Security


Increased database performance

DataDirect''s Connect for .NET allows you to programmatically access the database entirely within the .NET Framework, to simplify database access and boost performance.

Taming Exchange Security

Configuring permissions with ESRA 2.0.

Active Directory Design on a Dime

Four forests or one? Four domains or one? The best AD design strives for simple and secure administration.

New Security Exam Down the Road

Microsoft adds new security exam to MCSA/MCSE on Windows 2003 tracks, but keeps mum on details.

Finding Users on the Network

Use Winscl to find out which computers your users are logged onto.

Certified Mail: July 2003

Spamming the Globe

A 12-Step Plan for File Server Security

Securely bringing a Windows file server on the network may not sound difficult. But when it's running Windows Server 2003, there's a lot you need to know to do it right.

Lifecycle of an E-mail Worm

Dealing with e-mail worms and viruses is becoming a bigger part of every administrator’s job. Learn from one of the industry’s foremost experts how worms enter your network in the first place and compromise your systems.

Anthony's Tale

Anthony wanted to run Windows DNS on his company’s BIND network. It worked—until the intern came along.

Get the Message

Straight talk on meshing your enterprise e-mail systems.

Windows Update

Here are the latest service packs from Microsoft as of June 28, 2003:

At the Fork In the Exchange Migration Path

The road behind has no signposts for what's to come.

IT Compensation Leveling Off?

Several recently released surveys indicate that salaries may have bottomed out or be headed slightly upward for all IT job roles, including developers.

Security+ Added as MCSA/MCSE Exam Options

Microsoft confirms that CompTIA's Security+ exam has been added to the MCSA and MCSE on Windows 2000 requirements list as an exam option.

Home as Office

You can conceivably set up most of your company for telecommuting with Windows Server 2003’s much-improved RRAS and VPN features. Here’s how.

The Process That Wouldn't Die

This IT pro should have known better than to reboot the Primary Domain Controller on Friday the 13th. Read on about his special nightmare.

Safe Waters

How do you dive into the sea of networks in an efficient and secure way? We look at four firewall products—both hardware and software—that will help keep the sharks at bay.

Exchange Stronghold

Thwart nasty viruses with Sybari’s Antigen.

Registry Rights

Changing the registry is a scary concept, but WMI makes it simple.

An Eye on Security

Retina puts several security tools into one package.

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