Deflect AD Attacks
Active Directory is a valuable asset that can be vulnerable to several well-known assaults. Take steps to prevent the elevation-of-privileges and Denial of Service attempts described here. Jan De Clercq
Reliable RUS
Want email to flow smoothly, regardless of how many addresses your users have? Then get to know the Exchange Recipient Update Service. Tony Redmond
Ask the Experts
Find out why to specify a WSUS server to use as the basis for an MBSA scan, learn about Office 2003 SP2's junk mail filter and anti-phishing feature, and discover why Outlook 2003 doesn't correctly display the ampersand character (&) in shortcut text. Sue Mosher
Terminal Services Headaches
Do you agree with the reader who told us that Windows Terminal Services licensing "stinks on ice?" Microsoft's TS team responds to your concerns and questions in an interview with Karen Forster. Karen Forster
Beware Personal Data
Does your company adequately secure the personal information it gathers from customers and employees? Ben Smith
Free Burner Software
With a couple resource kit tools and other free utilities, you can create CD and DVD ISO files, and you can burn these ISO files to a CD or DVD. Mark Minasi
Portable Tools
Being a techie, you probably often find yourself volunteering to fix some nontechnical friend's or neighbor's computer. Do yourself a favor and collect these 10 free diagnostic and repair tools on a CD-ROM, then keep it handy. Michael Otey
PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS
New & Improved
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Atempo's Time Navigator Security and Compliance Manager Blake Eno
AVIcode .NET Management Pack Products
AVIcode .NET Management Pack products integrate with MOM’s infrastructure management capabilities to help you manage and monitor .NET applications. Michael Otey
Dell Latitude X1
With power and storage capacities that equaled or exceeded those of desktop machines, the Dell Latitude X1 gave me exactly what I needed—almost. Jason Bovberg
Paul’s Picks
Two Microsoft Office betas—one for Office 12 and one for Office Live—Paul says you should definitely look at for your small-to-midsized business or enterprise. Paul Thurrott
Host-Based Intrusion Prevention Systems
A host-based IPS goes a step further than simply detecting intrusions, taking steps to block attacks. Our Buyer's Guide will help you decide which host-based IPS best addresses your security needs. Renee Munshi
Vendor Briefings
Our editors share insights from their conversations with Symantec, eEye Digital Security, Adomo, Unipress, and LANDesk. Editors
What’s Hot
Readers highlight favorite products: GreenBorder Technologies' GreenBorder Professional, EqualLogic's PS200E, Paragon Software Group's Paragon Drive Backup 7.0 Server Edition, and Network Automation’s AutoMate. Blake Eno
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