======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS August 24, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Executive Software ======================================= New! DiskAlert(tm) software provides EARLY WARNING of hard drive problems and dangerously low free space. Right now you may have disks close to failure that you don't know about. DiskAlert gives you notice by e-mail, phone, pager and screen pop-up the minute disks get into trouble. DiskAlert is easy to set up, deploys across the network in minutes, uses next to no system resources and requires zero administration-just "Set It and Forget It."(r) KNOW BEFORE DISKS GO. Buy DiskAlert now at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3243046;5058249;g?http://diskalert.com/index_103.htm. ======================================= LEAD STORY "Executive: iPlanet will become division of Sun next March" IPlanet will not be a part of AOL for much longer -- it will officially be a division of Sun on St. Patrick's Day 2002. The iPlanet software line will become a Sun brand -- like Solaris. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=29218 Read why iPlanet is heading straight into Sun at http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid12_gci762510,00.html. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1] "Unix, Linux admins urged to upgrade Sendmail security" [2] "New virus has offensive streak" [3] "IDC: Fault-tolerant Wintel servers pressure Unix vendors" [4] "Microsoft supported by dead people" [1] "Unix, Linux admins urged to upgrade Sendmail security" You may want to send that Sendmail packing. Security experts and vendors are advising network admins to replace some versions of Sendmail. Apparently the latest open-source versions leave a window unlocked for local hackers. The flaw exists in Sendmail versions above 8.10.0 and through 8.11.5 and in all beta versions of 11.12.0. A fixed version is now available -- more info is at http://www.sendmail.org. SOURCE: Newsbytes http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169354.html =============================================== [2] "New virus has offensive streak" What's a good way to "hose" your computer? Open an e-mail or Web page laced with the Trojan.Offensive virus. The pernicious program exploits a flaw in Microsoft's version of the Java Virtual Machine to overwrite the registry and trash Windows computers. A patch has been available to caulk the flaw, so this shouldn't be (knock on wood) outbreak material. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6961705.html?tag=lthd =============================================== [3] "IDC: Fault-tolerant Wintel servers pressure Unix vendors" IDC analysts say Unix vendors may need to sharpen their sales pitches thanks to the advent of fault-tolerant Wintel servers. Stratus Technologies has unleashed its ftServer 5200, a fault-tolerant, two-processor server that uses Intel Xeon processors and runs Windows 2000 Advanced Server. The better, stronger, faster server could signal Wintel's advance into Unix territory and force Unix vendors to justify their place in the server market. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4878 =============================================== [4] "Microsoft supported by dead people" Call them the "Microsoft Underground" -- two dead people have apparently written to at least one state attorney general asking him to go easy on the company in the antitrust suit! Those letters may have been sent in by family members of the dearly departed, who are with Microsoft in spirit. SOURCE: InternetNews http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_871631,00.html =============================================== GET YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED in our Discussion Forums!! In the searchSolaris Discussion Forums admins can brainstorm and share the experiences they've had with Solaris 8, Sun Hardware and Solaris on Intel. Plus, our site experts regularly peruse the Discussion Forums, helping out where they can. Learn more at http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@/searchsolaris. =============================================== This week's searchSolaris Featured Topic is Solaris on Intel. See all of our Solaris on Intel resources at http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci752465,00.html. 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