly -- Help a journalist please? VPNs and Windows 7 Hey folks! Remember this thread from back in October? The article was delayed for a bit (mainly because there are more large companies kicking the tires on Windows 7 than actively deploying it). But I'm happy to let you know that the article is posted -- and LOPSA got a nice plug, too. (If my slashdot submission takes -- and I do encourage you to vote it up! -- then you might get a few more members. Wouldn't that be fun?) DirectAccess and the VPN Dragon Windows 7's DirectAccess is a win for users: convenient network access, no virtual private network needed. But it's a stickier prospect vis-a-vis security and administration. http://itexpertvoice.com/ad/directaccess-and-the-vpn-dragon/ On Oct 19, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Esther Schindler wrote: Howdy, folks! Happily for me, I have a new gig. I'm now editor in chief of a new site about Windows 7, meant to be useful to enterprise IT managers (particularly IT managers who're hot-to-trot to buy new equipment, since the site is owned by Dell). The site will launch Real Soon Now, and I have several BIG NAME writers cheerfully working on articles for me... especially about networking topics. Which means, hey, you can help! The first request is a general one: If I'm going to cover anything related to Windows 7 and networking, what subjects do you desperately wish a real-live-expert would address... and which other sites seem to be ignoring? It can be techie or non-techie, but I'm aiming to give pragmatic, tactical advice as well as overviews for CIOs and other decision-makers. (Note that "why you should run away from Win7" is NOT an option here. <smile>) The second request is more specific. I'm delighted that one of the first authors who'll be writing for me is Lisa Vaas (whom some of you may remember from eWEEK; for me, though, I'm thinking "She's SUCH a goddess!"). Lisa's working on an assignment we're tentatively calling "The welcome death of the VPN," and I suggested that -- rather than go to vendors like Microsoft and Dell for scrubby-clean-vendor-supplied-spokesthings -- we ask the actual practitioners in the field. Uh, that would be YOU. (Yes, YOU.) If you have any sort of opinion on the subject (including, "Lisa, you're approaching this from the totally wrong angle--"), could you please share them? I'm sure there'd be value in a public discussion, but also feel free to respond privately (just make sure to include Lisa, who's on the cc here <grin>). E-mail is fine, or she''ll talk with you on the phone. (Phones? people use phones?) She'll want to quote you, I'm sure; the usual format includes name, company, title ("Esther Schindler, network admin at The Groovy Corporation"). Anyhow, here's what she's looking for: Microsoft demonstrated DirectAccess for its new OS, Windows 7. DirectAccess is a way to give mobile users more convenient access to the network without having to fire up a VPN connection. On the user side, we get to eliminate VPN connectivity issues, while on the admin side, well, what does that mean? I want to talk to sysadmins who have been testing Windows 7 so we can get a good look at what sysadmin headaches, if any, are being eliminated by this new feature, and then again, what new headaches are being introduced? I'm a technology reporter, and I'm looking to speak to enterprise system administrators about this. Your answers will feed into a feature article that will appear on a new news site run by a major PC vendor, but this article will feature input from users of a diverse range of PC brands. If you have 20 minutes to spare between now and Oct. 27, I'd love to get you on the phone. I look forward to getting your input--thanks in advance. Best, Lisa Vaas [email protected] Can you help Lisa... and me? Esther Schindler editor in chief of ...shhhh.... _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] 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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