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Articles & Tutorials for August, 2003

Add an extra antivirus engine to your mail server for free! - GFI releases GFI MailSecurity Freeware: Date - Aug 28, 2003; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; In a bid to help administrators preempt a possible wave of new virus outbreaks, GFI today released a freeware version of GFI MailSecurity. The freeware version scans inbound and outbound email using a single anti-virus engine and can also check message bodies and subjects for keywords; this feature can be used to detect inappropriate mail.
Auditing for Increased Security (Part 1): Date - Aug 26, 2003; Author - Robert J. Shimonski; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; You will need to Audit your systems for enhanced and increased security. When Microsoft laid out this objective, they were most likely thinking about building your security strategy up with Defense in Depth. This strategy is outlined as a way to avoid depending on one single protective measure deployed on your network. In other words, to eliminate the feeling of being secured because you implemented a firewall on your Internet connection you should implement other security measures like an IDS (Intrusion Detection) system, Auditing and Biometrics for Access Control.
What’s New with Windows Server 2003 Certificate Services?: Date - Aug 20, 2003; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows 2003 Security; Now, with the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has provided a number of enhancements and improvements to this popular feature. In this article, we will look at the new certificate services features included in the Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter editions of Server 2003.
Analysis of Remote Active Operating System Fingerprinting Tools: Date - Aug 06, 2003; Author - Ryan Spangler; Section - Network Security Library / Auditing; There are many tools today that are used for remote active operating system fingerprinting. They all have their own fingerprinting techniques. This paper gives an in-depth analysis of three such tools: Nmap, RINGv2, and Xprobe2. The purpose of the paper is to show how these tools work, and to understand the advantages and disadvantages they each offer.
What’s New in Windows Server 2003 IPSec (Part 2): Date - Aug 05, 2003; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows 2003 Security; In Part 1 of this two-part article, we took a look at one of the most important new additions to Windows Server 2003’s implementation of IPSec: the new and improved IP Security Monitor. You learned about its new look (MMC console) and increased functionality. In Part 2, we’ll discuss the other improvements that Microsoft has made to IPSec in Windows Server 2003. Many of these are small things, but taken together, they make IPSec more secure and easier for administrators to manage than ever before.