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>>>>>>>> Sponsored by VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company <<<<<<<<< Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide, "Securing Your Web site for Business," and you'll learn everything you need to know about using 128-bit SSL to encrypt your e-commerce transactions, secure your corporate intranets and authenticate your Web sites. 128-bit SSL is serious security for your online business. Get it now! http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n094456080057000 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. NEWS AND TOP STORIES - Zeus challenges Microsoft's IIS software - Security patch leads to W2k instability - Windows XP: Is it safe? - Anti-XP forces to renew attacks - Win XP: Software built to last - Microsoft to spell out .Net pricing - Quest simplifies group policy 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Poll: What's your take on IIS? - Ask the Expert: Scott Schnoll - Know IT All Question: #49 - Books and Training: Every IT Term You Need At Your Fingertips! - The Missing Link: Beauty site gets ready for its close-up ____________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** LEAD STORY ZEUS CHALLENGES MICROSOFT'S IIS SOFTWARE | Reuters The Zeus is now loose. Britain's Zeus Technology has released Web Server 4.0, a product the company claims can lock the door tighter on IIS or replace it. EBay is a believer in Zeus, having moved its auction search site from IIS to Zeus, but its main Web page is still powered by IIS. Gartner predicts most U.S. companies will shy away from the ungodly cost to switch from IIS to Zeus, but European companies may be more likely to make the move. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7615702.html?tag=lthd Is IIS security an oxymoron? Click over to http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci770751,00.html and decide for yourself. Should you ditch IIS? http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci776062,00.html?Exclusive=True -- Click, read, decide. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news SECURITY PATCH LEADS TO W2K INSTABILITY | ENT Magazine Redmond looks a little red-faced thanks to the sorry security patch it posted last week. Microsoft sent out a security bulletin apologizing profusely for the faulty fix that could have lead to Windows 2000 system instabilities. The original patch was for a vulnerability that left Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 systems open to DoS attacks. WINDOWS XP: IS IT SAFE? | ComputerWorld Could XP stand for "extra protection"? Even though flaws have been forecast for the new OS, beta testers haven't been able to dig up any dreadful security issues within XP. In fact, MS is getting kudos for XP's embedded security features that should protect inexperienced users from themselves and each other. The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news :::::::::::::: ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS STORIES ::::::::::::: All headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - ANTI-XP FORCES TO RENEW ATTACKS | vnunet - WIN XP: SOFTWARE BUILT TO LAST | ZDNet - MICROSOFT TO SPELL OUT .NET PRICING | vnunet - QUEST SIMPLIFIES GROUP POLICY | searchWindowsManageability ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS :::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 POLL | What's your take on IIS? What's been your IIS experience? Good? Bad? Ugly? Other? Go to http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/poll and tell us. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASK THE EXPERT | Scott Schnoll Dear Ask the Expert, What is a better method: Upgrading Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000, or loading Exchange 2000 clean and migrating our mailboxes from 5.5? See Expert Scott Schnoll's response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid419014_tax285117,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW IT ALL QUESTION | #49 This term, used to describe a database that occupies magnetic storage in the terabyte range, describes a database that contains billions of table rows. a. Very Large Database b. holographic storage c. Cold Fusion d. giant e. Electronic Data Interchange >>CLICK to see if you are correct: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci777172,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BOOKS AND TRAINING | Every IT Term You Need At Your Fingertips! The Whatis.com Encyclopedia of Technology Terms is now available -- more than 3,500 IT terms fully explained. It's a great desktop reference that ensures you'll never be stumped. Free 2-day shipping for all U.S. residents! Find out more at http://whatis.com/WhatisBook. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Beauty site gets ready for its close-up As far as joint ventures go, this one's a beauty. Estee Lauder, popular purveyor of products purposed for pulchritude, has polished a partnership with French beauty bastions Chanel and Clarins to give the Internet a little gloss. Gloss.com will offer some 5,000 products from the French firms and the Lauder family (which includes Clinique and Bobbi Brown). The project has been tangled in troubles for the last few months, and industry watchers think the site will only make up (get it?) about 5% of the companies' revenues. Health and beauty sites had very ugly experiences last year during the dot-com debacle. >> CLICK: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-7618467.html?tag=mn_hd ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. ____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips, White Papers, and favorite Web sites. ____________________________________________________________________ MARGARET ROUSE, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your Ask the Expert questions or post them in our Discussion Forums for a quicker response. ____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. ____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ::::::::::::::::::::: Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2001, All Rights Reserved. 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