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Receive free Solaris Administrator Tips in your e-mail! Simply click the following link and update your profile. http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/editSummary/1,291026,sid12,00.html?Offer=soatcs1 ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - Featured Tip: Kill all the processes of a particular user - News: Buffer overflow strikes Solaris - News: Analysts: Open-source overtakes MS as security risk - News: Solaris 9 for Intel posted to Sun site - News: Sun sharpens blades for telecom - News: Sun, IBM storage alliance folds - Featured Topic: Solaris Security 2. TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Bonus Tip: Another way to recursively copy directory trees - New Poll: What do you really think of Microsoft? - Visit the new SearchSolaris.com White Paper Library today - The Missing Link: Software helps pandas pair up =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TIP | Kill all the processes of a particular user Is one of your users running too many processes? Use this command to kill them all. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci865958,00.html >> To experience our complete library of Solaris Administrator Tips, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849_alpD_idx0,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ BUFFER OVERFLOW STRIKES SOLARIS | IDG News A pair of security watchdogs (ISS and CERT/CC) has found a flaw in Solaris that has the potential to give attackers the highest levels of access to a vulnerable system. The hole, which is of the buffer overflow variety, is in Sun's implementation of the X Windows Font Service, which runs by default on all Solaris versions. Sun says it's working on the problem; in the meantime ISS says disable that XFS. ANALYSTS: OPEN-SOURCE OVERTAKES MS AS SECURITY RISK | eWEEK Two Aberdeen analysts said open-source software and Linux installations have overtaken Microsoft as the leading security risks. The researchers said 16 security alerts released by CERT in October cited flaws in open-source products, while seven were related to Microsoft. SOLARIS 9 FOR INTEL POSTED TO SUN SITE | IDG News Take a look at Sun's Web site. An early access version of Solaris 9 for Intel is up there. Sun claims it is now going great guns with the OS and has big plans for Solaris x86, including, for example, moving more Sun ONE software onto the platform. The download is available at http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris and costs $20. The big release is set for next month. SUN SHARPENS BLADES FOR TELECOM | InternetNews Lucent Technologies is calling on Sun to help ring up global business in office phone systems, customer relationship management, network management, mobile high-speed data systems, unified communication messaging systems, and business continuity systems. Sun's newly-sharpened Netra blade servers and current Netra HA Suite Foundation Services software helped seal the deal. SUN, IBM STORAGE ALLIANCE FOLDS, BUT SNIA'S CIM GROUP FORGES ON A storage management alliance formed by IBM, Sun, Veritas and HDS lasted all of three weeks before it dissolved, but the companies promise that their pledge to bring to market CIM-based management technology lives on. (SearchStorage.com) http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci864000,00.html?Exclusive=True The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Solaris Security These ten tips are quick, to the point, and sure to increase the overall security of your systems. Enjoy! >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci845014,00.html >> For our complete library of Solaris Security Tips, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax286832_alpD_idx0,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BONUS TIP | Another way to recursively copy directory trees This tip will allow you to copy directory trees without worrying about ownerships, permissions, etc. The command is good for Unix OSes without a recursive copy command. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci865975,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Take our new poll! What do you really think of Microsoft? Go to http://searchSolaris.techtarget.com/poll, and tell us. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Visit the new SearchSolaris.com White Paper Library today. Just CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/whitepapers/0,293835,sid12,00.html?Offer=sowpcs1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Software helps pandas pair up Did you know pandas have personals? Some new species-specific software is helping the threatened animals find their perfect mates. Breeding pandas in captivity is a tricky business, so experts designed the software to help pair pandas from zoos across the globe using their health and bloodlines as matchmaking criteria. But it's certainly more fun to think of what a panda personal would look like: Single black and white male in search of endangered female for short-term relationship. Must want cubs, enjoy long strolls in an enclosure and love bamboo. No smokers. Are you the one? 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