==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS August 14, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,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. Try SuperScout Web Filter FREE for 30 days and see what's really going on: http://www.surfcontrol.com/promo/ZTTAT0814. ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Microsoft MCSE training faulted" Could the MCSE program be partly to blame for Code Red's rampage? At least one group of IT pros thinks so. The SANS Institute says the program doesn't provide enough security training. The institute is offering MCSEs a free class to "patch" the void in their education. SOURCE: Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63028,00.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Check out the oodles of news, tips and advice on the MCSE program at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci752951,00.html. A bevy of Code Red news is at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci751616,00.html. **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] Microsoft stamps more privacy protection in Passport [2] Web services competition heats up [3] Sun stirs up call for Java in Windows XP [4] MIT spin-off plans Java, C++ competitor [1] "Microsoft stamps more privacy protection in Passport" Microsoft says it will tweak its Passport authentication service. Critics have lambasted Redmond for wanting "too much information" for Passport, but now Microsoft says it will only take an e-mail address and password to open a new Passport account. Redmond will also give partners more say in what kind of info they ask from users. Some critics say this isn't enough. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO63033,00.html [2] "Web services competition heats up" Two more seats on the Web services bandwagon are now full. Sybase is sitting in one of them. The company has debuted its freshest application server -- EAServer 4.0. This version has more J2EE and XML muscle. SilverStream Software is sitting in the other seat. Last week it unveiled its first application server with core support for SOAP, XML, UDDI and WSDL. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://www.idg.net/ic_666519_1773_1-3921.html [3] "Sun stirs up call for Java in Windows XP" Sun is really burning over the Java/Windows XP issue. Sun has taken out ads in major newspapers, asking consumers to rise up and demand that Microsoft include the Java platform in XP. Sun also wants consumers to push PC vendors like Dell and HP to include the Java platform in their applications. Sun is ALSO working on a new version of its software tailor made for Windows XP that it hopes to place on new PCs and make available for download. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5095540,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01 These Best Web Links have even more information on Windows XP: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285800,00.html. For Java resources, visit these Best Web Links: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax525,00.html. [4] "End recurring issues via policies" Automated policies can help administrators move beyond solving the same server problems over and over. 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SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/thisweek/story/IWK20010726S0017?section=opinion "XP license activation -- not as detrimental as you might think" German company, Fully Licensed GmbH, recently released a set of documents claiming that it reverse engineered the exact product registration process for Windows XP. After reading the results in these documents, author Mark Edwards feels that his initially negative view of Microsoft's new product activation rules was unjustified. SOURCE: Windows IT Security http://www.ntsecurity.net/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21823 ------------------------------------------------------------------- **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 "Elizabeth the Queen Mother is dead" News of the Queen Mother's death has been greatly exaggerated. It seems the Yorkshire Evening Post in the north of England ran a story on its Web site announcing "the mother of a queen and the last Empress of India" had died. This news was particularly surprising to the Royal Family and to the queen's doctor who was treating the 101-year old mother of the queen for anemia. Long live the Queen('s) mum! 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