InformIT Windows Server Newsletter - Oct 26, 2004

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Title: InformIT Windows Server Newsletter - Oct 26, 2004

InformIT Windows Server Newsletter Oct 26, 2004 Big Six Publisher Sale: 45% Off Check out the killer deals on 1841 great books from Sams, Que, Peachpit Press, New Riders, Macromedia Press, and Adobe Press on Bookpool.com. You'll find titles on certification, system administration, software development, and web and graphical design. Time is limited so visit Bookpool today. Visit Our Sponsor Windows Server Reference Guide Your Host Scott Fulton The type of networking we normally do with computers is mainly limited to messaging. At a basic level, you and I and other network users can send each other messages, which are essentially elements of an ongoing dialog. At a more complex level, you (as a user of computer resources) and a computer (as a server of such resources) may carry on a detached, translated dialog with one another. By way of an application that acts as a translator, you request resources from a server, and the server responds... with a message consisting of some kind of data whose format follows a previously agreed upon interface. With internetworking becoming a ubiquitous concept, and processor speed only continuing to rise, the question arises, what if parallel processing could be implemented at a network transport level. On the OSI model, this would boost the management and distribution of system functions all the way from Tier 2 to Tier 4. If it could be done, should it? Is there something to be gained from enabling processors to work in tandem? Could bigger, broader computing tasks be done faster — or, better yet, could newer and more wide-ranging applications be made feasible, such as background contextual indexing of evolving business documents? (In short, your own pocket Google.) Back in June, we presented articles exploring the concept of grid computing, such as Scott Chalfant and Jim Anthony's Jini and JavaSpaces: Enabling the Grid. But now that the grid computing concept is out there in the public domain, the next stage in its evolution — as with all great concepts in computing — is for it to be digested into seminar material for business analysts. To that end, we present some pre-digested material for your perusal: Richard Murch's Grid Planning. If we think of all network tasks as communications, and all communications as dialogs on some level, then shouldn't the same taboos that prevent individuals from saying too much to one another, apply at the computing level? In short, why can't computer processes be as shy as we are? If you know anything about the Kerberos authentication system, you already know that considerable effort has been expended in researching this very question, with substantive results that Windows Server 2003 administrators deal with every day. This week in the Reference Guide, I study the mindset of the MIT engineers who first conceived Kerberos, and why shy college students are probably the best people to come up with ideas on how to secure the communications process between components that don't really know each other very well. Visit The Windows Server Reference Guide New Content   Articles and Sample Chapters All Articles and Sample Chapters Get Connected Through E-mail in Windows XP By Shelley O'Hara   Weblogs All Windows Server Weblogs Is SP1 More Worth the Wait Than Its Successors? By Scott Fulton XP SP2: Big Difference Causes Unexpected Change By Scott Fulton Changing the Argument (part 3) By Scott Fulton  Subscribe to the Windows Server Reference Guide RSS feed. New Books and Safari Online Books   Book Store All Windows Server Books Windows Server 2003 on HP ProLiant Servers By Gary Olsen, Bruce Howard Published by Prentice Hall PTR � Oct 21, 2004 Premium Member Price: $44.99 USD (Save 25%) Windows XP in a Snap By Preston Gralla Published by Sams � Jul 30, 2004 Premium Member Price: $18.74 USD (Save 25%)   Safari Online Books All Online Books Windows XP in a Snap Published by Sams � Jul 30, 2004			Spotlight: New Book Windows Server 2003 on HP ProLiant Servers is the first definitive guide to Windows Server 2003 deployment and administration on HP ProLiant servers. Two of HP's most experienced ProLiant support engineers walk you step-by-step through planning and migration�from assessing ROI and existing infrastructure through implementing fast, reliable disaster recovery. The detailed information they provide shows how actual companies deployed Windows Server 2003,and how they overcame real-world obstacles. Grab Our Windows Server RSS Feed You can get our Windows Server Reference Guide additions and weblog entries in your RSS Aggregator — click here to grab the code! Google Quick Reference Search Guide You probably get pretty good results from Google, most of the time. For more precise searches, however, it helps to know a few tricks. We've collected a bunch in a handy downloadable reference excerpted from Diane Poremsky's Google and Other Search Engines: Visual QuickStart Guide. And what do you know? We're also offering 30% off the book for a limited time! No coupon required. Become a Member and Save up to 25% in Our Book Store! Profile yourself with InformIT and you'll receive an additional discount — up to 25% off many titles in the InformIT Book Store. The best part is that this offer will never expire! Safari Clip of the Week Preview an excerpt from Safari, our online subscription service, with a new clip each week! This week: Troubleshooting a Network Using Ipconfig, from Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless Networking.

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