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More tips: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid3_tax2f8,00.html ================================================================== In today's technical advice roundup you'll find tips, expert answers and input from your peers to the following iSeries security questions and concerns: Today's Featured Security Tip: -- A security no-brainer: Analyze default passwords Answers to Other Technical Questions: - Business security begins with a strong password policy - Is it possible to have a bulletproof password? - Secure powerful profiles - Authorize a user to enable a disabled profile Important Announcements and Links - Tips Contest: November winners announced - NEW Book Excerpt: Exploring IBM eServer iSeries Computers - Search400.com member survey: What are your plans for 2003? - Expert Profile: Dan Riehl, Search400.com security expert - Monthly Newsletter: Top Expert Advice - Free on Search400.com: White Papers on iSeries security ___________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY Bytware ********************** Security is complex, managing it doesn't have to be! Order STANDGUARD today and put an end to your security fears. Real-time security solution allowing easy and quick enforcement of security policies across a network of multiple systems. Secures FTP, ODBC, SQL, Telnet, DDM/DRDA, NetServer, Commands and more...; audit journal monitoring; event logging; reporting; auditing; notification and more....ORDER your FREE trial today, visit http://search400.com/r/0,,8260,00.htm?bytware or call (775) 851-2900. =========================================================== Today's Featured Tip =========================================================== A security no-brainer: Analyze default passwords The iSeries system administrator has plenty to do without looking for new ways to spend the day. But it's important that he or she takes just a few minutes out of the week to check on something that is critical to maintaining the security of the system. The checkup that should be performed regularly is Option 1 from the SECTOOLS Menu (Analyze default passwords). Selecting this option will print a list of all User Profiles in which the Password exactly matches the name of the user profile. It's unacceptable for a password to match a user profile. If they do match, your system is open to intrusion. Learn how to run this analysis and discover a few other security tools in this tip from Search400.com expert Dan Riehl. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci867917,00.html =========================================================== Answers to Other Security Questions =========================================================== Business security begins with a strong password policy A sound password policy alone won't guarantee your company's security, but you have little chance without one. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci862087,00.html Is it possible to have a bulletproof password? Probably not, but there are certain steps you can take to improve use of them and better prevent intrusions. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid491947_tax288767,00.html Secure powerful profiles Search400.com member Kim Kuras provides some tips and hints for creating secure passwords in this Tip of the Month winner. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci865390,00.html Authorize a user to enable a disabled profile One user writes, "I would like to authorize a user to enable a disabled profile, reset a user profile's password, or enable a device description, but not be able to create or delete a profile/device description." Search400.com security expert Carol Woodbury explains the easiest way to accomplish this. http://www.search400.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid506343_tax288767,00.html ________________________________________________________________ :::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS :::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- NOVEMBER WINNERS ANNOUNCED | Search400.com tips contest Drum roll please.... You've been waiting patiently, and the results are finally in... The top winner for Search400.com's Tips Contest for November is Kim Kuras. Kim won a Panasonic RR-US320 IC digital voice recorder and was added to our Hall of Fame for her tip: "Secure powerful profiles." http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci865390,00.html Congratulations also to our runner-up winners: Jean-Marie Sauvageot, Richard Cranston and Naveen Dronavalli. View all winning tips in Search400's Hall of Fame: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid3_prz826588_cts826578,00.html NEW CONTEST FOR DECEMBER: This month we're giving away a Garmin eMap GPS. With the eMap, no matter if you are in your car or hiking in the mountains, you are never alone. The eMap contains a differential-ready, 12-parallel channel GPS receiver that continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. >> SUBMIT a Tip: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid3_prz804422_cts866220,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2003? | Search400.com member survey Share your comments and feedback about your iSeries needs for next year. Help us to be sure we're providing the most relevant and timely information to you and other members of Search400.com. Please take a few minutes to answer some questions about your 2003 goals and initiatives. Your responses are valuable to us and will make a difference. >> CLICK to respond: http://www.insightexpress.com/s/kle49495.asp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FREE BOOK EXCERPT | Exploring IBM eServer iSeries and AS/400 Computers, 10th Edition Search400.com would like to offer our members the opportunity to download for free the table of contents and first chapter of Exploring IBM eServer iSeries and AS/400 Computers, 10th Edition written by Jim Hoskins and Roger Dimmick, and published by Maximum Press. This updated guide to the iServer and AS/400 world provides an overview and comprehensive reference to the latest models, options, disk storage equipment, printers, tape drives, software enhancements, Lotus Domino, displays, network stations and more. It addresses such business issues as lease vs. purchase, maintenance strategies, cost justification and office ergonomics. It also includes hypothetical case studies of small, medium and large businesses to illustrate how real business problems can be solved with iSeries and AS/400 systems. Non-technical readers will appreciate its straightforward style. >> DOWNLOAD the chapter: http://search400.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid3_gci866745,00.html >> BUY the book: http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&category_name=&product_id=1885068433&partner_id=55 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EXPERT PROFILE | Dan Riehl, Search400.com security expert Dan Riehl is president of The 400 School, the popular iSeries training company, and co-founder of The Powertech Group, one of the leading providers of iSeries security software. Dan is a popular author and lecturer on iSeries security issues. His accomplishments include authorship of several AS/400 and iSeries technical books and numerous articles published in various iSeries magazines. Since 1988 he has been a technical editor and author for multiple iSeries magazines, and he is currently technical editor for IBM's eServer Magazine iSeries edition. In addition to his other tasks, Dan regularly performs in-depth iSeries security audits and provides instruction and consulting on iSeries security issues. Let Dan's experience work for you. Ask Dan Security-related questions anytime. >> CLICK HERE TO ASK Dan a question: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid3_tax288767,00.html >> CLICK HERE TO READ recent Q&As: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid3_cid423497_tax288767,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | Top Expert Advice newsletter The Top Expert Advice newsletter was designed to help iSeries professionals manage tasks they deal with regularly. Each month we will give you expert advice on such topics as security, backup and recovery, Web development and application development. 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Browse Search400's new white papers section to find informative white papers on security and several other iSeries topics. >> CLICK here to view the white papers: http://search400.techtarget.com/whitepapersByCategory/0,293837,sid3_tax292513_idx0_off10,00.html ________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::::: SEARCH400 CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: TIP MAILBOX, (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us feedback on tips and ideas for new tip content. ________________________________________________________________ MICHELLE DAVIDSON, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your story ideas and best practices. ________________________________________________________________ DEBRA TART, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your tips and Best Web Links. ________________________________________________________________ DAVID GABEL, Executive Tech Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your technical tips and tip ideas. ________________________________________________________________ GABRIELLE DERUSSY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER :::::::::::::::::: Published by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002 TechTarget. 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