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Strong authentication using your Brain : IAG and Gridsure.

Gridsure, a UK company, has created a very nice way to provide strong authentication. Strong authentication combines what you know (login, password) and what you have (something physical). In the long list of strong authentication mechanisms we know Smartacards...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2009 3:34 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: howto-authentication, IAG

Unknown devide error when runing IAG Virtual Lab with “Windows Virtual PC” on Windows 7 RTM

I recently upgraded my machine to Windows 7 RTM, and have decided to also install the next version of Virtual PC named “Windows Virtual PC (WVPC)”. I am using a lot the Microsoft IAG Virtual Lab (downloadable online) for my day to day work (demo, dev...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2009 12:11 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: IAG

How to request for assistance when a Web Application is causing problems through IAG/UAG

On my blog, I have created a dedicated section (TAG = howTo-Filters) for IAG application filters. Every time I have to face a problem with a web application, I create a post on my blog, try to share the approach I used to identify the problem, and of...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2009 11:45 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: howTo-Filters, IAG, SRA, Application wrapping, AppWrap, SAR, UAG, Httpwatch

H1N1 and mobility : how to quickly implement a remote access solution

In my day to day activity, I frequently have to discuss with customers and partners about technology around mobility and security. In the last 4 weeks I had a lot of requests from customers in the context of H1N1 disease, this is why I created this post...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2009 7:40 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: IAG

Introduction to application reverse engineering : The CWA (Communicator Web Access) R2 case.

By Lucimara Desiderá (MS Consultant, São Paulo) & Frédéric ESNOUF (MS Pre-sales IDA, Paris) Introduction Intelligent Application Gateway is a very powerful remote access solution which provides a wide range of technologies such as VPN, VPN/SSL, Port...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2009 11:08 AM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: howTo-Filters, IAG

Publishing web applications though IAG : what if it fails ?

Microsoft IAG (Intelligent Application Gateway) is a powerful “mobility” gateway capable of providing remote access to different kind of people: employees, partners, customers, … It introduces several approaches to provide this mobility: · ...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2009 8:20 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: howTo-Filters, IAG

Mobility in the middle of your lifestyle

Lucky me, I am working for a company where mobility is truly part of the way we work. When I joined Microsoft, they gave me a “package” of technologies that I use every day. Check this picture: · A Laptop: running...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2009 3:13 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: IAG, Mexicaine, A, Porcine, grippe, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, H1N1

GEMALTO (Gemplus / Axalto Merger)

GEMALTO authentication server is called Protiva. It is a global authentication solution which can especially provide OTP (One Time Password) authentication. The integration is very simple since the protocol used between IAG and Protiva server is...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 6:23 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: howto-authentication, IAG

How to detect Skyrecon software in IAG

By default, IAG is capable of detecting a wide range of software on the client side. What happen if the software I want to check is not in the list ? I had that constraint with one of my partners, Skyrecon Here is the methodology we used : 1) asked the...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 1:43 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: Howto-client, IAG

Extending client-side analyzis (example : Test Registry Key)

IAG is able to inspect your workstation and then later, per application, verify if you are compatible with the security policy. For example, you want to make sure that only “corporate” machine can access ApplicationA, but everybody (of course...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 1:18 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: Howto-client, IAG

Tracing Client-side

When you connect IAG for the first time a “client” (in fact a bunch of sub components) are installed on the machine (there are other ways to install the client than online install). Later they will be loaded when needed when you connect IAG...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 12:22 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log

Filed under: tracing, Howto-client, IAG

Display end-point detection variables on the client-side

When you connect an IAG portal, a client-side component will inspect your workstation and will take a “technical picture” of your machine. This “picture” will contain by default more than 200 checks and can be extended quickly to cope with your own security...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 12:21 PM by Bienvenue, on Frédéric ESNOUF's Web Log