Network Computing Report #320
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Monday, October 6, 2003

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This week, we examine how the lines between voice and data
infrastructures are beginning to blur. Read our Workshop article,
"Telephony 101: Giving Voice to Your Network," for a thorough guide
to integrating and supporting telecom devices and technologies for
your network.

Plus, there's still time to test your Web services security savvy
with our latest TechQuiz. Check out our Newsletter Specials for the
particulars. And if an IT challenge is getting you down, post your
problem to one of our forums. You'll get real-world, hands-on advice
from NWC editors and readers. Our Current Forum Threads section has
all the details.

As always, please feel free to message us directly if you have any
comments or questions (mailto:newsletter@nwc.com).

Best regards,
--The Network Computing Report Team

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In This Issue:
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1)  Newsletter Specials
2)  Workshop: Telephony 101: Giving Voice to Your Network
3)  Career Coach
4)  Sneak Preview: Datacom Systems' Switch Control Server
5)  Secure Enterprise: From The Top: Security: Let's Get Serious
6)  Quick Takes
7)  Current Forum Threads
8)  Buyer's Guide: iSCSI SANs
9)  BuzzCut
10) Network Computing's Security Pipeline: The Cost of Complacency
11) NWC Weblogs
12) Down to Business: License To Surf?
13) Editor's Bookshelf and Storage White Paper Pick
14) Network Computing's Storage Pipeline: iSCSI Benefits Make
     For a Viable Alternative to Fibre Channel for IP-SANs
15) Letters
16) CMP Marketplace
17) Latest IT Professional Downloads
18) Subscription Information

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1) Newsletter Specials
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a) NWC Feed
For those of you who have tasted the freedom and control RSS offers,
we're pleased to bring you RSS feeds covering all Network Computing
content. Just grab your favorite RSS reader/client and subscribe to
one or more of our content categories, such as mobile and wireless,
storage, server technology, convergence, etc.
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b) Article Locator
To help you easily locate stories you see in NWC's print magazine
while you're online, we've created a small Article Locator tool, which
will let you open a story by typing an article ID (basically a few
numbers and letters, like 1420f1) rather than an entire URL. Visit our
brief tutorial to get started.
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c) Top 11: In the Data Center
We're looking for the Top 11 things you don't want to hear your first
day on duty in the data center. Make us laugh and we'll publish your
submission. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
--"Whatever you do, don't open the servers."
--"Have you seen my coffee cup mold collection?"
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d) Playbook: Staying One Step Ahead of Performance
Eliminating system or network failures is critical in today's
fast-paced environment. Contributing Editor Eric A. Hall walks you
through how to analyze and manage your applications performance
requirements to help stay one step ahead of the performance curve.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAFE0A3

e) Introducing Mobile Pipeline
CMP's TechWeb division is proud to announce its brand new Mobile
Pipeline! Get the latest mobile and wireless news, trends, how-tos and
product information on wireless LANs, mobile devices, technologies and
much more.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAPw0A3

f) TechQuiz: Web Services Security
There's still time to test your security savvy with our latest quiz on
protecting your Web services transactions from prying eyes. If you get
all the answers right, we'll put your name in the hat for a chance to
win a truly cool Network Computing collectible.
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g) Compare IT: Firewall Products
Security professionals are hard to find and maintaining security
equipment can be a complex and time consuming job. Managed firewall
services provide your company with outside security experts to
remotely manage your firewalls and watch your network perimeter 24x7.
This ensures protection of your business-critical data while reducing
the burden on your in-house network support team. Compare and get
quotes from top vendors, including 3Com, Cisco, Nortel and WatchGuard.
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h) Career Coach
Network Computing's Career Coach can get expert answers to your
thorniest workplace issues, be they certification questions, political
games gone haywire, geek etiquette or technical woes. Write the Career
Coach at:
careercoach@nwc.com

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2) Workshop: Telephony 101: Giving Voice to Your Network
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By Joe Hernick
The lines between voice and data infrastructures are starting to
blur, so learning how to integrate and support telecom devices and
technologies is a must.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYD0AM

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3) Career Coach
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Edited By Lorna Garey
Is it illegal for a prospective employer to ask your age? Plus, the
pros and cons of managing your own income-tax and health-insurance
records.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYE0AN

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4) Sneak Preview: Datacom Systems' Switch Control Server
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By Lee Badman
This tiny server lets users manage their resource-sharing matrix
switches from any network point.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYF0AO

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5) Secure Enterprise: From The Top: Security: Let's Get Serious
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By Brooke Paul
The IT department is now an integral part of the team that evaluates
tools and processes to safeguard corporate data.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYG0AP

Read more from Network Computing's Secure Enterprise.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40B8C70Ab

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6) Quick Takes
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This edition: InfoCyclone's InfoCyclone; Ipswitch's WhatsUp Gold;
Network Associates' McAfee IntruShield 1200; and Empirixes' e-Test
Suite for Web Services.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYH0AQ

