THIS WEEK: Solaris Security

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December 02, 2002 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the Editor: Help us help you >> Featured Topic: Solaris Security >> Expert Technical Advice: Kenneth Milberg, Multi-platform Unix expert >> Site Highlights: * Access free white papers * Subscribe to Storage today * Sun answers administrators' questions at LISA 2002  From the Editor: by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor I know you appreciate the free benefits SearchSolaris.com has to offer -- now is your chance to make our site even better. We are currently asking qualified Solaris professionals like you to complete our year-end survey. The results of this survey let us know which topics, tips and news interest you the most so we can increase and improve that content. We are constantly working to make SearchSolaris.com the best resource for Solaris issues. Don't pass up this opportunity to play a key role in influencing our content. We want to know... - The projects for next year - Your predictions for Solaris in 2003 - The industry in which you work - Where you plan to spend your budget Click here to take this very short survey. It will only take a couple minutes to complete, and the information you provide will help influence the site for next year and beyond. Thanks very much for your assistance with this important project. See you online, Mark Brunelli Site Editor  Featured Topic: Solaris Security by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor Here are 10 new tips that are quick, to the point and sure to increase the overall security of your Solaris networks. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Kenneth Milberg, President/Unix Systems Consultant, Unix Solutions Category: Multi-platform Unix Expert If you need help with any Unix operating system, including AIX, HP-UX and Solaris, Kenneth Milberg is your man. Simply post a question in his Ask the Expert forum and he'll get back to you as soon as possible. View Kenneth's answers This Week: In the forums >> Finding the right benchmarking utility A Solaris admin writes, "I'm working with Gigabit Ethernet on a 420 server running Solaris 8. Can you suggest a network benchmarking utility that will indicate bandwidth, errors, etc.?" If you know the answer to this question, click the following link and respond to this post in our Solaris Discussion Forum. CLICK HERE Tip of the Week: If you've ever needed to save a filesystem or a directory quickly and restore it without using a tape drive, this works well -- assuming you have enough local free disk space available. With some file management logic, this can be run as a script under cron to backup selected data. >> Using ufsdump to save a filesystem to a file  Site Highlights Access free white papers Download any of the white papers in our library -- free to all members Read white papers about Apache, deploying applications, administration, Java, security, Sun hardware and third-party tools. TCO analysis: does it work for storage? Subscribe to Storage today for access to stories like this one Get a new issue of this magazine sent to your home or office every month -- plus gain access to the magazine online. Recent interview at LISA 2002 Sun answers administrators' questions at LISA 2002 -- Read parts 1 & 2 today We interviewed Sun's Solaris Product Manager, Larry Wake at LISA 2002. Read both articles to find out how he answered questions such as: * What is the update schedule for Solaris releases? * Will N1 turn out to be an admin killer? * What is Sun's position on QFS versus UFS? * What is Sun doing to speed up the booting process? VS.NET Info Center Visit the new VS.NET Info Center on SearchVB.com! Get tips and advice from Chris Sells, the new VS.NET Info Center expert. And you can also submit your own questions to Chris. Visit today! Data Center Futures Get the newsletter that helps IT Managers see the future of the enterprise data center. Subscribe by December 6, 2002 for a chance to win a BlackBerry handheld! More info Take our poll Sound off with your opinion about Microsoft in our current SearchSolaris.com poll. Let us know what you really think of Microsoft. Click here A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Created by TechTarget TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. To unsubscribe from Updates on new site content: >> Simply Reply to this Email with REMOVE within the Body or Subject -OR- >> Go to: http://searchSolaris.techtarget.com/register    - Log in to edit your profile.    - Click on the link to Edit email subscriptions.    - Uncheck the box next to the newsletter you wish to unsubscribe from.    - When finished, click "Save Changes to My Profile".