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ServerWatch Newsletter for January 10, 2003 January 10, 2003 *********************************** ServerWatch Newsletter http://www.serverwatch.com/ Friday, January 10, 2003 ********************************** ---------------------- Server News ---------------------- 1. Apple 'Switch' Campaign Shifts to UNIX Crowd January 9, 2003 Apple Computer this week added UNIX users to the Microsoft Windows users it's been targeting in its drive to 'switch' non-Mac users to its OS X platform. http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1566901 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Microsoft Ups Security for ISA, Exchange Servers With Release of Feature Pack January 8, 2003 Microsoft Tuesday released the Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Feature Pack 1, an add- on module for ISA Server designed to defend against evolving threats for ISA and Exchange server users. http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1566271 ------------------------------------------------------------ 3. SGI Uncloaks Linux Super Servers January 7, 2003 The systems maker claimed Tuesday that its new Altix 3000 line of Linux-based servers and software shatters performance and scalability records. http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1565331 ------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Macromedia Updates ColdFusion for J2EE, Adds OS Support January 7, 2003 In a sweeping move, Macromedia Tuesday announced additions to its ColdFusion MX for J2EE Application Servers product family and added Mac OS X and AIX support. http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1565241 ------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Solaris 'wall' Vulnerability Can Spoof Message Senders January 6, 2003 Solaris' 'wall' program, a long-time UNIX favorite, can be made to send messages that appear to originate from any user, including a system administrator. http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1564941 --------------------------------- Server Updates --------------------------------- * Updated CommuniGate Pro, a 5 = star mail server, to version 4.0.5. - Jan 10, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16029 * Updated InterNetNews, a 5 = star news server, to version 2.3.4. - Jan 08, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16129 * Updated CommuniGate Pro, a 5 = star mail server, to version 4.0.4. - Jan 08, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16029 * Updated DNEWS News Server, a 5 = star news server, to version 5.6e3. - Jan 07, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16075 * Updated VShell, a 4 = star telnet server, to version 2.1.2. - Jan 06, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16165 * Updated MailSite, a 5 = star mail server, to version 5.2.5. - Jan 06, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16043 --------------------------------- Feature Articles --------------------------------- 1. Prevention Is the Best Medicine: Creating an Anti-spam Strategy January 9, 2003 There's no denying spam is a pervasive and tricky problem that continues to proliferate. From an enterprise perspective, the strongest cure for spam is prevention. This tutorial outlines a variety of spam prevention tactics -- from specific products to general techniques -- that can be taken on the mail server, desktop, ISP, or network edge level. http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1567361 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Learn AD in 15 Minutes a Week: Microsoft DNS - Part 2 January 6, 2003 Part 18 of Jason Zandri's 'Learn Active Directory Design and Administration in 15 Minutes a Week' series takes a second look at Microsoft DNS and reverse lookups and caching, as well as some of the local records that the DNS server holds. http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1564421 --------------------------------- Serverwatch Forums --------------------------------- Each week we select a comment or question from the ServerTalk archive or ServerWatch discussion forum that we believe will be of interest to readers. To read the complete post or see what others have to say, click on the link that follows. You might even be inspired to add a comment of your own! Windows 2000 Performance Alerts -- 'I'm currently trying to get [Windows 2000] Alerts sent to myself, when the threshold of a counter is exceeded. Under the Alerts tab in the Performance monitor I would like to use the 'run this program' option, but I would like to run a batch file ...' http://forums.serverwatch.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16273