======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS July 26, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid1,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: SurfControl ======================================================== "I couldn't believe what was happening right under my nose. They were downloading huge MP3 files, surfing for porn, trading jokes... my network was out of control. If it weren't for SuperScout's reports, I would have never believed it." - Network Manager, Rothko Systems. Try SuperScout Web Filter FREE for 30 days and see what's really going on: http://www.surfcontrol.com/trial/ZTTW2KDN0726 ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Terminal services at risk for DoS attack" Microsoft has put out a fix for a Terminal Services bug that makes Windows servers vulnerable to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. If you're running Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition as well as Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server, you might want to start the patching process. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4771 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Download the patch at http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30195. Make sure your system is secure from attack. Post your security questions now for Mark Edmead, searchWin2000 security expert, in the Administrator Discussion Forum. Check out this thread on administrator passwords http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/354!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand=. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft acknowledges problem with services for Unix [2] Gates says Microsoft to spend $5.3 billion on R&D [3] InterTrust further expands suit against Microsoft [4] Make software distribution easier [1] "Microsoft acknowledges problem with services for Unix" In another episode of "As the Patch Turns," Microsoft has plugged a memory hole in the latest version of its Unix interoperability software. A bad person could use the hole in Services for Unix (SFU) 2.0 to crash Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers. The patch will be included in SFU 3.0. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4766 [2] "Gates says Microsoft to spend $5.3 billion on R&D" Bill Gates said this week that his software company plans to pump more than $5 billion into research and development. Productivity, reading, e-commerce, and communications will take up most of the research in Redmond. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/24/010724hnmssummit.xml [3] "InterTrust further expands suit against Microsoft" InterTrust Technologies is patently mad at Microsoft. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company is beefing up a lawsuit against Redmond, claiming the software activation feature included in Windows XP, Office XP and Visio 2002 violates Intertrust patents. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.idg.net/ic_656641_1793_1-3921.html [4] "Make software distribution easier" Need a guide through the Windows Installer Service maze? InstallShield steps in with a software repackaging and distribution tool that takes on WIS. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci757013,00.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] "A security checklist for IT managers" In this interview with sister site searchWindowsManageability, BindView's director of security strategy Scott Blake discusses simple security management tasks that can keep you a step ahead of hackers. While Blake refers to a study his company conducted comparing Windows and Unix security breaches, his security tips can be applied to any operating system. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci751822,00.html [2] "Password security in Windows NT and Windows 2000" Passwords are vulnerable both at rest (stored on the system) and during transmission across the network, says author Jennifer Kolde. In this article, she shows why and offers a few strategies for protecting them in either state on a Windows NT or 2000 system. SOURCE: 8wire http://www.8wire.com/article_render/?aid=1582 ------------------------------------------------------- FREE TRAINING COURSE ------------------------------------------------------- Win2000 Network Security Design - Providing Secure Access in Remote Networks This course covers demand-dial routing as a feature of RRAS security and also explains the LAN and WAN routing protocols supported by RRAS. You will learn about RRAS security strategies and will learn to configure the RRAS callback options used to verify identities of clients and servers. You will learn about the components of a virtual private network and about the features of the VPN tunneling protocols, PPTP and L2TP. You will learn about router-to-router and remote access VPN connections as well as L2TP and PPTP packet filtering in VPN connections for input and output filters. The features and functions of a RADIUS server and IAS security-related features will also be covered. Finally, you will learn about the IP-based services available in Windows 2000 for IP-based clients. http://win2k.gofcs.com/products/by_product/WT0450/index.html ------------------------------------------------------- SEARCHWIN2000.COM POLL ------------------------------------------------------- "Did the appeals court make the right call?" Vote at http://www.searchWin2000.com/poll. SOUND OFF! Have a great poll idea? Or just feel like commenting on the current question? Please send your comments, ideas or questions to News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Please include your name, title and company name. ------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "The humiliation virus" Here's another really good reason not to put into writing anything you wouldn't say aloud to a room full of people. Sircam, the latest virus spreading on the Net, grabs a random document from your computer's hard drive, hides itself in the code, then passes on the infected document to everyone in your digital address book. That means any document on your hard drive is fair game for distribution to practically everyone you know. 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