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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - searchWin2000 Poll: How have you changed since 9-11? - Best Web Links: VPNs - Know IT All Question #42: Database Basics - Discussion Forum: I need to get up to speed on DNS troubleshooting quickly - The Missing Link: Sesame Street's Bert joins bin Laden on placards ____________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** LEAD STORY Microsoft blames laidback sys admins for IIS breaches | IT-Director A Microsoft security expert says IIS isn't all that Swiss cheesy. Instead he claims that the reason the software APPEARS to be so vulnerable is because systems admins are not vigilant enough about patches. http://www.itdirector.com/frame.php?name=Silicon.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.silicon.com%2Fpublic%2Fdoor%3FREQUNIQ%3D1002871676%266004REQEVENT%3D%26REQINT1%3D48169%26REQSTR1%3Dnewsnow MORE INFORMATION: Read all the news IIS has been making lately at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci770751,00.html. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news IS IT WORTH IT TO MIGRATE TO ISS? | SearchWebManagement Some have urged Microsoft IIS customers to switch to less vulnerable Web servers. Others are saying users just need to step up their security efforts. Meanwhile, IIS customers are left in the middle. http://searchwebmanagement.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid27_gci775261,00.html MICROSOFT PROGRAM STEPS UP SECURITY | SearchWindowsManageability Microsoft's new Strategic Technology Protection Program promises to secure all Microsoft customers' networks. In this story, a Microsoft expert explains how STPP works. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci774833,00.html :::::::::::::: ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS STORIES ::::::::::::: All headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - SUN SWEETENS THE PORT FROM WINDOWS NT TO SOLARIS - DELL INTRODUCES W2K-BASED HA PACKAGES - MICROSOFT, DOJ FACE SETTLEMENT DEADLINE - MICROSOFT EYES AUCTIONS OF OLD WINDDOWS ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS :::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 POLL | How have you changed since 9-11? It's been one month since the terrorist attacks. Please take a moment let us know whether your company's policies have changed in the last month. We'd really like to know whether the attacks have made a difference in your work environment. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/poll/1,289525,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST WEB LINKS | VPNs This collection of articles, product reviews and technical advice has been handpicked to help you in the selection, configuration, security, troubleshooting and maintenance of your company's VPN. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax59b,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW IT ALL QUESTION #42 This is a collection of data items organized as a set of formally-described tables, from which data can be accessed or reassembled in many different ways without having to reorganize the database tables. a. relational database b. array c. file allocation table d. splay tree e. Venn diagram See correct answer: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci775380,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DISCUSSION FORUM | I've got a problem with DNS CharityStorm writes "I'm thinking of taking a course on DNS troubleshooting. I'm looking at a two-day workshop with VeriSign or a course with Men&Mice as well as a few others that my boss threw at me. Do you have any recommendations?" Do you have a recommendation for CharityStorm? See the reply to this and many other questions about DNS at our discussion forum: http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/173!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Sesame Street's Bert joins bin Laden on placards Is Bert out of his conical, yellow head? Ernie's roomie from "Sesame Street" has popped up at pro-Osama bin Laden rallies in Asia. Images of the Muppet alongside the malevolent mastermind have begun appearing on the placards of protesters in Bangladesh. A merchant in Dhaka said he got stacks of the Bert/Osama print from someone who claimed to have gotten it off the Internet. Bert's "legal guardian," Sesame Workshop, is livid. The New York-based non-profit said it is looking at all legal avenues to stop the sullying of Sesame Street and the bastardization of Bert. >> CLICK: http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/008115.htm >>>>>>>>>>>>>> VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! 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Get it now! http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n094456080057000 ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: 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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