=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News February 18, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ **************** SPONSORED BY: Argent Software **********************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: The patch-go-round - Best Web Links: SQL Server - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day: #113 - Tip of the Month Contest: Submit a tip and win a prize! - The Missing Link: Networked dream home is a fridge too far _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY MICROSOFT RELEASES PATCH FOR SNMP FLAW | News: IDG News Microsoft has issued a patch (for what it's worth!) for the SNMP flaw "outed" last week. The problem, which can result in a DoS attack, has to do with the way some companies implement a standard protocol for system admins to manage devices in a network. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci802919,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Get the patch at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-006.asp. Check out our new Featured Topic on Microsoft's patches at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci802537,00.html. _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MS RESPONDS TO VISUAL C++ VULNERABILITY CHARGES | News: Wininformant Redmond is seeing red over last week's report that the Visual C++ .NET portion of Visual Studio.NET features a buffer overrun vulnerability. Microsoft says that the product is solid, the accusations way off base, and that the accuser, Cigital Inc., is just trying to get publicity for itself. There may be a whiff of sour grapes with this story too -- Cigital was recently left out of a Microsoft .NET security code review. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci802925,00.html GARTNER BLASTS MICROSOFT ON SECURITY | News: ENT Magazine Gartner analyst John Pescatore has ripped Redmond over its recalled IE patch. He says the company isn't keeping its promises to be more focused on security and shouldn't hype that focus until it can point to some "concrete results." MS admits the IE patch makes the browser crash when it goes to Web pages that contain a certain VBScript directive. MS says this is a stability issue, not a security issue. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci802912,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Microsoft cautions against quick move to .NET - Top 10 Exchange management headaches - Judge requires Microsoft to hand over Windows source code! _____________________________________________________________________ ***************** SPONSORED BY: Windows Decisions ******************* Don't miss our Windows Decisions conference May 8-10 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. 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We've got news about the latest patches right here. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci802537,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SQL SERVER | Best Web Links Brand new SQL Server database advice is waiting for you in this extensive Best Web Links category. Learn the dos and don'ts of SQL Server database management, find out your different options for SQL Server backup and restore and much, much more. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax53c,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY | #113 This was commonly used in cryptography during World War II. a) tunneling b) personalization c) van Eck phreaking d) one-time pad >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci802818,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBMIT YOUR WINDOWS-RELATED TIP TO WIN! | Tip of the Month Contest Do you have a trick that saves you time or makes your job as a Windows administrator easier? Share it with your peers for a chance to win this month's tip contest. Submit the best Windows-related tip and you'll win a RioVolt SP100 portable CD/MP3 player! Check out the February prize and submit your tip today! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz764589_cts764586,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETWORKED DREAM HOME IS STILL A FRIDGE TOO FAR | The Missing Link You know that smart "dream home" where you can use your cell phone to tell your PC to tell your coffee maker to start brewing? You've probably heard for the past year or more that this dream was going to be reality -- and soon. Well, keep dreaming, and plan on waking up in 2007. An analyst with Gartner Dataquest says the integrated home is at least five years down the pike. Evidently, making all these devices speak the same language is kind of a nightmare. Source: Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&u=/nm/20020218/tc_nm/technology_networking_dc_1 ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ********************** MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. _____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your Ask the Expert questions or post them in our Discussion Forums for a quicker response. _____________________________________________________________________ SARA CUSHMAN, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips, white papers and favorite Web sites. _____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. _____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[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 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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