==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS August 13, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: NetIQ ==================================================================== FREE ACTIVE DIRECTORY TOOL Get essential, real-time diagnostics for Microsoft Active Directory with NetIQ's ADcheck - your powerful, free diagnostic tool. With ADcheck, you can quickly check domain controllers, domains and replication. After the first test, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. Download your FREE copy now at http://www.netiq.com/f/form/form.asp?id=30. ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "U.S. virus watchers don't buy Code Red III" South Korea's Information and Communication Ministry said Friday that the Code Red computer virus had mutated there into a third, more dangerous variant, but U.S. virus experts said that this iteration did not constitute a new variant. It is believed to simply be a reintroduction of a strain that has already been discovered and announced. SOURCE: Reuters http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6841384.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: The Best Web Links on security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax559,00.html The Best Discussion Forums on security and protecting Windows 2000: http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] **Has Code Red affected your systems? Discuss it and other hot security topics with your peers at our searchWindows Manageability discussion forum: http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] MS internal network whacked by Code Red [2] Code Red is in the house [3] FBI arrests four in Microsoft piracy case [4] DOJ: MS case should proceed pending high court decision [1] "MS internal network whacked by Code Red" It's not just MSN after all. Sources tell The Register that Code Red has ripped through numerous servers on Microsoft's internal corporate network. It is likely that someone simply brought an infected, hibernated laptop in, connected it to the corporate network and bang, Code Red was inside the perimeter chomping away. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20937.html [2] "Code Red is in the house" Microsoft may not be the only enterprise suffering internally thanks to Code Red. While many companies have successfully guarded their front-line Web servers, Code Red often mounts rear-guard attacks. Security firm TruSecure believes a number of large companies could be suffering severe internal network outages. SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010810S0019 [3] "FBI arrests four in Microsoft piracy case" FBI agents capped a 14-month investigation Thursday by arresting four men and seizing $10.5 million worth of counterfeit Microsoft software that included disks with replicas of the company's new hologram technology intended to prevent piracy. SOURCE: The Associated Press http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6849250.html?tag=mn_hd [4] "DOJ: MS case should proceed pending high court decision" The Justice Department urged an appeals court today to ignore Microsoft Corp.'s request to postpone its antitrust case while the Supreme Court considers a motion to overturn findings that the software giant abused its monopoly. SOURCE: Newsbytes http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168929.html If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. =================================================================== SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company ==================================================================== Do you have 128-bit SSL encryption server security? 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Screen shots make Posey's instructions easy to follow. We suggest printing this one out if you're going to try it. SOURCE: 8wire http://www.8wire.com/article_render/?aid=1748 "IP Security filtering" Learn how to protect workstations exposed to the Internet by using one of the lesser-known features of Windows 2000, IPsec filtering. Columnist Randy Franklin Smith walks you through a how-to on building a Win2k IPsec policy and demonstrates a strategy for blocking incoming access to frequently attacked computer file shares. SOURCE: Windows IT Security http://www.ntsecurity.net/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21546 ------------------------------------------------------------------- **STORAGE DECISIONS 2001** Would you be interested in information on how to set the best storage strategy? If so, check out Storage Decisions 2001 (SD2001). This event is sponsored by TechTarget and is unlike any other storage conference. The event is FREE to searchWin2000.com members who qualify. 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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 "Summer camp set up for sacked dot-com workers" A lot of people view working for a dot-com as an extended adolescence. Free soda. Pinball machines. So what do dot-comers do when they are laid off? Go to summer camp! Recessioncamp.com is just such a thing, except instead of bug juice and tents, campers hike and golf. The prices charged for activities are based only on the cost of events, so even jobless Internet workers on scant severance pay and unemployment can afford them. 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