Network Computing Report #344
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Monday, March 29, 2004

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In This Issue:
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1)  Reviewed
       - Painless (Well, Almost) Patch Management Procedures
       - Patch Managers Still Need Perfecting
       - WatchGuard Firebox X2500 Offers Multiple Tool Management
       - DreamFactory 6.0 Ends Web App Development Nightmares
2)  Reader Reverb
       - TechQuiz: Patch Management
       - White Paper RSS Feeds
       - Top 11: Domain Shenanigans
       - Last Mile: IT Managers on Survivor
       - Web Services Management
       - VoIP E-Poll
3)  NWC Audio
       - Brainshare Show Report with Ron Anderson
       - Patch Management Review Insider with Tony Arendt
4)  Know-How
       - Acceptable Use Policies Write the Rules
       - University of Tennessee Implements 802.11i
5)  Opinion
       - Down to Business: The Offshore Outsourcing War
       - BuzzCut: Microsoft's Management Solution Still Years Away
       - BuzzCut: MySQL-PHP Restriction Fears Unwarranted
       - BuzzCut: Increasing WLAN Speed
       - All the Rage: Linux: The Hacker's New Target
6)  CMP MarketPlace
7)  NWC at Networld+Interop: Reality Check Series
8)  Subscription Information

Look for the next Network Computing newsletter on Monday, April 5, 
2004.


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1)  Reviewed
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a) Painless (Well, Almost) Patch Management Procedures
By Greg Shipley
Are you proficient in patch management? With malicious threats at an 
all
time high, you'd be crazy not to have patching procedures in place.
Learn how to implement patch-management techniques with as little
aggravation as possible.
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b) Patch Managers Still Need Perfecting
By Tony Arendt
We put several dedicated patch-management products through our grueling
tests, evaluating everything from rollback architectures to
agent/agentless abilities. Find out why none of them blew our socks 
off,
but why all of them will get the job done.
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Plus, be sure to tune into Tony's audio show to get the inside and
candid story on patch-management solutions.
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c) WatchGuard Firebox X2500 Offers Multiple Tool Management
By Scott Koegler
Manage multiple security apps from a single interface.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ef8A0GO4rP0G4g0CRnz0Ar

d) DreamFactory 6.0 Ends Web App Development Nightmares
By Lori MacVittie
Development software lets even nonprogrammers develop useful interfaces
for Web services.
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2)  Reader Reverb
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a) TechQuiz: Patch Management
Test your knowledge of patch-management security with our latest quiz.
If you can outsmart our editors and get all the answers right, we'll
throw your name into the hat for a free NWC mug and/or subscription to
NewsGator's Online Services.
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b) White Paper RSS Feeds
We're pleased to announce that our white papers and research reports 
are
now available in RSS format, conveniently categorized by each of our
technology areas. Just grab your favorite RSS reader/client and
subscribe to the feed of your choice.
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c) Top 11: Domain Shenanigans
This week, we're looking for the "Top 11 top-level domain suggestions
rejected by ICANN." Take us well beyond .xxx and .mail, and we'll post
your entry in print and online. Here are a few ideas to get you 
started.
-- .sucks (when you care enough to register the very best)
-- .hackd (once you've been hacked, they'll never come back)
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d) Last Mile: IT Managers on Survivor
Edited by Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: 
--Why your IT manager will never meet Richard Hatch
--Animatronic talking fish
--Numerology of the tech stars
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e) Web Services Management
Discuss the test plan and product requirements for Senior Technology
Editor Lori MacVittie's upcoming comparative review of Web-services
management products.
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f) VoIP E-Poll
Please take a few minutes to respond to our VoIP e-poll. Your answers
will help us build our upcoming feature. We'll share the anonymous
results in the June 24, 2004, issue of Network Computing. Thank you for
your participation!
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3)  NWC Audio
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a) IT Minute: Brainshare
Tune in to hear Ron Anderson's on-site report from Salt Lake City as he
takes in and tries to make sense of the Linux mania running throughout
this year's show.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ef8A0GO4rP0G4g0CRn40Ah
brainshare

b) IT Minute: Patch Management
Tune in for a behind-the-scenes discussion with Tony Arendt, from our
Neohapsis partner labs, about his patch-management review. Get the
intimate details behind his testing and product comparisons.
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4)  Know-How
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a) Secure Enterprise
Policy Driven: Acceptable Use Policies Write the Rules
By Chad Korosec
Acceptable-use policies do more than restrict user access. They also
disclose monitoring methods and define consequences for noncompliance.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ef8A0GO4rP0G4g0CRn50Ai

b) Centerfold
University of Tennessee Implements 802.11i
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
The University's first attempt to secure its WLAN left users without
access and the helpdesk besieged. All that is about to change, thanks 
to
the emerging 802.11x standard.
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5)  Opinion
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a) Down to Business: The Offshore Outsourcing War
By Rob Preston
Why is it that when IT automates jobs, it's progress, but when change
threatens your job, it's treason, or worse--terrorism?
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ef8A0GO4rP0G4g0CRn70Ak

b) BuzzCut: Microsoft's Management Solution Still Years Away
By Tim Wilson
The Redmond Giant plans to build manageability into Windows. Just don't
expect it anytime soon.
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ef8A0GO4rP0G4g0CRn80Al

c) BuzzCut: MySQL-PHP Restriction Fears Unwarranted
By Lori MacVittie
Does it even matter that MySQL has eased restrictions on the bundling 
of
its libraries with the PHP scripting language?
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d) BuzzCut: Increasing WLAN Speed
By Sean Doherty
Vendors are pitching solutions to speed up Wi-Fi. Should you be getting
into the fast lane?
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e) Secure Enterprise
All the Rage: Linux: The Hacker's New Target
By Mike DeMaria
It's simple logic--you must maintain, patch and monitor any server,
regardless of the OS.
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7)  NWC at Networld+Interop: Reality Check Series
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Get a sneak peek at the Reality Check presentations we have planned for
Las Vegas in May. Our editors will discuss their test methods and
results from such recent Network Computing reviews as Web services
security, anti-spam technologies and desktop management.
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Focus on... IT Business Alignment
Want to learn more about IT Business Alignment?  
Check out these sponsored links from BMC Software.
Insights from IDC: free whitepaper on aligning IT and business: 
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ef8A0GO4rP0G4g0CQEk0Au 
Does your IT-business alignment stack up? Take a quick assessment: 
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ef8A0GO4rP0G4g0CQEl0Av 
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