==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000 DAILY NEWS September 28, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html
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SOURCE: searchWin2000 http://www.searchwin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci773125,00.html Check out our collection of resources on Exchange security at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci758922,00.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft patches Outlook Web Access again [2] New Windows boost for instant messaging [3] .Net may lead to fewer viruses [4] Judge orders Microsoft-government settlement talks [5] Ballmer and Gates get salary hikes [1] "Microsoft patches Outlook Web Access again" If you're an Exchange 2000 administrator, you may have heard this already: Another vulnerability has turned up in Exchange's Outlook Web Access (OWA) component. A DoS attack could be the end result, but Microsoft says the threat is minimal. Still, if you have OWA with Exchange 2000, start patching. This is the third OWA-related vulnerability and fifth overall OWA patch this year. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4976 [2] "New Windows boost for instant messaging" Beta 3 of Windows.Net server should have APIs for writing cutting-edge instant-messaging apps. Developers and IT departments could use the interfaces to build apps that let workers send IMs that are encrypted, securely hosted, and are more flexible when it comes to transferring files. The beta is due in November. SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010927S0018 [3] ".Net may lead to fewer viruses" A security expert says the security models that will come with .Net could trim the number of new incidents of malicious code. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/21929.html [4] "Judge orders Microsoft-government settlement talks" Start talkin' and don't stop! That's the order from U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly -- she has told Microsoft and the government to get serious about settlement talks. The judge wants the talks to be going on a 24/7 schedule until a deadline on November 2nd. SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010928S0003 [5] "Ballmer and Gates get salary hikes" For those of you keeping score at home, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received $665,520 total cash compensation for this fiscal year. His boss Bill Gates received $666,754. The company has managed to stay relatively healthy in these economic straits. 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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 "Gates remains America's richest person" Bill Gates lost $9 billion last year -- but nobody's weeping for him. The Microsoft co-founder remains the richest man in America, according to Forbes Magazine, with a net worth of $54 billion. Boy, that Microsoft is some money machine. Fellow co-founder Paul Allen is third in the rich-guy rankings, and current CEO Steve Ballmer is tenth. SOURCE: Associated Press http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/20AssociatedPress01/09/28/forbes400.html ============================================================ Sponsored by - SURFCONTROL ============================================================ "I was one of the 750,000 SirCam victims. One employee let the virus in by accessing his personal email account over the web. 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