=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Security Tip September 3, 2002
Essential tools and advice for the security-focused administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Who Has Access to Your Network? What Can They See? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,5330,00.htm?roipasswords - Network Management/VoIP/Wireless Strategies Revealed http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4678,00.htm?networkingdecisions =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. SECURITY TIPS - Installing X.509 encryption certificates - Hoaxes: Nearly as deadly as a virus - The evolution of security policies 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Quick Hit: Oops! True IT blooper #58 -- Good-bye! Crash! - Security Forum Thread: Difficulty with encryption - Live Webcast: Protecting sensitive data with .NET Server - Tip Contest: New month, new prize! Win a DVD/MP3 Player! ____________________________________________________________________ ******************* SPONSORED BY: Configuresoft ******************** WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR NETWORK? WHAT CAN THEY SEE? Where do they have access? ECM will tell you. Moreover, with ECM you can change Local Account and Service Account passwords for every server and workstation in your enterprise with a single, central action -- drastically reducing your risk of a security breech. Alerts are good. Prevention is better. >> Click below for details!: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,5330,00.htm?roipasswords ____________________________________________________________________ INSTALLING X.509 ENCRYPTION CERTIFICATES | by Kurt Seifried X.509 encryption certificates form the backbone of SSL, an encryption protocol used for everything from Web browsing to sending and receiving e-mail securely. Most products with SSL support in the Windows world rely on the system to store and manage X.509 encryption certificates. So to use SSL enabled services you will need signed certificates. You can avoid the cost of using a certificate signing entity by creating individual self-signed certificates and permanently installing them into Windows. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci833806,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOAXES: NEARLY AS DEADLY AS A VIRUS | by James Michael Stewart There are very few people who can say that they have never been the victim of a virus infection. That's just the nature of the online world these days. A virus infection can take down your network, destroy data, reveal confidential information and much more. But do you know what else is nearly as damaging as an actual virus infection? Virus hoaxes. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci845639,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE EVOLUTION OF SECURITY POLICIES | by Benjamin Vigil At the first annual Security Decisions conference held last month in Chicago, discussions of PKI, AV, intrusion detection and other emerging technologies were common. But the subject of conversation that seemed to pique the interest of the attendees the most was policy. After all, policy is the most abstract and subjective area of computer security. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci841536,00.html _____________________________________________________________________ ******** Network Management/VoIP/Wireless strategies revealed ******* SearchNetworking.com hosts the Networking Decisions conference in Chicago, October 16-18. Sessions focus not only on essential network management strategies, but feature critical insight on VoIP and wireless. You find out how to best prepare for these technologies now so you won't get left behind, the benefits to gain/pitfalls to avoid, plus the real ROI for your organization. >> Get the full story right here: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4678,00.htm?networkingdecisions ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #58: GOOD-BYE! CRASH! | Quick Hit In this terrifying tale of international incompetence, an e-mail sent to an entire organization shuts down servers across continents. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci847180,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DIFFICULTY WITH ENCRYPTION | Security Forum Thread Can you help a fellow user resolve a problem? "Tehran" writes: I want to encrypt one of my sensitive files. After applying the encrypt attribute, I receive an error along with an "access is denied" message. By using event viewer I find an error record with this message: "Cannot Create\Open EFSCACHE directory." What is going on here? >> CLICK here to lend a hand! http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84c8a/122!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROTECTING SENSITIVE DATA WITH .NET SERVER | Live Webcast Who: Robert Bragg, author When: Sept. 19 at 2:00 p.m. EDT (18:00 GMT) Security expert Roberta Bragg explains new security features in Windows.NET Server that will prevent the loss of data encrypted by Windows 2000 Encrypting File System (EFS). >> CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/webcasts/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEW MONTH, NEW PRIZE! WIN A DVD/MP3 PLAYER!! | Tip Contest The September tip contest is now live! You can win a Samsung DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 player. How? Send us your Windows-related security tips. 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