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You're registered 'concerns' are certainly valid George.

I'm not sure there's a lot new here other than a repackaged Windows Server 2003 R2 with several extra coats 'clear coat' to give extra luster and that six-foot deep shine.

But, everyone has a right to have high expectations.

There are 'people' behind this product with lives who are putting forth their best efforts to bring to market a new product--hopefully which will prove successful.

As for the Terminal service, rdp, assuming your server is running Cygwin, sshd, one can secure rdp over an ssh tunnel with:

>ssh -L 3389:localhost:3389 user@hostname

Supplying a url of localhost in either Remote Desktop Connection (Windows) or rdesktop (Linux) gets you a SECURE rdp connection to and from your home server.

As for Dynamic DNS, if your router supports, www.no-ip.com offers a free DDNS name, which is good because I upgraded the firmware on my Linksys WRT54GL (Linux-based) router to [url=http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php]DD-WRT[/url] which has built-in DDNS support with no-ip support. If your ISP decides to reissue your dhcp ip, then the router's DDNS service will forward that new ip address to your no-ip account.

This makes reaching your router from 'anywhere' accessible by domain name (vs ip)!

Combining that into a home server solution is a good idea.

A lot of this stuff is beyond the average home user so, I see the potential for packaged solutions from MS and Linux vendors like this.

Good Luck to MS with Microsoft Home Server!
Posted by: D. T. Schmitz   Posted on: 01/09/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Is it Safe?  D. T. Schmitz | 01/09/07
P.S.  D. T. Schmitz | 01/09/07
RDP has it's own Government FIPS rated security  georgeou | 01/09/07
Why?  Richard Flude | 01/09/07
correct Richard  D. T. Schmitz | 01/09/07
Don't make me laugh  georgeou | 01/09/07
Not a laughing mater  Richard Flude | 01/10/07
It true though  voska | 01/10/07
Take it further  Richard Flude | 01/10/07
Sorry  D. T. Schmitz | 01/09/07
Pre-shared secrets don't cut it for this, sorry.  georgeou | 01/09/07
kerberos  D. T. Schmitz | 01/10/07
Scale?  NetArch. | 01/10/07
Most Banks don't get it right!  poundjd | 01/10/07
DOD implementation of PKI is the best example of how not to do PKI  georgeou | 01/10/07
Try and scale Kerberos, that will answer your question  georgeou | 01/10/07
Symmetric key  D. T. Schmitz | 01/10/07
Again, you haven't explained how you would scale symmetric encryption  georgeou | 01/10/07
Scale  D. T. Schmitz | 01/11/07
Confused?  Richard Flude | 01/10/07
happy  D. T. Schmitz | 01/10/07
He said he didn't need to use PKC with SSH  georgeou | 01/10/07
Huh?  D. T. Schmitz | 01/11/07
Not to confuse with 'facts'...  D. T. Schmitz | 01/13/07
Here's the quote  georgeou | 01/13/07
Reread the sentence  D. T. Schmitz | 01/14/07
Recommended Reading  D. T. Schmitz | 01/14/07
Re: In-depth look at Microsoft Home Server - CES 2007  none none | 01/09/07
Denyhosts  D. T. Schmitz | 01/09/07
On the domain question, it's just a free subdomain  georgeou | 01/09/07
Thanks for your concerned questions  nucrash | 01/09/07
I would consider running a virtual server  georgeou | 01/09/07
After thinking about the Home Server,  nucrash | 01/10/07
It's not a firewall, IPCop works better for that  georgeou | 01/10/07
What? Security?  D. T. Schmitz | 01/09/07
Same with Apple and Linux  georgeou | 01/09/07
NSA also contributed SELinux.  B.O.F.H. | 01/09/07
Microsoft is getting there  toadlife | 01/10/07
AppArmor  D. T. Schmitz | 01/10/07
SuSE has both AppArmor and SELinux  B.O.F.H. | 01/10/07
excellent point bofh!  D. T. Schmitz | 01/10/07
It's also called..  bportlock | 01/10/07
Do you really think so?  D. T. Schmitz | 01/10/07
Thanks For The Link  Ole Man | 01/10/07
Limited appeal - Who is the Demographic?  jpr75_z | 01/10/07
C'mon, every pale skinned Windows nerd is gona want one!  B.O.F.H. | 01/10/07
I wonder  dragosani | 01/10/07
No, they have small business server for that  georgeou | 01/10/07
Active Directory?  dragosani | 01/10/07
Centrally managed email, wireless, VPN, IM authentication  georgeou | 01/10/07
Maybe I live in Backwater, USA  dragosani | 01/10/07
Depends on your definition of small business  voska | 01/10/07
Home server isn't the right product  georgeou | 01/10/07
Your experience is typical  WiredGuy | 01/11/07
How Much? How will licensing work?  ibabadur1 | 01/10/07
Would have to be cheaper  georgeou | 01/10/07
Re: Would have to be cheaper  none none | 01/10/07
Why keep the stuff local anyway?  jcassella | 01/10/07
Try uploading a gigabyte some times over a 384 kbps stream  georgeou | 01/10/07
OK, other than video editing...  jcassella | 01/10/07
What Will The Cost Be?  Ole Man | 01/10/07
It has to compete with cheaper open source boxes  georgeou | 01/10/07
What about Cals?  voska | 01/10/07
I don't think so but it probably has a limit on how many clients  georgeou | 01/10/07
Let me try to interpret...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/10/07
That's pretty much the case  georgeou | 01/10/07
Who else is in this market?  nucrash | 01/11/07
I meant that everyone will have the SSL problem  georgeou | 01/11/07
As far as "home disk servers" go...  Zogg | 01/15/07
saw that  D. T. Schmitz | 01/15/07
Stop comparing number of reported flaws  Sxooter_z | 01/12/07
If no one finds any flaws outside of Microsoft, sounds like a great product  georgeou | 01/12/07
Just to toss a spanner in your works  zkiwi | 01/15/07
Hadn't noticed your reply  Sxooter_z | 02/09/07

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