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8 Reasons NOT to Use Microsoft Forefront TMG’s Reporting

Monday, February 8th, 2010

I’ve been having a look through the reporting functionality included in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway to find that not much has changed from ISA Server 2006. There is some new information regarding the newly implemented URL categorization and threat management technology, but there is very little flexibility or customization for those with reporting requirements beyond general overviews cluttered with irrelevant information. (more…)


Microsoft TMG and UAG Released! What is the difference?

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Most of our customers using Microsoft ISA server are probably aware by now that Microsoft have released the new version of ISA server, which is now re-branded as Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG). In addition to this, Microsoft has also re-branded its Internet Access Gateway (IAG) to Unified Access Gateway (UAG).
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How Do I Transfer Reports to a Different User in the Web Module?

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Today I was asked how to transfer one report in the web module to a different user. The obvious reason for this is when someone leaves your company, the reports they had access to need to be transferred to the new person taking over their role. Unfortunately there’s not an easy way to do this via the user interface yet, but it is a planned feature.

In the mean time, you can do it by editing an XML file manually. (more…)


Lessons learned from a hacked Twitter account

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

If you follow @WebSpy on Twitter, you would have received a very strange Direct Message (DM) from us yesterday. Something along the lines of “rofl this you?” or “you’re on this vid!” or “I found you on here!”

Unfortunately, the WebSpy Twitter account fell victim to a phishing scam, and as a result sent phishing spam to all our Twitter followers. We are embarrassed by the incident and we apologize to all of our followers, especially the ones that clicked the link in the DM and were caught by the phishing scam themselves.

Here’s a rundown of the event in the hope that it will help others know what to look out for. (more…)


WebSpy on Windows 7

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Now that Microsoft have officially released the long awaited Windows 7 Operating System, I thought I’d write a quick blog on WebSpy’s current support for Windows 7. (more…)


Where does Vantage store data and how do I change it?

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

In the log file analysis world, we’re always dealing with large volumes of data. By default, WebSpy Vantage stores its data, including the storages that you import log files into, somewhere on your c:\ drive. Changing this location to somewhere with more disk space is therefore one of the first steps that customers like to perform, so I thought I’d write a quick blog to explain the locations you should be aware of and how to change them. (more…)