=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News December 20, 2001 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___________________________________________________________________ ******************* Sponsored by: NetIQ ***************************
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He also says to make sure to update all tools used to monitor configuration compliance to require the latest patched version. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2833524,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: John Pescatore's interview with searchWin2000 about Microsoft security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci548965,00.html SearchWin2000 exclusive, "Nimda setting a sinister standard": http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci772655,00.html?Exclusive=True Best Web Links on security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax559,00.html Ask an expert about security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid1_tax285120,00.html Featured Topic on IIS security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci770751,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEW WORM OFFERS HOLIDAY JEERS | News: Network World The Reeezak worm spreads via e-mail and arrives with a Christmas greeting trying to trick computer users into opening the infected attachment. Computer Associates is warning users that the worm, purporting to be an animation, tries to delete portions of the Windows operating system. Only Outlook and Outlook Express users can be impacted. MICROSOFT DETAILS .NET LINEUP FOR 2002 | News: [SOURCE} What can you expect from Redmond in 2002? Look for Visual Studio.NET in mid-February, the four Windows .NET servers within the first six months of the year, the .NET My Services platform in the first half of 2002, and a .NET-based version of Microsoft's Great Plains business application suites by summer. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines below and others are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Two new applications certified for W2k Datacenter Server - Domino makes strides in TCO battle with Exchange - Migration, security, and the economy top 2002 management scene - Microsoft reassigns Windows execs ___________________________________________________________________ *********** Sponsored by: VeriSign - The Value of Trust************ FREE E-COMMERCE SECURITY GUIDE from VeriSign: Want to kick your online sales to the next level while protecting your company from online fraud -- and do it QUICKLY, AFFORDABLY and SECURELY? 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Peter Oiler had worked for the company for 21 years and apparently didn't wear a frock on the clock. Now he's slipping into some revenge. The work phone numbers of the people who helped oust Oiler are posted on ShameonWinnDixie.com, a Web site supported by the American Civil Liberties Union. Sure beats scrawling their numbers in the stall of a truck stop men's room! As you might expect, Winn-Dixie officials want the site shut down. 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