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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Best Web Links: Systems Management Server - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day #163: How much do you know about IT? - Quick Hit of the Day: Instant messaging insecurity - Online Event: Staying secure during an NT to 2000 migration - Tip Contest: Submit a technical tip and win a DVD/MP3 player! - The Missing Link: Researchers give robotic upgrade to lowly rats _____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SPONSORED BY: Bladelogic ********************** FREE 30-DAY TRIAL Manage all your servers across multiple platforms from one console. BladeLogic software works out-of-the box to securely manage thousands of servers running hundreds of software configurations across dozens of operating systems. All from a single console! Discover how you can reduce downtime, deploy updates, keep track of inventories and manage even the most complex data centers. Click here for a free trial: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,3149,00.htm?BladeLogic _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY GO CONFIGURE! TOOL UNCOMPLICATES WEB CONFIG | News: SearchWin2000 A new tool from Hunter Stone helps uncomplicate the confoundingly confusing and complex Web configuration files within Microsoft's ASP.NET. It's a tool that could ease the pains of both developers and admins. http://www.searchwin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci821264,00.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Best Web Links on ASP.NET: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax287274,00.html Best Web Links on XML: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285425,00.html _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HACKER FINDS FAULT IN .NET SECURITY | News: CNET .NET has gotten high marks from hacker and Digital Defense security analyst H.D. Moore. He said this week that ASP.NET has the potential to wipe out some of the flaws that dog Microsoft today. But Moore also said the server software is still flawed, largely because developers aren't being taught properly. Moore specified that five ASP.NET books don't mention at least one of several common .NET security problems. And what they don't know could hurt them. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci821382,00.html MICROSOFT REACHES OUT TO JAVA DEVELOPERS | News: InfoWorld The drawbridge from Castle Redmond has come down to span the moat between it and Java developers. That's a silly and rather medieval way to say Microsoft has put out a JDBC driver that lets Java developers work with SQL Server 2000. It's a freebie for licensed SQL Server users and runs on Win2k with Service Pack 2 or higher, XP, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and Linux. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci821402,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES More headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Linux networks much cheaper than Windows -- report - Microsoft makes patching easy at management summit - Microsoft will rule management market by 2005, Gartner predicts _____________________________________________________________________ ************** SPONSORED BY: Doubleday Bookspan ********************* Fast-track your career and command higher pay! Earn the credentials that identify you as a top IT Professional. Get the MCSE WINDOWS 2000 EXAM CRAM LIBRARY and cram your way through all objectives. 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Learn how to harness this monster tool with the resources and advice in this collection of Best Web Links. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid33_tax287657,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? | Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day #163 This is a computer system on the Internet that is expressly set up to attract and "trap" people who attempt to penetrate other people's computer systems: a. honey pot b. Carnivore c. white hat d. spider's web >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci821084,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= INSTANT MESSAGING INSECURITY | Quick Hit of the Day Using consumer-based instant messengers in the workplace may be cause for some serious security troubles, according to IM expert Jeremy Dies. Yet, many businesses today are relying on them to handle commercial/enterprise jobs. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci820928,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STAYING SECURING DURING AN NT TO 2000 MIGRATION | Online Event Who: Paul Hinsberg, author, consultant and technical trainer When: May 30, 2002 at 01:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT) Active Directory may be vying for all your attention during your NT to Win2k migration, but don't let security fall off the radar. As you transition your servers from NT4 to Win2k, make sure you're not leaving any security holes in your system infrastructure. >>CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBMIT A TECHNICAL TIP AND WIN A DVD/MP3 PLAYER! | Tip Contest This month, we're giving away a Samsung DVD/MP3 player to the SearchWin2000 member who submits the best Windows-related technical tip. So submit your tip today for a chance to win this awesome prize! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz820640_cts820638,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= RESEARCHERS GIVE ROBOTIC UPGRADE TO LOWLY RATS | The Missing Link Remember when "The Rescuers" was just an animated movie? Rescuer rats are no longer furry, scaly-tailed figments of Disney's imagination. Scientists have wired up rats' brains and turned them into "rodentbots," so to speak. Using tiny video cameras to "see" and a laptop to send radio signals, scientists can "steer" the rats with stimuli. Hitting the J key makes them scurry left, L makes them dart right and K sends the reward -- a shot of euphoria to the brain's pleasure center. No, this will not be the next hot pet/toy in Japan. Scientists hope to put the high-tech vermin to work inspecting disaster areas. Source: The New York Times http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=76&ncid=738&e=9&u=/nyt/20020502/tc_nyt/using_robotics__researchers_give_upgrade_to_lowly_rats ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** 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 ideas for online event and discussion day topics. _____________________________________________________________________ DAVID PYE, 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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