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“If he could see it like that he would almost enjoy it, but clearly it’s painful to him.” “In a way the hate is in fact a tribute to Tony Blair,” Professor Fielding said. He is disliked by those on both wings of the political spectrum: Those on the left accused him of betraying his party’s values by shifting Labour to the center, while those on the right resented his formidable electoral appeal. Blair became a wealthy man and advised some foreign governments and multinational companies, reinforcing his reputation as someone who liked to cultivate the rich and powerful. He spent the last year of his premiership trying to establish his legacy, and it was all pointless because his legacy, like it or not, was Iraq, and is Iraq, and will remain Iraq.”īut after leaving Downing Street, Mr. “His reputation for the moment is locked into the Iraq war. “It’s a fool’s errand,” said Steven Fielding, professor of political history at Nottingham University. Blair stepped aside as prime minister in 2007, became a Middle East peace envoy, set up a foundation and has recently made a number of well-received suggestions about how to handle the pandemic.īut the speed with which the petition went viral illustrates that his efforts at political rehabilitation have had only limited success. The current prime minister, Boris Johnson, was not involved in the decision, his office said. Dating back almost 700 years, the order is the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain. Blair became a member of the Order of the Garter, following an appointment made on New Year’s Eve by the queen. Bush in a war in Iraq that became steadily more unpopular in Britain. That sentiment reflects the extent to which the legacy of the opposition Labour Party’s most electorally successful recent leader has been defined by his staunch support for the United States and President George W. Blair, 68, was “personally responsible” for causing the deaths of countless civilians and service members in “various conflicts,” adding that “he should be held accountable for war crimes.” The petition, which has no legal force, says Mr. Instead, more than 600,000 people have signed an online petition asking that the honor be rescinded, illustrating how one of Britain’s most successful politicians remains a divisive figure, never forgiven by his critics for taking the country to war in Iraq. LONDON - By tradition, former British prime ministers are honored by Queen Elizabeth some years after leaving 10 Downing Street, so the elevation of Tony Blair to a knighthood on New Year’s Day could have been a routine event. ![]() A part from ISP issues, most users had a pretty positive experience with working from home (or at least that's what they told me). ![]() Remoting in and changing either the config file to the ip or adding a host entry in the host file resolved the issue. At any rate an ISP was giving only IPV6 DNS and the translation to IPV4 was not working properly since our DNS host was not setup to use IPV6 some users could not connect to the VPN. The issues did not affect the remote access using the remote support apps but did cause issues connecting to the VPN which was setup to use a DNS address in case we want to change or need to change our ip address. Overall the experience for the users wasn't terrible, there were a few hiccups that occurred caused by ISP DNS. Since our VPN is OpenVPN based we used the following:Īpple App Store Link for Microsoft Remote Desktop Application: We still chose to support them but made the documentation primarily Windows based and because of the extra security setup required for Apple Computers, we decided it was best to just provide the links for required software, and staff would walk though the "extra" requirements for the Apple machines. To that end, only 6% of our staff were on Apple Computers. ![]() I choose to support both Apple and Windows users. Below is a sample document with non-working links, this is more/less the document I sent out to staff to get them setup on the VPN. My organization uses GSUITE so I have a secure way of providing the VPN documentation to the users for those who thought they can set it up on their own. I setup the OpenVPN client on the corporate devices we had and used MSP360 or teamviewer quickconnect apps to setup and install the open VPN client on any devices that needed setup. Also with RDP Attacks on the rise, I also feel it more/less avoids that kettle of fish.įor issues 2 and 3, to treat corporate and personal devices as simple RDP Client's is easy, it really doesn't matter what or how they connect so long as they have an RDP client and connect. Going with OpenVPN allowed me to setup long secure passwords then move to a certificate based authentication once I get that setup so users wouldn't want to fight the updating of their Active Directory passwords. ![]() I also had an issue with having to get users to update their passwords to something more secure. though this wasn't the easiest solution (such as setting up RD Gateway) it was the one I felt was more secure and easier for me to support. With less then a week to set up a new RDP server and prep any corporate devices we had available it was going to be a huge challenge.įor issue 1, I have had experience in setting up PFSense to also be an OPEN VPN Server My idea was to treat both the corporate and personal devices as simple remote desktop clients. To solve issue 2 and 3 since it would be a combination of corporate and personal devices, I decided to use MSP360 and Teamviewer with a how to document. To solve issue 1, I decided to setup a new RDP Server (2019) based using OpenVPN. How to troubleshoot issues with remote desktop clients with visibility How to support users systems as remote desktop clientsģ. How to connect users to the company's network securelyĢ. I had three issues that I had to immediately solve.ġ. So when COVID-19 hit, we were scrambling to get a remote setup that could handle enough users, and have a way to connect them without really compromising security or making us an easy mark for an attack with few IT resource for defense. From an IT perspective this brings up many challenges as most work places (mine included) are not a mobile first or mobility first type of organization. The biggest change has been the working from home (remote working). March 2020 changed a lot of things for everyone, everywhere. |