==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS August 16, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company ==================================================================== Pinpoint the right security solution for your company - FREE Guide from industry leader VeriSign gives you all the facts. Learn how to: - Add the most powerful online encryption - 128-bit - Quickly authenticate your site Get your FREE Guide now at: http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n061140330003000 ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Microsoft releases new security tools" There's more info on the Web about Microsoft's new security tools. HFNetChk is a command-line tool that points out which security patches are on a network's machines and checks those patches against the latest releases. The other tool, the Microsoft Personal Security Advisory (MPSA), is a Web site users visit to get a report of their computer's security settings along with recommendations for security patches, changing weak passwords, or improving security settings. HFNetChk info: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/security/tools/hfnetchk.asp MPSA info: www.microsoft.com/security/mpsa/start.asp SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=29048 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Visit our collection of security-related stuff at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci751616,00.html. Did Code Red nail you? Tell us what happened in our new poll at http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/poll. ** Take a look at the several threads on the Code Red topic at our security forum: http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft debuts demo 2 of XML query tool [2] Microsoft plans Web server for appliances [3] UK resident to file FTC complaint against Microsoft [4] Unmanaged assets send costs sky high [1] "Microsoft debuts demo 2 of XML query tool" Anyone up for an XML query tool? Microsoft has released a second demo of XQuery, which is Redmond's answer to the latest version of the World Wide Web Consortium's XML Query Working Draft. XQuery will work its way into Microsoft's product line, from SQL Server database tools to .Net frameworks. The demo is at http://131.107.228.20/xquerydemo/demo.aspx. SOURCE: eWEEK http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2804344,00.html [2] "Microsoft plans Web server for appliances" Look for a dedicated Web server to roll out of Redmond early next year. The Windows .Net Web server will shoot for a piece of the growing appliance server market and maybe try to steal some of Linux's thunder there. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/15/010815hnnetweb1.xml [3] "UK resident to file FTC complaint against Microsoft" A chap in the UK is taking issue with Microsoft's Hailstorm technology, saying it flouts privacy safeguards for European users. The guy plans to file an official complaint with the U.S. government. Just add Hailstorm to the list -- earlier this week a group of privacy police and consumer watchdogs updated their complaint about the Passport authentication technology. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.idg.net/ic_668416_1794_9-10000.html [4] "Unmanaged assets send costs sky high" When it comes to asset management, many businesses are penny-wise and pound-foolish. Find out how asset management technologies can make enterprises wiser. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci761016,00.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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Server clustering with Windows 2000 Advanced Server" Brien Posey's article about server clustering in Windows 2000 begins with definitions for scalability and availability -- the objectives of clustering. He moves on to discuss the two different types of server clustering available in Win2k -- hardware clustering and network load balancing, how they work and the benefits of each. SOURCE: 8wire http://www.8wire.com/article_render/?aid=1592 "Storage simplified" There are a few limitations you need to consider, but overall, StorageCentral 4.1 is a decisive step up from native storage management capabilities of Windows 2000 servers, says reviewer Maggie Biggs. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://www.itworld.com/Net/3251/IDG010529storagesimplified/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- WIN! WIN! WIN! ------------------------------------------------------------------- August's Tip of the Month Contest is still going strong. Don't miss out on your chance to win this month's prize -- set of Klipsch ProMedia THX Certified Multimedia Speakers! Submit a tip today at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz758210_cts758207,00.html. --------------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK --------------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Quick: Get Tux some shades" It seems Tux the Linux penguin is hot in Hollywood. No, the Linux mascot is not the subject of an animated series (not yet at least). But major moviemakers such as George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic special effects studio are embracing the open source operating system. Even Pixar Animation Studios, creator of the Toy Story movies, is considering Linux (though its CEO is Steve "Apple Computers" Jobs). Sounds funny? A cluster of Linux servers produced the three dimensional special effects in Titanic. Just this week, IBM got into the act and released its Linux Digital Studio package, which features workstations, servers and storage devices. 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