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Articles & Tutorials for December, 2004

Happy Holidays from WindowSecurity.com!: Date - Dec 23, 2004; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; The WindowSecurity.com team would like to extend the warmest holiday wishes to all of our esteemed members and guests. Through your loyal support we continue to be regarded as one of the world's leading free online security resources. Now, as we approach the end of the year, we have our sights set on expanding and improving our service even further over the course of 2005 so we hope to see you all again after the festivities are over. Thanks to all of you!
Quick Check: Is Internet Explorer Safe?: Date - Dec 21, 2004; Author - Robert J. Shimonski; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; In the spirit of the Holidays coming up, I wanted to put a quick article together and out to you, the community so that you can quickly do a ‘health check’ on your Internet Explorer browsers. It’s not uncommon to have your PC filled with spyware, browser vulnerabilities, or other problems that affect its use. This year you may be shopping online, or doing some online banking. This article quickly covers some essential things you should do to ensure you are safe this holiday season while online.
Enforcing GPO Security Settings: Date - Dec 16, 2004; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Do you currently use Group Policy to help configure key security settings on domain controllers, servers, and clients within your Active Directory domain? Do you feel confident that these settings can’t be changed once the GPO deploys them? What if I were to tell you that these settings can easily be overwritten? You might be more at risk than you think!
Securing Wireless LANs with Certificate Services: Date - Dec 15, 2004; Author - Microsoft; Section - Network Security Library / Wireless Security; Securing Wireless LANs with Certificate Services is a prescriptive guide that addresses vulnerabilities in today’s wireless networks.
Web Server Security Issues and Front Page Server Extensions: Date - Dec 14, 2004; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Web Server Security; It's "common knowledge" (at least in some circles) that FrontPage Server Extensions are insecure and Web Sites created with FrontPage are vulnerable -- but is it true? What are the risks associated with FrontPage and what can you do about them? What are the recommended best practices for securing FP Web sites? In this article, we'll look at Web security from the FrontPage perspective.
The Information Workers' Security Handbook: Date - Dec 10, 2004; Author - Microsoft; Section - Network Security Library / Network Security; Today’s information workers depend on computers and networks to perform many of their job duties. In the past, IT departments have focused on helping you become more productive and providing easier access to the data and network resources you need. As business networks have become more complex and interconnected, a new priority has emerged: securing the computer systems you use and the information that is stored on them and on the network.
Is it Time to Start Encrypting Your E-mail?: Date - Dec 09, 2004; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Content Security (Email & FTP); Longing for a little privacy? Thinking it might be time to start encrypting your e-mail? This article looks at the pros and cons, examines e-mail encryption technologies, and provides some tips for getting the most out of e-mail encryption.
Windows Server 2003 Hardening List (Part 1): Date - Dec 07, 2004; Author - Robert J. Shimonski; Section - Articles / Windows 2003 Security; In this article, we will cover the most common issues that you will need to look over to make certain that your Windows Server 2003 is completely locked down from attack. We will look at the most common items you will need to address in Part 1, and then in subsequent parts, we will look at other items such as advanced techniques, as well as how to use GPOs and dealing with services running on Windows Server 2003 like File, Print as well as IIS. In this first installment, we cover the most common items you should address.
Social Engineering meets the Bot (Part 3) - All is Revealed: Date - Dec 02, 2004; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles / Viruses, trojans and other malware; In the final installment of this article series we get to see the trojan operate at the packet level itself. No matter how clever the exploit, or trojan it must still dial home as it were. It will do so at the packet level, which we will examine.