Closed Socket Tech News.: 12/01/2003

Article on wireless security and the increasing need for its implementation.
Of Dying Viruses and Dangerous Xmas Cards

Brief article on the security hazards involved in using Kazaa and P2P file sharing applications.
Kaz'aA Want a Virus

LSD, the group that discovered the RPC DCOM vulnerabilities (which lead to MSblast), point out that no computer is 100% secure. Did anyone really think that they were?
TechCentral: Story

Recap of the biggest news items of 2003.
PCWorld.com - Top Tech Stories of 2003

Doug Knox's Site of Windows Tips and Tricks
Doug's Windows 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Tips

Tom's Hardware giving a review of the latest CPU's from AMD and Intel for the holiday season.
Tom's Hardware Guide Processors: AMD's and Intel's End-of-Year CPU Buyer's Guide - CPUs Compared

Update:
If you are overwhelmed by spyware on a regular basis, this might do the trick. I don't recommend it for the normal user, as it will block most everything that you don't remove, but for some it will do nicely.
Replace your hosts file with this list to block most advertisers.
Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck (as much)

Proof that Microsoft does indeed have a sense of humor. Read it even if you don't want to use the tool.
Tweakomatic

I'm not touching these for a while. A beta of a service pack is almost guaranteed to break something. Wait til six weeks after it's "officially" released.
More Microsoft Betas Out the Door

Configuring TCP/IP from a CMD Shell. Very nice walkthrough.
Networking - Configure TCP/IP from CMD

Postini's predictions for email spam over the next year. Bear in mind that these stats are from a company that wants to sell you anti-spam features.
Postini - Incidence Of Spam, Viruses, And Fraudulent Email Attacks To Increase Dramatically In 2004 12/17/03

This is obvious. Don't use an evil to stop an evil.
Security Pipeline | Trends | Watch Out For Pop-Up Spams Selling Pop-Up Spam Blockers

Want to try out Windows XP SP2 and Windows Update Version 5? Links included here:
ieXbeta Board -> Win XP SP2 Beta & WU5 Preview Officially Announced

Windows XP SP2 is in beta now, due in mid 2004. The addition of the Windows Firewall being on by default is a good idea, but it's going to kill thousands of LAN connections if it stays in its current form.
Windows XP update moves ahead | CNET News.com

Trusted Computing and why it is the Internets downfall.
MSNBC - A Net of Control

Setting up RRAS in Windows 2003 Server. Step by step walkthrough from Microsoft.
323381 - HOW TO: Allow Remote Users to Access Your Network in Windows Server 2003

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