Song of the week
news://msnews.microsoft.com/OLa13v6PEHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
Kevin provides us with a "Song for the Cals"
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Patches of interest to SBSers this week
835734 Many unexpected outbound e-mail messages appear in the SMTP queue in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=835734 [that link not quite live as of
12:45 on Friday... should be shortly though....]
Download details: Update for Windows Small Business Server 2003: KB 835734:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7b1ff109-092e-4418-aa37-a53af7b8f6fc&DisplayLang=en
There is a problem with how the POP3 connector processes certain
messages downloaded from a POP3 server. This problem could result in the
POP3 connector accidentally re-sending certain messages to recipients
who are not part of the SBS server e-mail domain.
This may happen only in the cases where the POP3 connector is used to
download mail from an external POP account. Customers using Exchange to
host their mail internally will not experience this problem. This update
resolves this issue.
All SBS customers are encouraged to install this update.
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So I'm reading the RSS feed of Mary Jo Foley and spot this one..... read
between the lines guys...that's our SBS Fallover server. If you want a
backup server that is an exact copy, you now have the right to load it
up with your SBS2k3 Software Assurance media.
Microsoft Grants More Software Assurance Concessions:
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1595793,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Late Wednesday ? a little over a month before a number of its customers'
Software Assurance licensing contracts are set to expire ? Microsoft
acknowledged it has added a couple more Software Assurance concessions
to its repertoire.
<http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1232942,00.asp> As of
June 1, Microsoft is adding a disaster recovery option, allowing
customers to maintain a free copy of their Software Assurance server
products on a "cold server." Also as of June 1, Microsoft is adding
MapPoint Web Service and Office Live Meeting to the software that can be
licensed under Software Assurance.
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Looking for SKU numbers for Software Assurance for SBS 2k3?
Remember you can add SA within 90 days of a purchase.
Open Value:
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T74-00887 - Windows SBS CAL Lic/SA Pack 20 Device CAL
T74-00842 - Windows SBS CAL Lic/SA Pack 20 User CAL
T74-00837 - Windows SBS CAL Lic/SA Pack 5 Device CAL
T74-00836 - Windows SBS CAL Lic/SA Pack 5 User CAL
T74-01202 - Windows SBS CAL SA Only 20 Device CAL
T74-00840 - Windows SBS CAL SA Only 20 User CAL
T74-00835 - Windows SBS CAL SA Only 5 Device CAL
T74-00834 - Windows SBS CAL SA Only 5 User CAL
Open Business
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T74-00131 - Win SBS CAL English Lic/SA Pack OLP 20 NL Device CAL
T74-00078 - Win SBS CAL English Lic/SA Pack OLP 20 NL User CAL
T74-00239 - Win SBS CAL English Lic/SA Pack OLP 5 NL Device CAL
T74-00186 - Win SBS CAL English Lic/SA Pack OLP 5 NL User CAL
T74-00143 - Win SBS CAL English SA OLP 20 NL Device CAL
T74-00090 - Win SBS CAL English SA OLP 20 NL User CAL
T74-00251 - Win SBS CAL English SA OLP 5 NL Device CAL
T74-00198 - Win SBS CAL English SA OLP 5 NL User CAL
T74-00137 - Win SBS CAL 2003 English OLP 20 NL Device CAL
T74-00084 - Win SBS CAL 2003 English OLP 20 NL User CAL
T74-00245 - Win SBS CAL 2003 English OLP 5 NL Device CAL
T74-00192 - Win SBS CAL 2003 English OLP 5 NL User CAL
ISA Server 2000 sp2 is released [will be installing it myself this week]
Download details: ISA Server 2000 SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c8d3d98b-1cd4-406a-a04a-2aa2547d09a3&displaylang=en
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Want to start a Blog now that Bill Gates talked about blogging?
A blog software lineup Blog Software Breakdown:
http://www.asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm
See the Seattle PI about Bill Gates and blogging and how he showed
Channel 9 in the slidedeck
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/002710.html?wbfrom=rss
What? You don't know about channel 9? http://channel9.msdn.com/
Personally I'm a fan of the Michael Howard videos [I keep threatening to
make Matching Tshirts that say "Member, Michael Howard fan club" on the
front and "Firewalls are speedbumps" on the back... ;-)
And we have some SBS bloggers
http://www.msmvps.com/bradley/
http://www.msmvps.com/kwsupport/
http://www.msmvps.com/cgross
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839493 Several services do not start when Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=839493
839496 E-mail is not delivered to individual recipients when you use the SBS
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=839496
839497 Your computer does not respond or takes longer than expected to start
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=839497
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Tech Ed this week starts in San Diego
http://techedbloggers.net/
Watch the activity via techedbloggers!
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In other news....
