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ServerWatch Newsletter for January 14, 2003 January 14, 2003 *********************************** ServerWatch Newsletter http://www.serverwatch.com/ Tuesday, January 14, 2003 ********************************** ---------------------- Server News ---------------------- 1. Sun Unveils 'Liberty' Server Software January 13, 2003 Sun Microsystems Monday released version 6.0 of its Sun ONE Identity Server software. The upgrade is a stand-alone product based on Java and XML specifications that allows end users to sign on once and have their passwords and other personal information accessible over several sites. http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1568481 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. News Server Glitch Angers AOL Customers January 14, 2003 A propagation problem that prevented AOL customers from broadcasting messages to the wider USENET community for more than a week led many customers to question AOL's much vaunted customer service. http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1569291 ------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Rendezvous-Enabling Apache Module Beckons to Safari January 10, 2003 Apple's new browser can talk to Rendezvous-enabled Web servers, and mod_rendezvous provides the means for Apache servers to announce themselves over Rendezvous networks. http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1567771 ------------------------------------------------------------ 4. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ 5. 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 --------------------------------- Server Updates --------------------------------- * Updated Serv-U , a 4.500000 = star FTP server, to version 4.1.0.3. - Jan 14, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16493 * Updated ArGoSoft FTP Server, a 3.500000 = star FTP server, to version 1.4.0.6. - Jan 13, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16209 * Updated VOP modusMail, a 4.500000 = star mail server, to version 2.0. - Jan 13, 2003 http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/15913 * 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 --------------------------------- Related Stories --------------------------------- Server coverage isn't limited to ServerWatch! Other internet.com sites also discuss servers and server-related issues. In this section of the newsletter, we highlight relevant stories that have run on internet.com sites within the past week. ** Cisco Bolsters Content Networking Family In the interest of luring prospective companies looking to boost the speed and efficiency of their data centers, Cisco Systems Tuesday added two switching appliances to its content networking family. http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/1569121 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Symbol Releases Mobility Server and Client Bridge The latest products from Symbol Technologies target mobility in retail WLANs: one is a client authentication server; the second bridges Ethernet devices, from laptops to cash registers, to the 802.11b network. http://www.80211-planet.com/news/article.php/1569261 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Internet Security Threats Will Get Worse A new Internet risk assessment report paints a grim picture of the state of Internet security and warns of persistent threats to come from new forms of mass -mailing worms. http://www.esecurityplanet.com/trends/article/0,,10751_156651100.html --------------------------------- Feature Articles --------------------------------- 1. Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 - Part 11 January 10, 2003 Andy Goodman's latest Small Business Server 2000 tutorial offers a step-by-step guide to creating labels in Outlook. This process can be followed for any project that must be merged from filtered Outlook data. http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1568161 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------