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Essential tools and advice for the security-focused administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: - What happens to your data when your server fails? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,19444,00.htm?track=NL-122&marathon -BlackBerry webcast -- Evaluating the wireless market: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,19446,00.htm?track=NL-122&blackberry =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. SECURITY TIPS - Batch file that makes hotfixes easy -- and only one reboot! - More RPC attacks loom imminent for Windows platforms - Ask Roberta Bragg: When is it time to call the cops? 2. WHAT'S NEW! - Featured Topic: Top 10 sites for Windows Admins - Column: Who's afraid of Microsoft? - Best Web Links: Firewalls - Tip Contest: Congratulations to our September tip winners! ____________________________________________________________________ ****** SPONSORED BY: Marathon Assured Availability Solutions ****** What happens to your data when your server fails? With Marathon Endurance, that's a question you never need to ask. Marathon delivers continuous uptime and full data protection for any Intel server brand and any Windows application. End-users get seamless service through component failures, lost network connections and physical disasters. Get a free copy of Disaster Primer for more information: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,19444,00.htm?track=NL-122&marathon ____________________________________________________________________ BATCH FILE THAT MAKES HOTFIXES EASY | by Aneil Singh Are you uncomfortable using Automatic Update for your Microsoft production server hotfixes? Or are you unable to use it due to firewall rules and security? Then testing your updates in QA before deploying to production servers is always a wise idea. With this process you can insure all your servers are running your last release of hotfixes within 30 minutes per server with only one reboot. This process will save you critical downtime -- and that's always a big plus with management! >> CLICK for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci924478,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MORE RPC ATTACKS LOOM FOR WINDOWS | by Tom Lancaster Microsoft recently released security bulletin MS03-039, entitled "Buffer Overrun In RPCSS Service Could Allow Code Execution," which essentially documents more problems with RPC code. Security and virus experts have been quick to note that because existing Blaster, Nachi and Welchia code can be easily altered to exploit these new vulnerabilities, new worms or other malware could appear in days, not weeks. How can organizations head off such attacks? >> CLICK for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci928682,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHEN IS IT TIME TO CALL THE COPS? | Ask Robert Bragg Dear Roberta: I worked for the District Attorney and I am a computer consultant on the side. A friend just asked me if there was any way to look at a conversation that took place between two IMers. She works as a child care associate and believes that there may have been Internet pedophilia activity going on in a child's home that could have been recorded on IM last evening. Does the local computer hold some remnant of a file either in the temporary Internet files or cookies or something that could be found? Could she, with some law enforcement authority, take these persons' hard drives and extract such information? >> CLICK for Roberta Bragg's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid547754_tax285120,00.html?track=NL-122 Want more tips like this one? Then 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?track=NL-122&&cid=457574&em=&tid=3107&FE=1 ________________________________________________________________ ***************** SPONSORED BY: BlackBerry ******************* BlackBerry webcast -- Evaluating the wireless market Overwhelmed by the latest offerings on the wireless market? What factors should you consider when selecting a carrier for your wireless service? Join Blackberry for the October 8, 12 p.m. webcast premiere devoted to these issues and more. Learn what else you need to know about BlackBerry solutions to evaluate your wireless platform. See why thousands of companies have chosen BlackBerry. Register now: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,19446,00.htm?track=NL-122&blackberry ________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOP 10 SITES FOR WINDOWS ADMINS | Feature Topic Besides SearchWin2000.com (of course!), here are our picks for the top 10 resources every Windows IT pro needs in his or her online toolbox. http://www.searchWin2000.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci930293,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHO'S AFRAID OF MICROSOFT? | Column The fallout -- and intrigue -- generated by a research report critical of Microsoft continues. While not exactly the Pentagon Papers, a high-tech trade group's scathing indictment of a software "monoculture" dominated by Windows cost the lead author his job and created an industry buzz that has yet to die down. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid1_gci930623,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FIREWALLS | Best Web Links Fire up your security with the right firewall and the toughest firewall administration and configuration procedures. Check out our latest articles, sites and tools that will help you lock down your system. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax55b,00.html?track=NL-122 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS MONTH'S WINNERS, NEXT MONTH'S PRIZE! | Tip Contest Congratulations to our September tip winners! 1st place: Creating printer ports and shared printers in a clustered environment by David Savoie http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci924506,00.html?track=NL-122 2nd place: The domain account lockout mystery by Randy Brown http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci928799,00.html?track=NL-122 3rd place: Changing the IP address on a domain controller by Eileen Crabtree http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci924473,00.html?track=NL-122 Have you been thinking about participating in one of our monthly tip contests? Have you submitted previously, only to get a less than stellar rating? Start fresh in October and get your Windows-related tips submitted early for a crack at this month's super duper contest prize: a Creative Labs MuVo NX 128MB MP3 player and voice recorder! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid1,00.html?track=NL-122 ___________________________________________________________________ ********************* SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ********************** TIP MAILBOX, (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send feedback on tips and ideas for new tip content. ____________________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________________ WILL HURWITZ, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your favorite Web sites and white papers. ____________________________________________________________________ VANDANA SHARMA, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips and true IT bloopers. ____________________________________________________________________ DAVID GABEL, Executive Tech Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your technical tips and tip ideas. ____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ************************ Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com?track=NL-122 TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2003. 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