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Network administrators told to secure servers
News The US government is emailing advice to network administrators: secure your servers. The FTC's "Secure Your Server" warning, sent via email, cautions that unless the recipient takes action, "your network connections may become clogged with traffic...
[January 30, 2004, 14:05]
A multitude of new features in Samba 4 will simplify life for network administrators
White Papers All things considered, Samba 4 will greatly simplify the lives of network administrators for heterogeneous Active Directory networks, and for administrators looking to migrate AD networks from Windows to other operating systems without losing any...
[May 20, 2006, 1:00]
Network Nervous Nellies Spyware Problems Network Administrators Face
White Papers Somehow, though, it is the biggest problem for network administrators. This may not prevent other types from trying to get in but imbedded spyware is the largest problem for administrators at this time.
[June 9, 2006, 0:00]
Scripting - the basics
News Network administrators have used scripting since long before Windows or even DOS came on the scene. Unix administrators, for instance, have been using shell scripting and its powerful capabilities for decades.
[March 11, 2003, 9:18]
Open Network Administrator (ONA) - A Web-Based Network Management Tool
White Papers Network administrators interact with ONA over the web, and ONA interacts with routers, switches and access points, using telnet and/or SNMP. ONA provides a common web interface to a number of different vendors' network products, and provides...
[March 4, 2008, 0:02]
Bridge LANs without wires
News Lucky network administrators get to run cabling in brand new buildings. When linking buildings, lucky network administrators with big budgets get to run fiber or maybe even invest in a microwave or laser connection.
[October 17, 2002, 9:50]
Mysterious Net traffic puzzles experts
News However, the security researcher hastened to add that the traffic seen by network administrators isn't ominous. Network administrators and security experts continue to search for the cause of an increasing amount of odd data that has been detected...
[June 23, 2003, 8:31]
Active Directory
White Papers Previous versions of Microsoft Windows included services to help users and administrators find network resources. Administrators utilized User Manager to add and delete users, an entirely different type of network object.
[June 2, 2006, 0:00]
Half of DNS servers vulnerable to attack
News The security of DNS continues to be an issue for network administrators, despite the availability of more secure DNS servers such as BIND 9, according to a survey released on Monday by network appliance company, Infoblox.
[November 20, 2007, 12:37]
Hackers striking more suddenly
News It's mostly bad news for network administrators at this year's Black Hat Security Briefings: Increasingly, attackers are using better tools to find vulnerabilities quickly, exploit flaws and hide their attacks.
[July 29, 2004, 9:20]
Don't let identity management turn chaotic as your business grows
News Digital identities — in the form of user accounts and their associated passwords — are the means by which network administrators implement access controls to network resources. Identity management helps to simplify life for both users and...
[December 21, 2005, 10:45]
Application-Layer Security: What It Takes to Enable the Next Generation of Security Services
White Papers In today's world of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks, application-layer security threats are top of mind with many network administrators, security consultants and CIOs. In this fight, Nortel Application Switches (formerly known as Alteon...
[September 15, 2007, 1:01]
US tech worker arrested in city network hijack
News A network administrator for the city of San Francisco has been arrested on charges of taking control of the city's computer network and locking administrators out, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
[July 16, 2008, 8:46]
Antivirus software plugs wormholes
News As far as antivirus administrators are concerned, said Candace Worley, product manager for Network Associates' McAfee Security group, their job is on the line if there's a virus infection. In addition, it requires another Network Associates product...
[April 2, 2002, 15:03]
PGP launches network storage encryption product
News Administrators can synchronise PGP NetShare with existing access control lists and directory permissions to ensure network files are appropriately encrypted, as well as grant users the ability to create PGP NetShare-protected folders," said the...
[June 6, 2006, 17:10]
Microsoft preps Windows security scanner
News As part of a push to regain the public trust, Microsoft plans to release a wizard-like program to help home software users and network administrators protect their computer systems from outside attack.
[February 21, 2002, 8:57]
Rocky road ahead for IPv6
News Microsoft needs IPv6 for its future peer-to-peer plans, and network companies and LAN administrators are simply not adopting it. Despite slow network performance and management problems, CIDR and NAT do give network administrators and ISPs enough...
[April 24, 2002, 11:03]
KPNQwest administrators let deadline pass
News KPNQwest administrators' deadline of mid-day Tuesday passed without any announcement of whether customers had paid enough to keep the network afloat, while the administrators' staff said they had no idea why the announcement was delayed.
[June 11, 2002, 16:56]
Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition Update
Downloads Symantec System Center enables centralized configuration, deployment, policy management, and reporting*, and allows administrators to audit the network to determine which nodes are vulnerable to virus attacks.
[March 10, 2007, 7:00]
Es-Spy: A Remote Network Monitoring System
White Papers Most network administrators find their job arduous because of the very little control they have over connected workstations. That raises the need for a remote administration tool, one that enables administrators monitor connected computers with...
[March 4, 2008, 0:02]
