Kent J. Chen's WebLog

a personal journal by an addictive geek

Cisco and Microsoft shake hands on security

Posted in Uncategorized on November 26th, 2004 by Kent

from ComputerWorld Canada on November 12, 2004


Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have gotten the word: IT managers are tired of constantly plugging security holes in their networks.  As a result, the two technology giants have hatched an agreement to develop and promote interoperability between their network access technologies. The two companies will collaborate by sharing technical information on…

Protect databases from SQL injection

Posted in Uncategorized on November 24th, 2004 by Kent

by Arthur Fuller


SQL injection is a strategy for attacking databases. The attacker “injects” a SQL statement into another statement–often to inflict damage upon your database. Web sites that interface with databases are particularly vulnerable to SQL injection because they often rely on dynamic SQL. Here’s a simple example.


An ASP page asks the user for a name

RSS Tutorial

Posted in Uncategorized on November 23rd, 2004 by Kent

RSS Tutorial

http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/

This tutorial explains the features and benefits of a Web format called RSS, and gives a brief technical overview of it. The reader is assumed to have some familiarity with XML and other Web technologies.

Locking Down Terminal Server

Posted in Uncategorized on November 21st, 2004 by Kent

Microsoft has redesigned many aspects of Terminal services. In the new OS, Remote Desktop supplants Windows 2000 Terminal Service’s Remote Administration mode, client server encryption has increased, and use AD Group Policy to centrally perform most Terminal Services configuration management.

Restricting user access
The new Windows 2003 has a new built-in local security group called Remote Desktop Users. We can use

Windows Server 2003 Rights Management Services

Posted in Uncategorized on November 21st, 2004 by Kent

RMS Overview
RMS helps businesses keep their most sensitive information within the organization and lets content owners control how their content is used – who can open and modify a certin document, how long users can access it, and so on. RMS lets you prevent accidental distribution and control what people can do with the information. Further, that protection remains with…

Ten ways to boost your search appeal

Posted in Uncategorized on November 21st, 2004 by Kent

from Computer World volume 20, Number 21 by Alan K’necht on Oct. 15th, 2004.

To get visitors to come to your site via search engine results (SERPs), you need to rank in the top 20 – if not the top 10 – for searches on spcific keywords/phrases that your firm is targeting. While writing search engine-friendly content is

Top 10 Features in Windows XP SP2

Posted in Uncategorized on November 21st, 2004 by Kent

from magazine Windows IT Pro.

10. Security hotfixes rollup
9. Security Center
8. Internet Explorer (IE) Add-on Manager
7. Outlook Express image blocking
6. Popup blocking for IE
5. Data execution prevention (DEP)
4. Integrated Bluetooth support
3. Improved wireless support
2. Secure wireless configuration
1. Windows Firewall

Click here to see the full version of the article.

Active@ UNDELETE – A Great Tool to Recover Deleted Files

Posted in Uncategorized on November 21st, 2004 by Kent

Recently, one of my user accidently deleted 6G data from a shared network drive, and unfortunately these data was not on the daily backup job list. As we know, Windows recycle bins don’t protect files deleted over the network. I have been searching on the Internet to try to find a good tool that could help me easily undelete those…

Microsoft Software Update Services

Posted in Uncategorized on November 21st, 2004 by Kent

SUS (Software Update Services), the free patch management provided by Microsoft for Windows 2000 and up platforms, provides dynamic notification of critical upates to Windows client computers whether or not they have Internet access. Additionally, this technology provides a simple and automatic solution for distributing those updates to your corporate Widnows desktops and servers.

Components
1. A computer running Windows 2000 or…

RDP to Windows Remote Desktop from Linux

Posted in Uncategorized on November 21st, 2004 by Kent

Windows Remote Desktop provides wonderful feature to allow the IT Pros to administrate the server remotely and allow the users to run application from more powerful server. We can remotely RDP into the server from Windows and Mac machine but how can we do the same thing from Linux box, which would definitely extend the ability…