From: | "Network Computing Newsletter" <Network_Computing_Newsletter@update.networkcomputing.com>
| Subject: | Network Computing Report #326 |
Network Computing Report #326
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Monday, November 17, 2003
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This week, we tested eight SSL VPN products in a typical deployment
setting. Read why Neoteris' full-featured Access Series 5000 won our
Editor's Choice Award. Plus, test your knowledge of desktop-management
policies and procedures with our latest TechQuiz.
Check out Security Threat Watch, the re-launch of our Security Alert
Consensus newsletter. Get timely, accurate and authoritative data on
important vulnerabilities and security patches. For more information
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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) Review: SSL VPNs
3) Career Coach
4) Editor's Hot White Paper Pick: SSL-VPN: Improving ROI and
Security of Remote Access
5) Review: Web Monitoring Services
6) Storage Pipeline: Hold Everything
7) Centerfold: MediaNews Group: Breaking News and Server Gridlock
8) Sneak Preview: Toshiba IK-WB11A Network Camera
9) Current Forum Threads
10) Storage Pipeline: State of the Art: Storage on Demand
11) Quick Takes
12) BuzzCut
13) Storage Pipeline: First Person: Whose Storage Is It, Anyway?
14) The Daily Blog
15) Down to Business: 'The Defining-Moment Issue'
16) Industry Insights: Data Overload: Keep It Simple
17) Mobile Pipeline: Treo 600: Good Stuff in a Small Smartphone
18) Letters
19) CMP Marketplace
20) Latest IT Professional Downloads
21) Subscription Information
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1) Newsletter Specials
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a) Top 11: 2004, Anyone?
Last chance to submit something even more unusual to our Top 11 list:
"Highly unlikely IT predictions for 2004." Make us chuckle and we'll
include your entry in our special holiday issue. Here are a couple
ideas
that came in last week from your peers.
*"George Bush, in response to paternity claims, admits to being Father
of the Internet." --N. Thomas Peiffer
*"Microsoft & SCO announce they are teaming up to create Closed Linux
2005." --Mark Jass
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b) Convergence Webcast
Attend "IP Telephony Economics: Does It Add Up To Savings and
Productivity?" a free, online seminar on December 4, 2003 at 11 AM
Eastern. Networking authority Nick Lippis moderates this session
produced in association with Network Magazine.
For more information.
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To register.
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c) TechQuiz: Desktop Management
There's still time to test your knowledge of desktop-management
policies
and procedures. If you get all the answers right, we'll put your name
into the hat for a chance to win a truly cool Network Computing
collectible.
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d) NWC Project: Web Server Monitoring Winners
Thanks to all who submitted Web transactions to help Executive Editor
Bruce Boardman evaluate Web server monitoring services. Check out
Bruce's final test results as well as the lucky winners of our 3Com
NJ90
Network Jack giveaway.
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e) NWC Search Enhancements
You now can use pull-down menus to search Network Computing or any of
its sister publications, including Secure Enterprise, Network Magazine
and all our technology pipelines. You also can refine your search
string
to include white papers and research reports.
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f) Network Design Manual: Samba 3
Written and edited by Samba-team members John H. Terpstra and Jelmer
Vernooi, our exclusive excerpt from "The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and
Reference Guide" will help readers decipher the recently released
Samba-3 code.
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g) Compare IT: Dedicated Internet Access
The need for a fast and reliable connection to the Internet has never
been greater. Dedicated Internet access solutions enable you to choose
the bandwidth you need today to scale for tomorrow. Whether your
organization needs to transfer large files or engage in e-commerce, a
variety of cost-effective, high-performance and flexible options are
available. Research and compare products from XO Communications,
Netfice, CCI and New Edge Networks.
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h) Sharing Security Strategies
Join NWC and our partners, Neohapsis Labs and Secure Enterprise, for a
Webcast discussion about the ins and outs of asset-centric,
defense-in-depth security methods.
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2) Review: SSL VPNs
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By Mike Fratto
You can ditch your IPsec and tunneling VPNs and use SSL to give remote
users secure access to Web-enabled and conventional applications.
Neoteris Access Series 5000 sets the security standard.
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Read SSL VPNs white papers.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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3) Career Coach
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Edited By Lorna Garey
The coach comments on making a departing co-worker feel validated and
breaking into IT with the right skills and degrees.
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4) Editor's Hot White Paper Pick: SSL-VPN: Improving ROI and
Security of Remote Access
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Today, organizations are starting to look at their options for secure
remote access. SSL VPN is one of the fastest growing remote access
solutions, but one that few people know much about. Explore what SSL
VPN's are, their advantages as well as ROI for your company.
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Access more white papers, case studies and product information on SSL
in
the Network Computing Tech Library.
