Security


Certified Mail: July 2003

Spamming the Globe

Anthony's Tale

Anthony wanted to run Windows DNS on his company’s BIND network. It worked—until the intern came along.

Lifecycle of an E-mail Worm

Dealing with e-mail worms and viruses is becoming a bigger part of every administrator’s job. Learn from one of the industry’s foremost experts how worms enter your network in the first place and compromise your systems.

Get the Message

Straight talk on meshing your enterprise e-mail systems.

A 12-Step Plan for File Server Security

Securely bringing a Windows file server on the network may not sound difficult. But when it's running Windows Server 2003, there's a lot you need to know to do it right.

Windows Update

Here are the latest service packs from Microsoft as of June 28, 2003:

At the Fork In the Exchange Migration Path

The road behind has no signposts for what's to come.

IT Compensation Leveling Off?

Several recently released surveys indicate that salaries may have bottomed out or be headed slightly upward for all IT job roles, including developers.

Security+ Added as MCSA/MCSE Exam Options

Microsoft confirms that CompTIA's Security+ exam has been added to the MCSA and MCSE on Windows 2000 requirements list as an exam option.

An Eye on Security

Retina puts several security tools into one package.

Going Tapeless

LiveVault makes secure backup and restore a snap.

Safe Waters

How do you dive into the sea of networks in an efficient and secure way? We look at four firewall products—both hardware and software—that will help keep the sharks at bay.

Home as Office

You can conceivably set up most of your company for telecommuting with Windows Server 2003’s much-improved RRAS and VPN features. Here’s how.

Registry Rights

Changing the registry is a scary concept, but WMI makes it simple.

The Process That Wouldn't Die

This IT pro should have known better than to reboot the Primary Domain Controller on Friday the 13th. Read on about his special nightmare.

Locking up the Office

Office XP is a big product, one that requires close scrutiny to properly lock down.

Securing Wireless

Bill wraps up his three-part series on building a wireless infrastructure by discussing security protocols.

Exchange Stronghold

Thwart nasty viruses with Sybari’s Antigen.

IT Critical in Helping Iraqi War Effort

Federal Computer Week reporter reports on IT systems deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Client-Side Interop

Rare is the company without non-Windows desktop clients. Yet getting Unix and Apple to connect to and access resources on a Windows-based network can be migraine-inducing. Here's your antidote.

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