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========================================================= Sponsored by Apple The Xserve Raid. The revolutionary storage solution from Apple. Afforable. Quality Storage at less than $4 GB. Compatible. Works with Windows, Linux and Mac. High Speed. Dual 2GB Fibre Channel up to 400 MB/s. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128428-1 ========================================================= September 24, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Changes Its Tune on Porting SP2 Fixes 2. News: Phishers Spoof FDIC Site to Collect Card Info 3. News: Symantec Holes Open Up Firewalls to Attacks 4. News: Open-Source Copyright Conflict Heats Up 5. News: Is Google Ready to Browse? 6. News: No Standard Means of Authentication in Sight 7. Opinion: No Time Like the Present for 'Next-Generation' Authentication 8. Baseline: Protect and Serve: PeopleSoft Encourages Upgrades For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128431-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Changes Its Tune on Porting SP2 Fixes Microsoft had told developers privately earlier this year of plans to port some SP2 fixes to older versions of Windows. Now, the company says it has no such intent. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128434-1 Windows XP SP2 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128437-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Phishers Spoof FDIC Site to Collect Card Info A phishing scam that appeared Thursday claiming to help protect consumers against debit-card fraud and identity theft has experts worried about the increasing skill and creativity of online scammers. Find out about this new phishing technique here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128440-1 Cyber-Crime http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128443-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Symantec Holes Open Up Firewalls to Attacks Three "highly critical" flaws in Symantec's Firewall/VPN Appliance and Gateway Security products allow remote attackers to shut down a firewall. Get the story here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128446-1 Internet Security http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128449-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Open-Source Copyright Conflict Heats Up The copyright dispute between Furthermore and Miro International over the open-source Mambo content management system heated up on Wednesday when the parties couldn't even agree to talk over their problems. Read the latest news on the legal wrangling here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128452-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Is Google Ready to Browse? First, there was Gmail. Is the Gbrowser next? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128455-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: No Standard Means of Authentication in Sight Security experts and vendors tried to find the silver lining behind the dissolution of the MARID working group. The outlook looks complex--multiple standards--something that's seldom good in the coding arena. Take a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128458-1 Identity Management http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128461-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Opinion: No Time Like the Present for 'Next-Generation' Authentication Forget all the clamor for IP-based authentication plans like MARID. It's all a waste of time when the long-term, cryptography-based solution is close at hand. Read the rest of this column by Security Editor Larry Seltzer. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1134-2-3-308321-128464-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Baseline: Protect and Serve: PeopleSoft Encourages Upgrades On Wednesday, PeopleSoft introduced a program called PeopleSoft Now, aimed at spurring its tens of thousands of existing customers to upgrade to the latest versions of its planning, financial, human resources and other business software. 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