======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS April 27, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: NetIQ ======================================================== FREE MP3CHECK TOOL: Do you know where your file security vulnerabilities are? Or which files are taking up the most space on your network? Get the answers you need now with MP3check --NetIQ's new powerful, FREE tool that enables you to quickly locate shared MP3 and WMA music files on servers and workstations and report on the amount of space used by music files on your Windows network. Trial MP3check today! http://www.netiq.com/sponsor/default.asp?221 ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "IBM aims for self-maintaining servers" Server, heal thyself! IBM's new Project eLiza aims to create servers that can take care of themselves without or with very little human help. Big Blue says these independent servers will help make up for a predicted shortage of IT administrators in the near future. SOURCE: InternetNews http://www.internetnews.com/prod-news/article/0,,9_753791,00.html Would a self-maintaining server make your life easier? Or do you think it would make your job extinct? Let others know how you stand in our new Administrator discussion forum at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d68. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Big Blue is going down the tubes too, but not the proverbial tubes. Read how the company is paving IT's way beyond silicon at http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,5081916,00.html. Let William Boswell, searchWin2000's Administration Expert, answer your server administration questions at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid1_tax285114,00.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft opens Web site to help developers move to Web services [2] Microsoft to unveil MOM at Networld+Interop [3] HailStorm charges are revealed [4] Exchange support for W2k Datacenter not there yet [5] FBI warns of Chinese May Day hack attacks [6] Missing antivirus software left Microsoft clients vulnerable [7] MS applying prod activate tech to Win2k et al? [1] "Microsoft opens Web site to help developers move to Web services" Is your company pondering the possibility of hosting applications? Microsoft's brand-spanking new Web site could be a good place to get some help. The site offers up information to help companies make the transition to hosting applications and get them going with the .Net platform. The site is at www.microsoft.com/asp. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://www.idg.net/ic_522513_1794_9-10000.html [2] "Microsoft to unveil MOM at Networld+Interop" Microsoft's new VP of marketing in the Windows.Net server Product Management group wants to talk about his MOM. Cliff Reeves will talk about the strategy behind Microsoft Operations Manager May 7 at NetWorld Interop in Las Vegas. MOM is a solution Microsoft says will help IT professionals manage Windows 2000 servers, Exchange servers, SQL servers and Active Directory. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=26094 [3] "HailStorm charges are revealed" Hailstorm -- it may be more like a trickle for now. Microsoft says its Web-based personal information management service is five years away from widespread acceptance. How will Redmond make money off Hailstorm? Service providers will pay a flat annual fee for the digital certificate provided with HailStorm in order to run the services and cover Microsoft's administrative costs. Services that are free now will stay free. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2001/16/ns-22502.html [4] "Exchange support for W2k Datacenter not there yet" Even with the logo, Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server is a no go on Windows 2000 Datacenter Server. The support won't be there until the first Exchange 2000 service pack ships in the middle of the year. The service pack will include some changes required for Exchange 2000 to support the four-node clustering capability in Windows 2000 Datacenter Server. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4428 [5] "FBI warns of Chinese May Day hack attacks" Two holidays in China could be hell days in the U.S. The FBI is warning network administrators that Chinese hackers may go after U.S. Web sites and e-mail servers next week. Hackers have talked openly about getting busy from April 30 through May 7, a window which coincides with two Chinese public holidays and the anniversary of the bombing of China's embassy in Yugoslavia. Symantec predicts any "hacktivity" will be a nuisance, not a disaster. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/04/27/010427hnwarn.xml?p=br&s=2 [6] "Missing antivirus software left Microsoft clients vulnerable" So how did Microsoft manage to give some of its support customers a virus? The company says the technical support server was missing a key element -- antivirus software. That mistake caused 26 of the company's largest support clients to be left vulnerable to the FunLove computer virus. The infected hotfixes were only available through Microsoft's corporate subscription-based Premier Customers and Gold Certified Partners support programs. SOURCE: ComputerWorld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO59982,00.html [7] "MS applying prod activate tech to Win2k et al?" Is Microsoft thinking about retrofitting XP's product activation to Win2k? The Register says a published report hints at that very possibility. According to a Tech Report article, a new, suspicious Registry key popped up during the installation of the Internet Explorer 6 preview on a Win2k machine. The Register sees the key as a red flag. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18554.html If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORED BY - Knowledgenet ------------------------------------------------------- Win $5,000 in IT Training For Your Team! Train your team today - without breaking your budget. Register to win $5,000 in KnowledgeNet training credits! 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SOURCE: Network Computing http://www.networkcomputing.com/1205/1205sp5.html [2] "Ask Mr. DNS" Mr. DNS' searchable archive provides answers to questions on a dozen DNS issues ranging from servers to firewalls, to Dynamic DNS and DHCP. Some of the questions go back a few years, but there are new ones that are fresh and topical. The archive is part of Acme Byte & Wire, a consulting company founded by DNS pioneers and authors Cricket Liu, Matt Larson and Michael Milligan. The Network Solutions Registry acquired acme Byte & Wire in June 2000. SOURCE: Acme http://www.acmebw.com/askmrdns/archive.php ------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED BOOK ------------------------------------------------------- "Windows 2000 Active Directory" By: Joe Casad Your practical guide to Active Directory - the most important new feature of Windows 2000.Administer and customize your Active Directory network with the secrets revealed in this comprehensive volume. 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