A study on identity theft by Judith Collins, a professor at Michigan
State University, to be released later this year, shows that up to 70%
of identity theft cases result from the theft of personal information by
company insiders, such as employees or company bosses. The study
examined 1,037 identity theft cases from around the US, revealing that
50% of identities were definitely stolen by insiders and another 20%
were probably stolen by insiders. Many instances of insider identity
theft occur in the financial services and medical sectors, sometimes as
part of organized crime schemes. The findings somewhat contradict the
conventional wisdom that identity theft results mainly from hacking into
databases and 'dumpster diving'. A bill has been introduced in the US
House of Representatives, the 'Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act,'
which would punish identity theft committed by insiders more severely
than other forms of identity theft.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5015565
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At a hearing of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee, on May 20, 2004, on the effectiveness of the Controlling the
Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of
2003, lawmakers urged the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to become more aggressive in going after
illegal spammers. According to FTC chairman Timothy J. Muris, the FTC
has already pursued several spammers under the Act, while the FBI is
poised to launch criminal cases against as many as 50 leading spammers
later this year, according to Jana Monroe, the FBI's assistant director
of the cyber division. Committee chairman Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.)
suggested that law enforcement agencies should target companies that use
spammers to advertise their products if they are unable to apprehend the
spammers themselves. It is still unclear how well the CAN-SPAM Act will
work. By some accounts the number of spam e-mails continues to grow, but
experts believe law enforcement also needs time to build cases against
violators.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/05/20/HNcanspamimpact_1.html
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Regulators in several US states, including New York and California, are
moving ahead with rules concerning Internet telephony and
voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) technologies, potentially bringing
them in conflict with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which
is expected to rule on VoIP regulation in the next few months. A debate
has been raging over whether, and to what extent, to regulate the
emerging Net-phoning market. One of the points of contention is whether
VoIP and similar services should be regulated like 'traditional'
telephone services.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5217512.html
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Software giant Microsoft Corp. is including new anti-spam technology in
its products, but it is still unclear when the tools will start
shipping, according to Ryan Hamlin, general manager of Microsoft?s
Anti-Spam Technology and Strategy group. The company's SmartScreen
technology will filter outbound e-mail messages and will operate "at the
enterprise level, on e-mail servers and gateways, or at the client level
on desktops". A second technology will require e-mail senders to perform
a small computational task that could make mass-mailings impractical.
Microsoft is also collaborating with AOL Time Warner Inc., Yahoo Inc.
and EarthLink Inc. in an anti-spam working group.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25957-1.html
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Due to the introduction in recent years of a variety of cyber
security-related laws and regulations, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Basel II Accord, regulation
compliance has replaced anti-hacker protection and other security
concerns as the most important issue for many large organizations. Laws
and regulations contain numerous requirements, particularly concerning
protecting personal information, but do not specify which security and
privacy tools and technologies should be used to comply. This has opened
up a huge market for resellers and systems integrators that develop
company-specific solutions to help ensure regulation compliance.
http://channelzone.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,1759,1594080,00.asp
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A bit of a pain to download, but an excellent resource on Anti-Virus
Download details: The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F24A8CE3-63A4-45A1-97B6-3FEF52F63ABB&displaylang=en
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Hacker group gets dose of own medicine
An alliance called Hackers Against America (HAA)
as received a dose of its own medicine with its own
website having been defaced, according to information
at the defacement archive Zone-H.org. The group had
its website hosted by a free provider in Russia.
According to Zone-H, it had claimed that new members
were rapdily joining up, including oneAmerica who had
links to the Al Qaeda group.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085028513015.html
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Cisco: Source code theft does not increase risk
The publication of some of Cisco Systems Inc.'s
proprietary software blueprints does not create
an increased security risk to the equipment that
powers much of the Internet, the company said.
The world's largest maker of networking gear
posted a message on its Web site more than a
week after a portion of its Internetworking
Operating System source code was illegally
copied and posted on a Russian site.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/8726058.htm
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,93339,00.html
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Recent Software Flaws Bite Into Apple's Security
Enthusiastic Macintosh owners brag that the digital
plagues of worms, viruses and Trojan horses so common
to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system rarely
visit their sleek machines. It may be, though, that
Apple doesn't fall too far from the PC. Three times
this month, Apple Computer Inc. has been accused of
failing to warn Mac owners of serious flaws in their
software.
(LA Times article, free registration required)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-apple21may21,1,1685542.story
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Lack of desktop configuration standards hurting cybersecurity
The Office of Management and Budget and other federal
agencies are falling short on meeting the most critical
provision of the Federal Information Security Management
Act, a security expert and Hill staff member said.
Bob Dix, staff director for the House Government
Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy,
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, said OMB
has not adequately provided guidance that requires
agencies to have minimum security configuration
controls for employees? PCs and notebooks?a key
provision in FISMA.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26018-1.html
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The perils of work-time surfing
Personal use of the internet at work is leaving
many firms exposed to viruses and hackers. Each
week vnunet.com asks a different expert to give
their views on recent virus and security issues,
with advice, warnings and information on the
latest threats.This week Bob Jones, managing
director of Equiinet, warns of the dangers
of employees' unauthorised use of the internet
and email.
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1155315
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