Javelina Software, a four-year-old company with a background in Banyan Vines, launched a toolset for Active Directory administrators on Tuesday at the MCP TechMentor conference in San Diego.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/03/2002
Microsoft's first Windows XP service pack consolidates bug fixes, boasts new USB 2.0 and .NET support, and lets users pick and choose from among middleware application configurations. If you're not a PC manufacturer or Microsoft premier customer, however, don't expect to deploy it before September 9th.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 09/02/2002
Smart cards can dramatically enhance your organization’s security. Here’s what you need to know.
- By Bill Boswell
- 09/01/2002
The aptly titled Writing Secure Code prescribes a best practices approach to hardening your code.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 09/01/2002
A review of CBT Nuggets' video-based MCSE training.
- By James Carrion
- 09/01/2002
In which Auntie rails at the sorry state of software—and what we can do about it.
Is it better to specialize or be a jack-of-all-trades?
- By Steve Crandall
- 09/01/2002
Hate it or hate it more, product activation is a necessary evil in the XP world. Here’s how to ease the pain.
- By Chris Brooke
- 09/01/2002
Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET -- here's half a dozen new ways to build wicked-fast code.
- By Francesco Balena
- 09/01/2002
Influencers who want bigger decision-making responsibilities, smart cards that are only as smart as the implementers, and a lucky find.
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- 09/01/2002
Security checklists are valuable—but only if you use them. Follow along on Microsoft’s list and harden a server.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 09/01/2002
A back-to-basics look at subnetting.
- By Bill Heldman
- 09/01/2002
A controlled security challenge still provides valuable lessons.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/01/2002
Hacks are a fact in a connected world. After discovering and expelling the intruders, you have to clean up their messes.
Intrusion detection systems are becoming increasingly important in network security. Here’s a primer on what they do and how they work—and an evaluation of four popular sentries.
- By Greg Saoutine et al.
- 09/01/2002
The IDC research contradicts an earlier report published by Gartner Dataquest that put the new HP out front.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/30/2002
AMD converted its highest-end multiprocessing server and workstation chip to 0.13-micron technology. The AMD Athlon MP processor 2200+ can run in dual-processor servers and workstations.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/30/2002
Microsoft alerted users to a critical vulnerability involving an ActiveX control that ships in all supported Windows clients. A patch is available.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/29/2002
Microsoft changed the name of the family of server operating systems it plans to release next year to Windows .NET Server 2003, company representatives said late Thursday.
The new name is the fourth for the family of server operating systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/29/2002
Worldwide usage of the AOL-Netscape Navigator browser hit a record low, according to outsourced Web analytics provider WebSideStory Inc.
"The browser war is in fact a massacre," WebSideStory StatMarket's vice president of marketing Geoff Johnston said in a statement. "Unless AOL makes a move soon, Netscape may find itself battling Opera for the last 1 [percent] to 2 percent of the market."
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/29/2002