==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS August 9, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: Winternals Software ==================================================================== Try the fastest and most powerful network Defragmentation tool available. Defrag Commander defragments every system on your network from a single install on just one PC. Pays for itself 20 times faster than the competition. Download to use FREE for 30 days! http://www.winternals.com/29 ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Worms prompt AT&T to unplug sites" AT&T found a way to keep the "Red" out. The company closed off incoming traffic to its Web servers run by residential customers. That move should keep the Code Red worms from clogging up AT&T's cable Internet network. SOURCE: Reuters http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6820012.html?tag=nbs MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Darn that Code Red! Read all about its wormy handiwork at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci751616,00.html. Even Microsoft itself found Code Red burrowing under its skin. Read that story at http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/09/010809hnmscode.xml. **Has Code Red affected your systems? Discuss it and other hot security topics with your peers at our searchWindowsManageability discussion forum: http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] New virus spreads using Acrobat files [2] Deploying Microsoft's ISA in the enterprise [3] Microsoft lists Windows XP-mandated icons [4] MIT spin-off plans Java, C++ competitor [5] Oracle gives developers sneak peek at new Java IDE [6] Newcomer InterSAN partners with EMC [7] Companies eager to review McAfee patent [1] "New virus spreads using Acrobat files" Even PDF files may have lost their innocence! Two security firms have pinpointed a worm that infects Adobe Acrobat PDF files. The virus, called Outlook.pdf, uses Acrobat software and Microsoft Outlook to move around. Victims use Acrobat to open it -- it then asks victims to click on the image of a peach. Then a Visual Basic script is run and the virus comes alive. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0808acrobatvirus.html?nw [2] "Deploying Microsoft's ISA in the enterprise" Security consultant Roberta Bragg fielded over 60 security questions from Windows IT pros in a live expert Q&A. Here are her answers to many of your pressing Windows security manageability questions. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci759990,00.html You can still watch and listen to this expert Q&A just as if it were real time. Just go to the archive at http://www.italkservices.com/iTalkSlides/CustomerDocs/tcht01/viewLogin.asp. For even more resources and information on ISA Server, check out these Best Web Links: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax53a,00.html. [3] "Microsoft lists Windows XP-mandated icons" Isn't it iconic? Microsoft says PC makers that ship machines loaded with Windows XP and that show desktop icons must include icons for Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and the Recycle Bin. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5095447,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01 [4] "MIT spin-off plans Java, C++ competitor" Curl Corporation is working on deals to drum up support for its programming language and get it on the "A list" of development environments. Curl aims to get its native tongue in the same league as Java and C++ in mainstream IDEs. You may be able to build apps and Web services with Curl by this time next year. SOURCE: ComputerWire http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2092871,00.html [5] "Oracle gives developers sneak peek at new Java IDE" Developers may now get an eyeful of the new JDeveloper development environment for Oracle 9i. It's available for download through Oracle's Early Adopter Program on the Oracle Technology Network. Oracle9i JDeveloper is a development environment for building and deploying J2EE-based apps. The new version runs on Solaris and Windows 2000. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=28829 [6] "Newcomer InterSAN partners with EMC" InterSAN, Inc., is teaming up with powerful storage veteran, EMC Corporation, to introduce a new storage application management technology. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci759548,00.html [7] "Companies eager to review McAfee patent" McAfee's patent on "software as a service" technologies is so broad it has software companies wondering how far they can go before they step on McAfee's toes. Lawyers are taking a long, hard look at the patent language to see just how far-reaching it is. SOURCE: Beta News http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2802506,00.html If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. =============================================================== BEST WEB LINKS OF THE DAY --------------------------------------------------------------- "Tutorial: Armoring Windows NT" No system is 100% secure, says Lance Spitzner. But Spitzner believes you can greatly reduce security risks on your NT system if you follow his advice, which includes strategies on how to install NT with security layers, tighten up file permissions, create additional registry hacks and more. SOURCE: 8wire http://www.8wire.com/article_render/?aid=1794 "Setting up an FTP server with Windows 2000" Since Windows 2000 Server natively includes Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, you can now host multiple FTP sites, and each FTP site can host more than one domain. This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to take advantage of this feature by teaching you how to install, configure and publish information to a Windows 2000 FTP site running on IIS. SOURCE: TechRepublic http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?src=search&id=r00220010625wrr01.htm --------------------------------------------------------------- **STORAGE DECISIONS 2001** Would you be interested in information on how to set the best storage strategy? 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Please include your name, title and company name. --------------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK --------------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Gadget with more byte than bark" Dog owners...listen up. Ever been frustrated because you just don't know what's gotten your moody mutt so miffed? You can soon get the answer straight from the horse's -- make that the DOG'S -- mouth. Inventors in Japan claim to have developed a high-tech canine translator. The gadget, called the Bow-lingual, can supposedly interpret a dog's barks and growls into human emotions. The Bow-lingual consists of a small microphone, attached to the dog's collar, that "reads" dog-speak by matching sounds to a set of pre-programmed wave patterns. There are plans to adapt the technology so that anxious owners, who are away from home, can be kept up to date with their dog's feelings delivered straight to their handset. 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