Windows 7 Offers Smarter Security For Road Warriors

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Windows 7 Offers Smarter Security For Road Warriors

Microsoft's new operating system boasts flexible firewalls and other new safety features for those on the go.

In a boon for mobile workers and the IT personnel who support them, Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system includes technology designed to erect different lines of defenses depending on the type of network connection in place.

and also claims expertise in streaming live video.

For instance, Windows 7 will automatically implement "public" firewall settings for a sales rep who connects to the Internet through a hotel broadband service. However, if the rep then establishes a link to his company's virtual private network, Windows 7 will implement the appropriate corporate "domain" settings, as predetermined by his company's IT department.

With older operating systems, "If I want to connect to the corporate network via my VPN, the IT-configured firewall settings for accessing the domain corporate networks cannot be applied because the first network type (and thus the firewall settings) had already been set," noted Paul Cooke, Microsoft's Windows security director, in a blog post Monday.

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