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Submit a Solaris tip and you could win a free TV! http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid12,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - Webcast: Server Consolidation - News: Solaris bug the buzz on Bugtraq - News: HP reseller busted for anti-Sun comments - News: Macromedia tries to fire up ColdFusion - News: Liberty Alliance looking for productive 2003 - Featured Topic: The Ten Best Solaris Tips 2. TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Contest: Submit a Solaris tip and you could win a free TV! - Security Tip: File system security tricks - New Poll: Do you think IBM will purchase Sun this year? - Sign up to get free admin tips in your e-mail every Tuesday - The Missing Link: Jeeves shows banner ads the door ____________________________________________________________________ Submit a Solaris tip and you could win a free TV! This month, in recognition of the Solaris Administrator or Security tip that receives the highest user rating, SearchSolaris.com will give away a free 13 inch color television w/remote. We're always looking for the best Solaris related tips. So submit your tip today to become eligible to win the free gift. The winners will be announced at the beginning of February. (Note: Winners outside of the continental U.S. will receive a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com in place of the television.) >> To submit your Solaris Tip, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid12,00.html >> To read some previously-submitted Solaris tips, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849_alpD_idx0,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FREE WEBCAST AVAILABLE NOW! | Server Consolidation Is server consolidation part of your network infrastructure upgrade strategy? You can't afford to be without the facts. Attend this expert Webcast to get the details on server consolidation. Available at any time! Tune in now: http://searchSolaris.com/r/0,,8799,00.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MORE SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ SOLARIS BUG THE BUZZ ON BUGTRAQ | ServerWatch A Solaris bug is the buzz of Bugtraq this week. One security watchdog claims the Solaris "wall" program, which is for writing messages to users logged in to a system, can be made to send messages that appear to be from any user on the local system. That increases the chances of getting hoodwinked into opening a buggy message. The problem reportedly affects Solaris 2.x-9 and maybe others borne of AT&T source code. The expert says this problem is serious and requires a Sun patch ASAP. HP RESELLER BUSTED FOR ANTI-SUN COMMENTS | The Register A U.K.-based HP reseller PSL is in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for disparaging comments it made about Sun in a recent advertisement. In a direct e-mail to IT directors, PSL claimed Sun is a generation behind in processor technology for not embracing Itanium over its flagship Sparc chips. The company also said that the HP PA-8700 processor was better than the UltraSPARC III. The ASA ruled the advertisement was misleading and ordered the company not to send the mail-shot again. MACROMEDIA TRIES TO FIRE UP COLDFUSION | Computerworld Macromedia has brought Sun ONE Application Server 7 into its ColdFusion MX scripting environment. BEA's and IBM's latest app servers are part of the program too. One analyst said that Macromedia is trying to make ColdFusion a better place to build Java apps, having lost developers to Microsoft's Active Server Pages and Java Server Pages. LIBERTY ALLIANCE LOOKING FOR PRODUCTIVE 2003 | IDG Members of the Liberty Alliance Project have been polled, and it looks like new ID management and authentication technologies will be in the offing this year. Sun is a major backer of the alliance. For more on the Liberty Alliance, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci818180,00.html The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM FEATURED TOPIC | The Ten Best Solaris Tips The votes have been counted! SearchSolaris.com members say these are the ten best Solaris Administrator Tips posted during the past three months. If you have a handy Solaris tip, send it to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci871775,00.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 ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= File system security tricks | by Kurt Seifried Like many Unix tools and most system infrastructures, the file system portions of Unix are far more powerful then most people realize. Most of the basic tricks, like software RAID, mounting options such as "noexec" and splitting partitions up to prevent various attacks, are well known. However, this barely scratches the surface of what is possible. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci872445,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR NEW POLL! Do you think IBM will buy Sun this year? Click over to http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/poll, and tell us. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Receive free Solaris Systems Administrator Tips in your e-mail! Subscribe today and learn how to simplify your job with helpful Solaris tips and shortcuts. >> To sign up, click the following link and update your member profile: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/editSummary/1,291026,sid12,00.html?Offer=soatcs1 >> To sample some member-submitted Solaris Administrator Tips, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849_alpD_idx0,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Jeeves shows banner ads the door Ask Jeeves, the servile search engine where the butler does it, does not do banner ads. The site has gone "banner-free in 2003," claiming that the banner ban will make life better for its users. Butlers do hate clutter after all! Instead, you'll see what's called "Branded Response and Premier Listings," where an unobtrusive selection of commercial sites that are pertinent to your search neatly appear. Jeeves doesn't do pop-ups either -- the butler did in those late last year. 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