=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Security Administration Tip Jan. 14, 2003
Essential tools and advice for the security-focused administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Experience how real time monitoring will benefit you http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,8886,00.htm?tntsoftware - Share code and tips at the new Visual Studio .NET Info Center! http://searchVB.com/r/0,,6858,00.htm?vs.netinfocenter =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. SECURITY TIPS - Back up your Microsoft encryption keys - Fix a login screen stuck in a loop - Tighten shared PC security - Cookies 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Ask Roberta Bragg: Prevent users removing PCs from a domain - Featured Topic: Trustworthy Computing -- one year later - Quick Hit: Oops! True IT blooper #90: Fuzzy brain - Know-IT-All Quiz #17: Event 1010 -- a license server odyssey - Tip Contest: January's prize -- a WAP11 Network Access Point ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: TNT Software A proactive security manager installed ELM Enterprise Manager 3.0 on his servers to assess the benefits of real time monitoring. Within days, EEM 3.0 paged him when access to confidential files was denied, e-mailed him during a port scan attack, and restarted a failed antivirus service. Download your 30-day evaluation copy and experience how real time monitoring will benefit you. http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,8886,00.htm?tntsoftware ____________________________________________________________________ BACK UP YOUR MICROSOFT ENCRYPTION KEYS | by Tom Lancaster If you're concerned about security, and have followed some of our previous tips, you may have encrypted some or all of the folders in your Win2000 computers. Microsoft's built-in encryption does a lot to protect your data by allowing only the user who encrypted a file or folder or drive to then decrypt it. While this is a great thing, it does have one downside: It's remotely possible that some bit of file corruption could destroy your private key that allows you to decrypt files. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci873668,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FIX A LOGIN SCREEN STUCK IN A LOOP | by Srinivasa Rao Things may seem grim if your login screen is stuck in a loop. That is to say that the login prompt keeps reappearing and you cannot log in to Windows 2000. Don't start thinking about rebuilding the machine -- dust off your old Windows 9x disk. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci873964,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TIGHTEN SHARED PC SECURITY | by Jason Silva In an ideally secure network, you will have one user to a machine, each with his or her own unique password. But if you absolutely have to have a common login on one of your workstations, there are a few points you should keep in mind. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci873972,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= COOKIES | by Jeffrey Posluns There are a lot of free and inexpensive programs to eliminate or help control cookies, and the initial response when presented with an option to accept a cookie is usually not to do so. But what information are cookies actually gathering? Are cookies really dangerous? And the most important question is -- should you care? >> CLICK for the full article... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci873961,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ VS.NET CODE AND TIP EXCHANGE | VS.NET Info Center The VS.NET Info Center offers the latest articles, tutorials, expert advice and tips on VS.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C# .NET, C++ .NET and ADO.NET. Help support this new developer community -- visit today! http://searchVB.com/r/0,,6858,00.htm?vs.netinfocenter ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PREVENT USERS REMOVING PCS FROM A DOMAIN | Ask Roberta Bragg Dear Roberta: All the users in our company (4000) are administrators of their computers (their network user is a part of the local administrators group). This was done since about 50% of the people in the company are developers. However, we have a few users who take their machines out of the domain -- for many reasons, such as home networking, connecting to clients' networks, etc. Do you know how this can be stopped? >> CLICK here for Bragg's expert answer... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid504686_tax285120,00.html For more expert advice, sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our experts" biweekly newsletter. Just one click will automatically activate your free subscription: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=457574&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&tid=3107&FE=1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TRUSTWORTHY COMPUTING -- ONE YEAR LATER | Featured Topic A year has passed since Microsoft's mindset supposedly changed, and the words "trustworthy computing" became a proper noun. Has time turned the firm into a more responsible neighbor in the IT neighborhood watch? Find out in this week's featured topic. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci873574,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #90: FUZZY BRAIN | Quick Hit When installation of software looks like it's on track, it's just as likely to derail. In this blooper, a disaster recovery system seems doomed when an engineer gets his wires crossed. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci871503,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EVENT 1010: A LICENSE SERVER ODYSSEY | Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #17 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. The Terminal Services Licensing discovery process attempts to find a licensing server by using RPCs to all domain controllers in the same domain. If the Licensing discovery fails, an error is logged. To force a particular license server for Terminal Services you must: a. Adjust the two simultaneous connection limit b. Check to see if RPC calls to the server in question are failing c. Set a default licensing server d. Edit the 'DefaultLicenseServer' registry key e. Swap your HAL 9000 for a Dell >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci872560,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JANUARY'S PRIZE -- A WAP11 NETWORK ACCESS POINT! | Tip Contest We need your tips! Submit them today, and you'll have a chance to win a brand new Linksys WAP11 Wireless Network Access Point and Bridge! The WAP11 Instant Wireless Access Point delivers the freedom to configure Ethernet networks your way. Use of advanced wireless technology gives you the ability to set up workstations in ways you never thought possible; no cables to install means less expense and less hassle. 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