IT Management
Computerworld, 9/17/03: First a blackout, now a hurricane: What's an IT manager to do?
An AFCOM survey shows disaster recovery moving up the IT 'to-do' list
Story by Patrick Thibodeau
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - DALLAS -- East Coast data center managers at an IT conference here were keeping an eye on Hurricane Isabel, calling their offices to ensure that backup-generator fuel tanks were topped off. But some data centers may be better prepared than others in dealing with the storm, thanks to last month's massive regional power failure.
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Security
Internetnew.com, 9/17/03: CERT Issues Warning for OpenSSH Flaw
By Ryan Naraine
The CERT Coordination Center has issued a security alert for a buffer management vulnerability in versions of the OpenBSD Project's popular OpenSSH network connectivity tool.
The security hole, which affects all versions of OpenSSH prior to 3.7, could cause a denial-of-service condition and may also allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, CERT/CC warned. Systems that use or derive code from vulnerable versions of OpenSSH are also vulnerable.
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Infoworld, 9/17/03: Hackers find way to exploit latest Microsoft hole
Working exploit first step towards creation of new worms
By Paul Roberts, IDG News Service September 16, 2003
A security company said Tuesday that it found an example of working computer source code that exploits the latest critical security hole disclosed by Microsoft Corp.
Counterpane Internet Security Inc., of Cupertino, California, said that it found and tested the source code, which it claims exploits Microsoft Windows systems that have one of three security flaws in the Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) component of Windows.
The development of a working exploit is a crucial step toward the creation of an Internet worm or virus that can infect large numbers of vulnerable Windows systems, raising the stakes for companies and home users who have not downloaded and installed the Microsoft-supplied software patch, according to Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane.
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Computerworld, 9/17/03: Ballmer: Security woes challenge innovation
His comments come just days after Microsoft warned of more flaws in Windows
Story by Joris Evers
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 ( IDG NEWS SERVICE ) - Security woes threaten innovation in the computer industry, but they also offer an opportunity to innovate that the industry should seize, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said yesterday.
"Today we're faced with another new and growing challenge to innovation. That is the need for the highest levels of security in a world that, frankly, is full of thieves, con artists, terrorists and hackers," Ballmer told an audience of Silicon Valley businesspeople at a luncheon in Santa Clara, Calif., organized by the Churchill Club.
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Mobile
C|net, 9/17/03: Sprint widens Wi-Fi reach
By Dinesh C. Sharma
Sprint has announced a new service that enables its wireless customers to use hundreds of Wi-Fi hot spots in hotels, airport lobbies and other public spaces across the United States.
The cellular carrier said Tuesday that the service, called PCS Wi-Fi Access, provides access to the Internet in more than 685 locations--including McDonald's restaurants--through a roaming agreement with wireless Internet provider Wayport. Customers are also able to access Airpath Wireless service in certain locations.
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Computerworld, 9/17/03: Microsoft joins 802.11g WLAN game
Story by Joris Evers
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 ( IDG NEWS SERVICE ) - Microsoft Corp. introduced 802.11g-based wireless networking gear today, catching up with rivals Cisco Systems Inc., Netgear Inc. and D-Link Systems Inc.
New in Microsoft's wireless LAN line are an 802.11g access point with four-port Ethernet switch (the Microsoft Wireless Base Station MN-700), and wireless cards for portable computers and desktops (the Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-720 and Wireless PCI Adapter MN-730, respectively), Microsoft said in a statement.
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SME
C|net, 9/17/03: HP readies small-business push
By John G. Spooner
NEW YORK--Hewlett-Packard plans to renew its ties with small businesses this week.
The Palo Alto, Calif., computing giant is set to unveil a new suite of hardware and services aimed at small businesses, according to executives. It will tout the new products as simple enough to manage for small companies that don't have an IT staff, but with features that will also help the companies compete against larger rivals.
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