[ISN] Windows & .NET Magazine Security UPDATE--Free Security eBooks--April 14, 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
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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
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    Alerts, which inform you about recently discovered security
    vulnerabilities. You can also find information about these discoveries
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       http://www.winnetmag.com/departments/departmentid/752/752.html
    
    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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       Roy is looking for some help with setting up a VPN. His network
    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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