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Research Reports.
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White paper and research report RSS feed.
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5) Review: Web Monitoring Services
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By Bruce Boardman
We gave eight Web-site monitoring services the task of watching our NWC
Inc. site. Gomez Performance Network saw all and showed us what we
needed to know.
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Read books on this topic.
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Read more articles on this subject.
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Read Web Monitoring Services white papers.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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6) Storage Pipeline: Hold Everything
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By Dr. John Roberts
Facts and figures from the world of storage technology.
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7) Centerfold: MediaNews Group: Breaking News and Server Gridlock
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By Kelly Jackson Higgins
MediaNews Group' sluggish Web site was turning off readers, which put
the publishing company at risk of losing advertisers, too. Fortunately,
it traced the problem to a content-management application.
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Read books on this topic.
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Read more articles on this subject.
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Read content-management applications white papers.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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8) Sneak Preview: Toshiba IK-WB11A Network Camera
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By Nick Jordan
With its extensive range, resolution options and wireless capability,
the small dome IK-WB11A stands out in its class. The price isn't too
bad either.
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Read books on this topic.
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Read more articles on this subject.
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Read wireless network camera white papers.
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Market research and analyst reports.
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9) Current Forum Threads
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Ask the Experts: Windows 2000 Active Directory Restrictions
We have a policy for logging on to workstations in Windows 2000 Active
Directory: One user name is to one computer name. Each user can log on
only to a specified computer name in log-on workstations. I would like
all users to have access to log on to a particular computer called
MAIN.
I would prefer not to add each user manually. Is there a script or
command-line utility to make this task easier? Will I be able to add
MAIN to the log-on workstations for all users?
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View all Forums.
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10) Storage Pipeline: State of the Art: Storage on Demand
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By Joseph F. Kovar
Vendors are developing new and improved ways to deliver pay-per-use
data
storage.
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11) Quick Takes
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In this edition we look at AppForge's MobileVB 4.0, ContentKeeper
Technologies' CK-1035-SME and CK-2040-LE, Radiant Logic's RadiantOne
Virtual Directory Server 3.0 and SMC Networks' SMC2870W.
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12) BuzzCut
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a) Spreading Wi-Fi Rumors
By Dave Molta
Analyst firm Aberdeen Group bills itself as a "trusted adviser to the
Global 5,000." So what are we to make of its report "The Urban Wi-Fi
Crash of 2004"? I label it simplistic and irresponsible.
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b) FUDBusters
By Mike Fratto
This week's bust: Macs are more secure than Windows.
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13) Storage Pipeline: First Person: Whose Storage Is It, Anyway?
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By Jon William Toigo
Storage consumers must join forces to determine what we need and voice
those needs.
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14) The Daily Blog
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a) nTAG...Tools for the Socially Over-Adept
Do you hate having to outline a subtle point while waiting in line at
the open bar? Look no further than the nTAG, the handy RFID-based,
wearable computer that records your thoughts and opinions and then
communicates those to like devices.
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b) Blogs Get Spammed
Since folks are ignoring the deluge of SPAM e-mails they get every day,
Spammers have taken to posting in Blogs, leaving messages like "Great
Post" or "Thanks for the Information." Of course, when you open the
comment, you find the all too familiar signs of Spam.
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c) You Say Tomato, I Say Tomacco
Ever see "The Simpsons" episode from a few years back where Homer
breeds
a foul-tasting, but highly addictive hybrid of a tomato and tobacco
plant, called the "Tomacco?" Well, Rob Baur of Lake Oswego, OR,
wondered
if fantasy could become reality.
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d) Noise Pollution with a Capital PC
Have you noticed that computers seem to be getting a lot noisier
lately?
You're not the only one. As our PCs get more powerful, generating more
heat, they're getting louder, thanks to those fans, heat pipes and
vents.
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Find more blogs and blog entries here.
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15) Down to Business: 'The Defining-Moment Issue'
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By Rob Preston
Strategic vendors must show customers they're building security into
the
core of their products.
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16) Industry Insights: Data Overload: Keep It Simple
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By Mike Lee
XML allows many programs to speak one language. But we pay for this
flexibility in complexity and verbosity.
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17) Mobile Pipeline: Treo 600: Good Stuff in a Small Smartphone
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By Frederic Paul
This sleek smartphone is pricey, but it combines a lot of wireless
functionality in a small, highly usable package.
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Read more from TechWeb's Mobile Pipeline.
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18) Letters
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"With ever-changing technology, the demands and expectations placed on
app developers increase threefold." --John Duvall
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19) CMP Marketplace
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20) Latest IT Professional Downloads
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a) MySQL Snap 2.1
MySQL Snap creates backup copies of MySQL databases or a collection
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