======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS May 8, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== 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! Plus, when you visit KnowledgeNet, you'll see why: - Cisco chose KnowledgeNet as their e-Learning Partner - KnowledgeNet has the highest pass rates in the industry! Register to Win $5,000 in Free Microsoft Windows 2000 Training Today! http://www.knowledgenet.com/lp/crd.jsp?sc=ns-crd-sw2-0427 ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "CERT warns of worm that infects Solaris servers" The early bird doesn't want this worm! A new Internet worm has been discovered that preys on Web servers running Sun's Solaris and Microsoft's Internet Information Server. The worm, called "sadmind/IIS" first attacks the Solaris server and then sets it up to attack the systems running IIS. It exploits known security flaws in both servers' software to compromise systems and trash Web pages. Sun and MS have had software patches for a good while. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0508cert.html Did you catch the worm before it hit your servers? Are you safe from the worm or did you get attacked? Post your experience with this worm in our new Administrator Discussion Forum at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d68. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Read about Microsoft's "blind spot" for security at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid1_gci548959,00.html. Need help setting up a secure Web server? Tony Northrup, searchWin2000 Web Administration Expert, can help you get up and running at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid1_tax285116,00.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] MS to force customers to pay rental fees? [2] MS cracks down on MSDN subs, threatens 'random audits' [3] Microsoft releases new server software kit [4] Microsoft sets release date for MOM [5] Heavy users cause premature aging [6] Time's almost up on Windows 2000 upgrades? [7] Users hold back on plans for .Net [1] "MS to force customers to pay rental fees?" Microsoft may be tweaking its licensing practices -- one possible scenario would see big companies pay up every three years to keep using a piece of software. This method of "keeping the meter running" may make some of Microsoft's largest customers do some tweaking too -- tweak the ways they buy everything from operating systems to office productivity suites. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082471,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01 [2] "MS cracks down on MSDN subs, threatens 'random audits'" The Register reports that Redmond is watching what goes out over MSDN more closely and plans to conduct random audits of commercial software subscribers. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18785.html [3] "Microsoft releases new server software kit" Microsoft has released to manufacturers the final version of new software for creating special-purpose server "appliances." The Server Appliance Kit is software that lets server makers pluck only the software modules they need from the fuller version of Windows 2000. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5847686.html?tag=owv [4] "Microsoft sets release date for MOM" One month to MOM -- Redmond will release to manufacturing next month the Microsoft Operations Manager 2000. MS sees its MOM as the overseer of Windows servers as well as competing platforms. The estimated retail price of $849 per processor for each managed Windows 2000 or NT server includes basic management facilities, including support for Active Directory and ISS. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/BreakingNews.asp?ArticleID=26381 [5] "Heavy users cause premature aging" Take a look at the person icon representing your user group on Win2k. If his hair is gray, he's stressing. Microsoft says once any user group exceeds 500, virtual stress sets in and the person icon's hair turns gray. Grecian Formula will not help. This possibility of premature aging exists in Windows 2000 Server and Professional and affects built-in, local and global groups. SOURCE: vnunet http://www.vnunet.com/News/1121504 [6] "Time's almost up on Windows 2000 upgrades?" Still procrastinating on those Windows 2000 upgrades? One market research company says if you haven't started by the end of the quarter, forget it. Why? Because upgrading after midyear would mean taking on a long and challenging project, with the clock ticking down on Microsoft's support for that system. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082479,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01 [7] "Users hold back on plans for .Net" Does .Net still puzzle you? Even Microsoft's Jim Allchin last week admitted .Net has been confusing. Many IT professionals at last week's Gartner conference in LA said they haven't been seriously thinking about or making plans for the .Net world that Microsoft is pushing. One Windows NT project leader said the initiative sounds too huge to ever work. SOURCE: ComputerWorld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO60254,00.html If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. --------------------------------------------------------- WEB LINKS OF THE DAY --------------------------------------------------------- [1] "Evaluating Microsoft's ISA Server firewall product" Columnist Ed Engeliking explains what Microsoft's Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server can do and highlights its improvements over Proxy Server 2.0. These include better client functionality, improved security features and a much-improved interface. SOURCE: TechRepublic http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?src=search&id=r00220010410eng01.htm [2] "PKIs are still tough to deploy" Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a great way to authenticate and protect your data, but is it worth the complex integration, lack of portability or user friendliness and whopping price tag? Yes, according to this article. You may agree or disagree, but it's worth a read just for the case study on an NT-based PKI implementation by Barclays Capital Investment Bank of London. SOURCE: InternetWeek http://www.internetweek.com/security/secure040901-1.htm ------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED BOOK ------------------------------------------------------- "Windows 2000 Server: 24seven" By: Matthew Strebe For experienced network administrators. At last, here's the book that you and other Windows 2000 administrators have been waiting for. 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