=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Security Administration Tip September 9, 2003
Essential tools and advice for the security-focused administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - What Happens to Your Data When Your Server Fails? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18019,00.htm?marathon - Free Aberdeen White paper: Sales and Channel Management through SalesLogix CRM: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18018,00.htm?saleslogix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. SECURITY TIPS - Blocking worms - Batch file that makes hotfixes easy - Ask Roberta Bragg: Loopback available through registry changes? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Best Web Links: Desktop security - Exclusive Article: `Script kiddies' need to get a life - Chapter Download: "PKI-Enabled Services" - Tip Contest: Steal home in September! 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This failure was the last straw for many companies, and many organizations have come to the conclusion that fighting worms from the desktop isn't going to work. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci924328,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BATCH FILE THAT MAKES HOTFIXES EASY | by Aneil Singh Do you have production servers and don't want to use Automatic Update for your Microsoft hotfixes, or can't due to firewall rules and security? This tip will help you ensure all your servers are running your latest release of hotfixes within 30 minutes per server, with only one reboot! >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci924478,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LOOPBACK AVAILABLE THROUGH REGISTRY CHANGES? | Ask Roberta Bragg Dear Roberta: I have a network of workgroups only and would like to utilize a "loopback" type of solution. Is the loopback option available to set as policy on the local machines through a series of registry changes, or is there an area on the local machine I'm missing? >> CLICK here for Bragg's expert answer... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid546353_tax285120,00.html Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips From Our Experts" biweekly newsletter. 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The Aberdeen Group discusses Avnet's objectives, and describes the ROI and benefits they achieved with SalesLogix from Best Software. >> Click here: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18018,00.htm?saleslogix ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DESKTOP SECURITY | Best Web Links Keeping your desktops safe is a full-time job in itself these days. Check out this collection of handpicked links to discover ways you can optimize your desktop security and keep your systems out of harm's way. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/infoCenter/bestWebLinks/0,294268,sid1_tax294661_idx0_off20,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= `SCRIPT KIDDIES' NEED TO GET A LIFE | Exclusive Article Last week, two young men were arrested on charges of spreading variants of the Lovsan (Blaster) worm. Accused "script kiddie" Jeffrey Lee Parson of Minnesota may have created an unsophisticated version of the harmful worm, but the FBI is surely going to make an example of the 18-year-old. Right now he's probably curled up in a ball wishing he had just played with his Xbox instead. And in Romania, a 24-year-old university student faces up to 15 years in prison after being accused of creating an equally ineffective worm that left an easy-to-follow trail right back to him. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci922634,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PKI-ENABLED SERVICES | Chapter Download PKI (public-key infrastructure) enables the secure exchange of data over otherwise unsecured media, including the Internet. This chapter looks at the security services that can, in some way, be enabled by a PKI. These are not services inherent in, or fundamental to any PKI, but are services that can build on the core services. >> CLICK for this week's chapter download... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid1_gci922353,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STEAL HOME IN SEPTEMBER! -- WIN A 256 MB MP3 PLAYER | Tip Contest If you want be a tip contest winner, you have to swing for the fences. 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