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Comment on Geek Gift – Mobility Style by Andreas

Andreas — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:01:09 +0000

Yes, she liked it. And although she was impressed that I had obviously put some effort into it, she wasn’t surprised I’d perform a hack like that
The Voyager utility has somehow slipped by my radar - will have to test that one. I was also contemplating testing with Total Commander, but CAB Manager is one of my favorite tools so it was the one closest at hand at the time.

Comment on Geek Gift – Mobility Style by Marco

Marco — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:28:54 +0000

Sweet gift! Hope she liked it!

BTW, instead of the WinCe CAB manager trick, I have used the Voyager file utility (http://www.hfrmobile.com/app_Voyager_T1/index.htm) to overwrite the hidden/read-only file properties of files in the \Windows directory..

Comment on Update – DojoCrypt goes 1.0 by Andreas

Andreas — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:43:13 +0000

The core functionality should be similar on Pro and Standard, but there’s obviously some differences in the UI.
I’ll see if I can get around to coding a version for Standard as well when time permits

Comment on Update – DojoCrypt goes 1.0 by John G

John G — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:15:29 +0000

So yes, I’m obviously interested in a Standard version.

Comment on Update – DojoCrypt goes 1.0 by John G

John G — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:10:42 +0000

This is a great stand alone tool for testing device encryption. Works great on 6.1 Pro, but unfortunately not on 6.1 Standard. Any plans for stand alone client for Standard?

Comment on Dimmed Backlight on Login Screen by Andreas

Andreas — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:55:37 +0000

You can learn a lot just by browsing the registry on a device and just testing what the keys do

When doing things like this I usually have some specific problem I need to solve, (I don’t test a lot of different keys merely for the fun of it), and possibly an idea where to start looking.

Always remember to do a proper soft-reset when applying settings like this. (Proper = turn off with button not ripping out battery, push stylus in reset hole, etc).

I haven’t tested on the iPAQ - the tricky thing about the whole backlight feature is that HTC/HP/Samsung all do different things in their implementations…

Comment on Dimmed Backlight on Login Screen by Mike Welch

Mike Welch — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:36:53 +0000

Great info, but where did you go to find out about the registry key’s purpose?

Note that this key is also tied to a phantom resetting of the time before the backlight turns off, too. If the value is set to = 1, which is the default on the iPAQ 900c, then if you change the backlight to not go off for 2 minutes, when you cycle power, your backlight delay will be reset to the factory default, in the case of the iPAQ, 10 seconds.

Nice to know at least what this key is supposed to be for.

Thanks!

Comment on System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 – Installing a Gateway Server by Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:05:16 +0000

The Gateway Server has some basic mechanisms in place - can only be administrated from the internal interface, uses a “virtual” subnet for the devices, etc. But no, it is not a firewall in itself. So by default NetBIOS ports will be accessible externally and similar threats.
You can mitigate some of these risks by general hardening of the OS, and one must consider if this is considered acceptable or not. (The internal firewall should block traffic trying to get further into the infrastructure.)
You can/should install a dedicated firewall in front and open just the necessary IPSec ports as long as the firewall does not perform NATing and you can assign an external IP to the external interface of the Gateway.

Hope this makes sense

Comment on System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 – Installing a Gateway Server by Mike Hiland

Mike Hiland — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:06:36 +0000

Regarding the use of NAT on the external interface, how much firewall-type protection is the Gateway providing given that it is an Internet-facing server? I don’t mind doing this with ISA, but I have not seen anything to lead me to believe that the SCMDM Gateway is a firewall. Doesn’t this seem a bit risky?

Thanks!

Comment on System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 – Installing a Gateway Server by Andreas

Andreas — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:57:12 +0000

Well, this is one of those “yes and no” answers You may get it working with a NATed IP. (Although I don’t NAT in this lab, I am using an internal IP and I could have had a NAT in front.)
But you lose out on some of the important functionality provided by the gateway like the alerter/wipe now function. And in some scenarios it might not work for instance if your device is also NATed.
You would also be running an unsupported configuration, which may or may not be a concern.
If you get it working in a lab, and don’t mind losing “wipe now”, I’m not going to stop you (Ok, technically speaking I could have provided some more details above, but I thought I’d stick to the official instructions.)