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7) Current Forum Threads
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a) Ask the Experts: W2K Server
By Johnny Caldwell
I have a WAN with 10 different servers and Active Directory installed.
What's the best way to prevent all but one server from issuing an IP
address?
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYI0AR

b) Shop Talk: Linux: A Reason to Stick With NetWare
By Rodney Anderson
I cannot understand why anyone who has used NetWare would replace
their NetWare servers with anything from Microsoft. NetWare is far
more stable and offers much better performance for file serving
applications. The only place I have found the Windows products to be
superior in is the ease of setting up print services. Novell's
acknowledgement that Linux is part of the enterprise will make the
lives of network admins easier all over the world. The people who
should be looking to replace their servers with something else are the
Microsoft Windows users.
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Got a tough question? Ask the Experts.
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Need to vent or commiserate? Talk shop in Shop Talk.
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8) Buyer's Guide: iSCSI SANs
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By Steven J. Schuchart Jr.
Fibre Channel isn't your only option.  iSCSI SANs offer lower cost,
easier deployment and greater distance.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYK0AT

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9) BuzzCut
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a) TechXNY: Nothing Doing
By Bruce Boardman
TechXNY used to be a killer show, with wall-to-wall attendance and
tons of new product announcements. Used to be.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYL0AU

b) FUDBusters
By Michael J. DeMaria
Vulnerabilities found in Pine, KDE, Sendmail and OpenSSH.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYM0AV

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10) Network Computing's Security Pipeline: The Cost of Complacency
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By Keith Ferrell
When widely publicized attacks don't happen on schedule, it's tempting
to let your security guard down. Maybe we should count complacency
among the very highest risks our networks face.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYN0AW

Read more from Network Computing's Security Pipeline.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40B6hK0AW

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11) NWC Weblogs
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a) MoblogIT: The Trouble with Old Servers
An industrious reader embraces on-demand computing the old-fashioned
way...one dollar at a time.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYO0AX

b) MoblogIT: Funky Cisco and Fluke Wallpaper
One reader proves that you can mix science and art in the form of
desktop wallpaper...too bad it's only large enough for a handheld.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYP0AY

c) NWC Inc.: Back in the Saddle Again
Sean Doherty is working on a review and taking advantage of our
infrastructure. Sometime yesterday we lost all connectivity between
our Cisco router and our provider's CPE. Turns out the router was
running at 99 percent CPU utilization and dropping packets faster than
a well-configured firewall fending off MSBlast.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYQ0AZ

d) The Daily Blog: Can You Hear Me--OW! Part II
More "fun" with cell phones, although unlike our last post, this poses
more of a health hazard than a financial one.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYR0Aa

e) The Daily Blog: Flushing Nemo
I know this has very little to do with technology, but there's a
movement afoot requiring that someone speak out. Apparently, small
children (and I'm sure some adults) have taken the premise of this
summer's "Finding Nemo" a little too seriously.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYS0Ab

Be sure to check out our other blogs:

Site Content
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NWC Goes to School
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12) Down to Business: License To Surf?
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By Rob Preston
Certifying users might feel like we're advancing Internet literacy,
but it wouldn't ensure knowledge or compliance.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYT0Ac

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13) Editor's Bookshelf and Storage White Paper Pick
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Our editors have chosen "Internet Telephony: Call Processing
Protocols" by Uyless Black as this week's featured companion book.
Black provides an overview of basic telephony call processing,
focusing on the differences between traditional circuit switching
and the more contemporary packet-based networks. A special section
discusses telephony routing over IP, and the major standards and
protocols are explored in detail.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYU0Ad

Find other books.
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Storage White Paper Pick: How to Reclaim 30 Percent of Your
Storage Space and Control Storage Growth
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Learn how to optimize your current Windows storage environment and
discover the benefits of storage resource management as well as how to
reclaim your Windows storage space with Veritas' StorageCentralT.
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Access more storage white papers, case studies and product information
in the Network Computing Tech Library.
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For the latest technical information on today's key IT issues, visit
Network Computing's Tech Library.
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Get the latest IT white papers via our RSS feed.
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14) Network Computing's Storage Pipeline: iSCSI Benefits Make
     For a Viable Alternative to Fibre Channel for IP-SANs
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By Steven J. Schuchart Jr.
This IP-SAN checklist offers up multiple tips and caveats.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40CAYW0Af

Read more from Network Computing's Storage Pipeline.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edCm0Be3GS0V40B1260AC

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15) Letters
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"Our video system was sending alerts on parking-space lines. They
don't move, but the system thought otherwise." Larry Williams
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16) CMP Marketplace
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a) Primedius Privacy Free Trial OS X 1.15
Primedius Privacy lets you surf the Web privately and securely. It
uses encrypted proxy channels between your computer and the Primedius
secure proxy servers.

Download at:
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Size: 458k
Platform: Macintosh
Licensing: Commercial Demo; $0

b) Agent Password 1.5
Agent Password automatically logs passwords, making it unnecessary to
remember them, runs invisibly in the background, is fully compatible
with all Windows OSes and has very low system requirements.

Download at:
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Size: 983k
Platform: Windows 95 or 98
Licensing: Shareware; $30

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