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Sign up for the Solaris Security Tips e-mail newsletter! Simply click the following URL and update your profile: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/register/1,,sid12,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - Featured Tip: Read from FTP - News: Dark days ahead for Sun employees? - News: Software firm takes Passport outside Windows - News: Unix's loss is Microsoft's, Linux's gain - News: Configuration errors at the root of most security woes - Featured Topic: Securing Solaris Web Services 2. TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - From the Forums: Will you pay for Solaris 9 on Intel? - Visit the new SearchSolaris.com White Paper Library today! - The Missing Link: True IT blooper #70: IP addresses go haywire =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM FEATURED TIP | Read from FTP Have you ever wanted to read a text file from an FTP site instead of having to retrieve it first, then navigate to its location just to 'cat' it? This tip can show you how. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci856959,00.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/ DARK DAYS AHEAD FOR SUN EMPLOYEES? | Bloomberg News Are dark days ahead for Sun? An analyst with Merrill Lynch said this week that Sun may lay off up to 8,000 employees as part of a plan to stop financial bleeding. CEO Scott McNealy said last week that the company would "restructure" if it wasn't making money. Sun is expected to report a Q1 loss of four cents per share. SOFTWARE FIRM TAKES PASSPORT OUTSIDE WINDOWS | IDG News Here's a story that dovetails Microsoft's plans to share Passport code. A company called Ready-to-Run Software plans -- with Microsoft's blessings -- to port Passport to Unix and Linux systems and sell Passport Manager software as a packaged product. UNIX'S LOSS IS MICROSOFT'S, LINUX'S GAIN | The Associated Press Should Microsoft be thanking Unix? Several industry experts say there's a trend afoot to ditch proprietary systems in favor of industry standards. The trend translates into good business for Windows and open-source at the expense of Sun and IBM -- companies that churn out different flavors of Unix and expensive customized hardware. CONFIGURATION ERRORS AT THE ROOT OF MOST SECURITY WOES The recent SANS/FBI vulnerability list is rampant with security flaws that are essentially system configuration mistakes. Experts sound off on operator error, decry vendors that ship products with services turned on by default and note the general inexperience of some administrators. (SearchSecurity.com) http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci857299,00.html The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Securing Solaris Web Services Make sure the Solaris-based Web services you're managing are properly hardened with this collection of informative tips. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci856692,00.html >> For a listing of our previous information-packed Featured Topics, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM THE FORUMS | Will you pay for Solaris on Intel? The conversation is heating up in our Solaris on Intel discussion forum. What do you think of Sun's plans to charge for Solaris on Intel? Will you pay for the formerly free operating system? >> To join the discussion, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84c40!viewtype=&skip=&expand= >> To learn more about Sun's plans for Solaris on Intel, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid12_gci856285,00.html >> Start your own conversation in one of the SearchSolaris.com discussion forums! CLICK: http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@/searchsolaris =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Visit the new SearchSolaris.com White Paper Library today! SearchSolaris.com now offers free white papers on dozens of subjects of importance to you. Topics include Apache, Solaris administration, application deployment, third party Solaris tools and Solaris security. Simply CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/whitepapers/0,293835,sid12,00.html?Offer=sowpcs1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | True IT blooper #70: IP addresses go haywire Recollections of a migration that turned into a migraine still make one Web engineer reach for the Bufferin and ask for a hug. He earned his blooper badge years ago when his goof duplicated thousands of IP addresses and "all heck broke loose." (SearchWindowsManageability.com) >> CLICK: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci855979,00.html >> To view our complete collection of offbeat tales from the world of information technology, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax292504,00.html ********************************************************************* Do you find this email useful? 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