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March 21, 2003 >> Receive this email as text   >> About this email  ISSUE SPONSORED BY >>  FaxBack: Slash FAX telephone charges 20-80% >>  Research in Motion: Secure wireless access to what you need  Today's Highlights   >>  LEAD STORY:  Old Windows flaw could create critical new problems >>  NEWS:  Microsoft ISA firewall vulnerable to DoS attack >>  BEST WEB LINKS:  Systems Management Server >>  THE MISSING LINK:  New gadget gauges Fido's feelings  News and Top Stories   LEAD STORY Old Windows flaw could create critical new problems  (The Associated Press) Microsoft has sounded the alarm again -- this time it's for a critical Windows flaw that could hand hackers the keys to your PC when you read e-mails or visit Web sites. A MS official said that experts were talking about the flaw before Microsoft learned about it. More on this topic: >  Read the Microsoft warning. >  Interview: Managing patches manually is futile SPONSORED BY: FaxBack NETWORK FAX SERVER FREE TRIAL Get mission-critical information delivered to your audience while significantly reducing fax connection times (anywhere from 20-80%). Any business interested in drastically slashing their fax phone bill charges will immediately realize the significant cost savings. Seamless integration with popular e-mail applications as well as browser-based faxing. Personalized ROI, white paper and 30-day trialware. Download here. NEWS Microsoft ISA firewall vulnerable to DoS attack (IDG) Microsoft has warned users of its Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 firewall and Web cache product of a vulnerability in the software's Domain Name Service intrusion-detection application filter. The flaw could allow an attacker to launch a denial-of-service attack against the ISA Server and prevent it from processing DNS requests. The ISA Server allows DNS requests to be passed from the Internet to an internal DNS server, a process known as DNS publishing. NEWS Microsoft IIS patch freezes up systems (CNET) "Patch freeze" is not a cool treat available in your grocer's freezer. It's an annoying little quirk in the recently released patch for IIS 5.0. The company says a number of customers have complained that the patch froze up their systems. MS has issued an advisory on how to deal with patch freeze. DAILY HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available from our news page.   >  Charney identifies Microsoft's No. 1 security priority   >  Microsoft to help teach Hacking 101   >  Licensing 6.0 raises fees for most firms   >  Microsoft: Portal portends flood of new SMB apps   VIEW ALL NEWS AND TOP STORIES  Announcements & Links   BEST WEB LINKS Systems Management Server Systems Management Server, Microsoft's comprehensive management tool, packs a lot of functionality in one application. Find out how to harness this monster tool. SPONSORED BY: Research in Motion FREE WHITE PAPER: SECURE WIRELESS ACCESS TO WHAT YOU NEED Provide your mobile professionals with secure wireless access to e-mail, data and communications using the BlackBerry wireless solution. At the core of the BlackBerry enterprise solution is BlackBerry Enterprise Server software. Learn about the features and functionality of the latest version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server by downloading the white paper for BlackBerry Enterprise Server v3.5 for Microsoft Exchange. Get your free copy here. IT SURVIVAL KIT Remote management tools can save support time A bank CTO no longer has to drive around Colorado tending to workstations, and a help desk technician at a Canadian hospital crosses her fingers for similar results. ASK PAUL HINSBERG Best OU naming convention to use internally? Dear Paul: If I want to maintain my company's single domain model internally and split the business using organizational units (OUs), what naming convention is the best to use internally? Should I use a .msft, a .dom or something else, like my primary external domain name? >>  Click here to read Hinsberg's expert response. WEBCAST Secrets of desktop security Find out from Windows security expert Roberta Bragg how to take advantage of new and essential desktop features that will help safeguard your network from hackers, worms and viruses. EXCLUSIVE SEARCHWIN2000.COM RESEARCH Does MS make the grade? Has Redmond addressed your security concerns over the past 12 months? Is your company looking more seriously at Linux as a competitor to Windows on the server? What benefits do you see from Active Directory? Is the product upgrade cycle more or less rational than it was one year ago? Take this 10-minute survey and help us prepare Microsoft's report card for 2003. >>  Read last year's report card. THE MISSING LINK Rrrruff stuff: New gadget gauges Fido's feelings Need a translator for your terrier, Berlitz for your bullmastiff or an interpreter for your Irish wolfhound? A company in Japan says its Bowlingual gadget knows what your dog is saying. Bowlingual is a small wireless microphone that snaps onto a dog's collar. Every "ruff," "woof," "grrr" and "yip" is transmitted into a doggie database. The technology then translates the dog sounds into something humans can understand. It figures out whether the sounds express happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, assertion or desire -- and translates the emotion into English. For example, "grrr" might come out as, "Hello! This is MY rawhide. Get your own bone!" The company, Takara, plans to unleash Bowlingual this summer in the U.S., although the $120 price tag may make you tuck your tail and flee. 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