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Security
- The Enemy Within
Most break-ins happen because systems
administrators lack the right resources or employees don't
understand security procedures. Sound business practices, not
more technology, are often the key to good security and must
be made a top priority. Source: Information Week (April 2001)
The
Five-Access Point Security Plan
You can keep your network safe and secure by focusing your attention dependant
on 5 critical points within your system. In this article, we
identify those points and establish a plan that tells you the
considerations and best options for each. Source: EarthWeb
Chernobyl
virus hangs on
Remember CIH? The 3-year-old virus that wiped
out the hard drives of almost a million PCs--mostly in
Asia--may do some more damage some Thursday, when it's set to
strike again.
Although the outbreak may not be severe or widespread, CIH can
still wreak havoc on a Win9x computer's hard disk by deleting
the information the disk needs to find files. Source: ZDNet (April 25, 2001)
Designing
Active Directory (Study Guide and Practice Tests)
A sample chapter from MCSE in a Nutshell: The Windows
2000 Exams, published by O'Reilly & Associates,
Inc This chapter address various
topics covered on Exam 70-219, Designing A Microsoft
Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure:
Microsoft's
mastermind brews a rival to Java
An interview with Anders Hejlsberg, the
brain behind C#, Microsoft's answer to Java. Hejlsberg
discusses the new software programming language, the future
of Web services and why his invention will win over
Java-lovers. Source: ZDNet (April 23, 2001)
Calculating
the Cost of Terminal Services
A case study shows where many of the hidden costs and
pragmatic issues lie behind deploying Microsoft's Terminal
Services. It outlines the technical and TCO issues you need
to consider before buying into and deploying this
technology. Source: EarthWeb
Microsoft
Kills SP7 for NT4
After a year-and-a-half of banging an optimistic drum,
Microsoft Corp. confirmed what many a savvy IT manager had
already begun to suspect: It had officially abandoned its
plans to release Service Pack 7 (SP) for Windows NT 4.0.
Source: ENT (April 18, 2001)
Time
to go to hacker school?
Hacker classes are now in session! Many
companies are considering sending their employees to school
to teach them how to combat hackers and crackers. Should you
attend? Source: ZDNet (April 17, 2001)
Is
it a bug, a feature, or an Easter Egg?
According to Microsoft KB article <="140422900-17042001">Q281923,
if a Windows 2000 user group contains more than 500 users,
the hair color of the "person" icon for the group
changes to gray. This applies built-in groups, local groups,
and global groups, but does not affect functionality.
Do
you trust Microsoft?
Microsoft's .Net vision asks consumers to fork over their
most personal information and promises to keep it private.
Some think it's an impossible goal for a company with
already questionable records on trust, privacy and security.
Source: ZDnet (April1 6, 2001)
IT
workers are plugging into hot skills
As the economy cools, employers are becoming more selective
about which IT skills they'll pay extra for. Find out which
industry certifications and skills are hot and which are
not. Source: E-Week
(April 12, 2001)
'Oh
my god, they killed Clippy'
Microsoft's obnoxious little Office assistant
will be relegated to a mock layoff site that also trumpets
Office XP's lack of need for the feature. Source: ZDNet
(April 11, 2001)
How
to protect your IT career
Whether it's a correction, a slowdown or a full-fledged recession, one
thing is certain: The economic outlook is anything but rosy.
Faced with declining budgets, companies must cut duplication and
inefficiency. The key to keeping your job is to prove your
value to the bottom line and business strategy. Source: ComputerWorld
Where's
NT 4 Service Pack 7?
Users are still waiting on the next service
pack for Windows NT 4.0 more than 17 months after the last
service pack came out. For its part, Microsoft maintains
that it's still committed to delivering an SP 7 for Windows
NT 4.0. Microsoft representatives are tight-lipped, however,
when pressed to pinpoint when NT 4.0 IT managers will
actually be able to obtain SP 7. Source: ENT (April
10, 2001)
SAN
Advice
Take heed when a systems integrator says they can deliver a
total SAN solution. You might be buying into a needlessly
expensive and restrictive storage topology. We tell you what
the issue are, and what questions you need to ask your
vendors. Source: EarthWeb
Profile
of a Profiler
Best known for creating an accurate profile of the
Unabomber, retired FBI agent Bill Tafoya now works on
identifying "the hollow men of hackerdom." Source:
Information Security Magazine (April 2001)
Keeping
Windows 2000 Functional
As complex as it is, Windows 2000 has the ability to
protect itself and to counteract common causes of system
crashes. This article explains some of the ways that Win2K
safeguards itself and discusses steps you can take to
preserve the integrity of the OS. Source: 8Wire.com
Remote
users need firewalls too
Recently, an online customer asked a California bank why one
of its computers was trying to hack into his system. It
turned out that the machine doing the hacking belonged to
the bank's president and had been remotely commandeered by
an employee. With such events in mind, IT managers soon will
re-examine firewalls to make sure their virtual private
networks are really private. Source: ITWorld.com
Defining
enterprise class: Is Windows 2000 ready?
Many different elements comprise true enterprise class
computing. In order to determine if Windows 2000 fits this
elusive bill, Aberdeen Group's Tom Manter takes a detailed
look at Microsoft's efforts to distinguish Windows 2000
among its operating system peers. Source: Windows 2000
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