[ISN] Windows & .NET Magazine Security UPDATE--Free Security eBooks--April 14, 2004

Thu Apr 15 03:02:30 EDT 2004

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1. In Focus: Free Security eBooks

2. Security News and Features
   - Recent Security Vulnerabilities
   - News: Fortify Your Program Code
   - News: Seclarity Secures Desktops
   - News: Security for SANs
   - News: NetScreen Secure Meeting

3. Security Toolkit
   - FAQ
   - Featured Thread

4. New and Improved
   - Turn Your PC into a Burglar Alarm System

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==== 1. In Focus: Free Security eBooks ====
   by Mark Joseph Edwards, News Editor, mark at ntsecurity dot net

You know that learning more about security is an ongoing process.
Plenty of online resources--such as countless articles and white
papers from a long list of businesses and individuals--can help you
along the way.

One particular type of resource that might interest you is eBooks.
Numerous free security-related eBooks are available online, and this
week, I want to tell you about a few of them that you might find
useful.

The first eBooks I want to mention are in our own Windows IT Library.
We have several titles available right now and more in production.
Some of the titles include "A Guide to Group Policy," "Content
Security in the Enterprise--Spam and Beyond," "A Guide to Windows
Power Tools," and "Preemptive Email Security and Management." You can
download individual chapters or even entire books in .pdf format.
   http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/ebooks

Another ebook you might find interesting is the independently
published "IIS Security and Programming Countermeasures." Written by
Jason Coombs, the book is available for download as a set of text
files in one .zip file. You can read more about it in the related news
story on our Web site.
   http://www.winnetmag.com/article/articleid/38829/38829.html

Another great resource for eBooks is Realtime Publishers, which
publishes a long list of titles, many of which pertain to security. A
few of the titles you'll find at Realtime's Web site are "Email
Management and Security," "Identity Management," "Windows 2000
Security," "Blocking Spam with Sender Validation," "Securing .NET
Server," and "Email Protection."
   http://cc.realtimepublishers.com/rtp.asp

Microsoft's Security Guidance Center, particularly the Products and
Technologies Index, offers books, articles, and checklists that cover
all of Microsoft's enterprise products. Subject matter includes older
products, such as Windows 98; newer products, such as Windows Server
2003; and just about everything in between, such as Microsoft Exchange
Server, IIS, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server, SQL
Server, and Systems Management Server (SMS). Be sure to check out the
Security Guidance Center, along with the other resources I mentioned,
and consider bookmarking these URLs for future reference.
   http://www.microsoft.com/security/guidance/prodtech/default.mspx

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==== 2. Security News and Features ====

Recent Security Vulnerabilities
   If you subscribe to this newsletter, you also receive Security
Alerts, which inform you about recently discovered security
vulnerabilities. You can also find information about these discoveries
at
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News: Fortify Your Program Code
   A new company, Fortify Software, offers solutions that help
developers secure their program code during development and runtime.
   http://www.winnetmag.com/article/articleid/42319/42319.html

News: Seclarity Secures Desktops
   Another new company, Seclarity, plans to debut its product at next
month's NetWorld+Interop show in Las Vegas. Seclarity's SiNic uses a
combination of hardware and software to provide firewall capabilities,
authentication, access control, network translation, and encryption
services for desktops.
   http://www.winnetmag.com/article/articleid/42320/42320.html

News: Security for SANs
   Hifn announced new 4300 and 4350 HIPP III Storage Security
Processors, which provide security for Storage Area Networks (SANs).
The processors are designed to meet specifications for iSCSI, Fibre
Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP), and Network Attached Storage (NAS). Hifn
said the new processors are based on Hifn's FlowThrough architecture
and handle IP Security (IPSec) on one chip. The 4300 model can handle
throughput of 1Gbps in full duplex mode (2Gbps total), and the 4350
can handle as much as 4Gbps total. Processor prices start at $47 per
chip for a quantity of 10,000.
   http://www.winnetmag.com/article/articleid/42321/42321.html

News: NetScreen Secure Meeting
   NetScreen Technologies announced the NetScreen Secure Meeting
appliances, which provide Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)-based security
for online meetings and application sharing. The appliances support
centralized management; clustering and fault tolerance; delegation of
administration and scheduling; auditing; cross-platform operation for
Windows, Mac OS, and Linux; and as many as 250 concurrent users per
device. Secure Meeting is available in three models and as an upgrade
for the company's Secure Access appliance.
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==== 3. Security Toolkit ====

FAQ: Displaying Property Tabs in the AD Snap-in
   by John Savill, http://www.winnetmag.com/windowsnt20002003faq

Q: Can I restore missing property tabs in the Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in?

A. If you use the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in on a
remote computer (such as a Windows XP workstation), you might notice
that certain tabs are missing--for example, Published Certificates,
Object, and Security. To display the tabs, select View, Advanced
Features. The Dial-in tab is also missing, but you can't display the
Dial-in tab on a remote XP workstation that uses the Active Directory
Users and Computers snap-in. If you need to edit the options on the
Dial-in tab, you can use Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services to log
on to a domain controller (DC) and set the options on the remote
workstation from the DC.

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uses Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory (AD) and a Cisco
Systems Cisco PIX 515E firewall that connects to the Internet through
a 256Kbps leased line. Roy's company would like to provide worldwide
access to company data and email for 10 to 15 people who use Windows
XP and Windows 2000. Roy wonders how much of an exposure these remote
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