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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:41:34 -0800

Kevin's song of the week
news://msnews.microsoft.com/#fiUssU6EHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl

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ONE MORE WEEK OF OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR SBS 4.5
END OF LIFE FOR WINDOWS NT

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Are you near Toronto?

If you are any where NEAR CANADA you need to be here:
http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/12/23/27229.aspx

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Blogs of interest

Chad and fixing Outlook over Http
http://msmvps.com/cgross/archive/2004/12/23/27195.aspx

Want Amazon's phone number?
http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/blog/2004/12/amazons_phone_n.html

Directions on Microsoft's challenges for 2005
http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/12/26/27657.aspx

Bugs and worms for Christmas?
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1745693,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614

2004 - the year of the blog
http://www.micropersuasion.com/2004/12/filter_the_year.html

Spyware and retail
http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/005639.html

So what did you get for Christmas and did you blog about it?
http://www.internet-nexus.com/2004_12_26_archive.htm#110410823325017123

Odds and ends
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Issues with Mail?

1. The POP3 Connector service connects and logs on to the remote POP3
server.

2. Mail is retrieved and placed into the %systemroot%\Program
Files\Microsoft Small Business
Server\Networking\POP3\Incoming Mail folder.

3. When all mail has been retrieved from the remote POP3 Server (or the
maximum number of
messages has been downloaded for this POP3 session), the Microsoft
Collaboration Data Objects
(CDO) will pick up the mail that is in the Incoming Mail folder. The
headers of the messages will be
modified to indicate that the messages are being sent to a local
Exchange mailbox user, and then the
mail will be placed into the %systemroot%\InetPub\mailroot\Pickup
folder.

4. If the CDO is unable to send the message to the Pickup folder, such
as if the message is corrupt,
then the e-mail message will be placed in the %systemroot%\Program
Files\Microsoft Small Business
Server\Networking\POP3\Failed Mail folder.

5. All messages that are in the Pickup folder will be processed by the
local SMTP service and sent to
the appropriate recipient.

Check the folders, in order of mail flow.
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Mail is downloaded, but is not reaching the user mailbox:

In this situation, there may be an issue either with Mailflow or the
configuration of the POP3 connector itself.
Some possible steps to take here would include:

* Stop the SMTP Virtual Server (not the service). Initiate a POP3
download. You will find the message
is placed into the mailroot\Pickup folder. From here, you can use
Notepad to open the mail
message and view the content. The main thing you are looking for here is
the header information.

* Increase the level of diagnostic logging to maximum. Initiate a
download of POP3 mail and then
check the event viewer for POP3 events.

* If IIS or SMTP has been removed and then reinstalled, the POP3 Conn
Event Sink will no longer be
registered and therefore messages will NDR with the mspop3conn
recipients. To fix this, run
imbreg.exe which is located in the %systemroot%\Program Files\Microsoft
Small Business
Server\Networking\POP3 folder.

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In other news:

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Exploits released for new Windows flaws
A Chinese security group has released sample
code to exploit two new unpatched flaws in
Microsoft Windows. The advisory comes in
the week before Christmas, a time when many
companies and home users are least prepared
to deal with the problems. Security firm
Symantec warned its clients of the vulnerabilities
on Thursday, after the Chinese company that
found the flaws published them to the Internet.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5502534.html

Database flaws more risky than thought
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5502538.html
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Google Stops Santy's Claws - For Now
Google acted quickly to block Santy.A,
a worm that targeted the company's popular
Internet search engine. Antivirus experts say
this threat has passed, but predict that it may
be just the first of a new wave of worms that
attempt to spread through the search engine.
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Google-Stops-Santy-s-Claws---For-Now&story_id=29250
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,98514,00.html
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New Symbian Mobile Phone Virus Identified
The METAL Gear.a virus encourages mobile phone
users to install it by masquerading as a Symbian
version of the Metal Gear Solid game. The trojan
is the first to target Symbian antivirus software
specifically and is another example of the
increasing sophistication of malware for
the Symbian platform.
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=New-Symbian-Mobile-Phone-Virus-Identified&story_id=29253
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,98515,00.html
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Apple Sues over Leaked Mac OS X Tiger
Apple is in court again, suing three developers
who allegedly distributed a prerelease version
of the next iteration of Mac OS X, code-named
'Tiger,' through file-sharing networks. More
than 2,500 copies of the software have been
downloaded, Apple says.
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Apple-Sues-over-Leaked-Mac-OS-X-Tiger&story_id=29260
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Ohio speeds recovery for victims of identity theft
Last year almost 10 million people were robbed
of something more precious than gold: their
identity. Ohio is using technology to help victims
restore their identities. Next month Ohio’s state
attorney general, working with the National Notary
Association, will begin issuing biometric
identification cards to help victims of identity
theft recover quickly.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/31413-1.html
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Legal Hurdle For Internet Sting
Investigators who ran an undercover sting
operation have been stung by a judge's ruling.
Officers have had to round up the same suspects
a second time. When Trooper Scott Haugaard reports
for duty he doesn't act his age. He plays the part
of an underage girl or boy being enticed over the
Internet into a sexual encounter. "Mostly they try
to look for easy prey," he tells us. A few months
ago, working with La Vista Police investigator,
Haugaard made several arrests.
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/1304051.html
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Experts Say India's Cyber Law is Outdated
Cyber law expert Pavan Duggal feels India's
Information Technology Act of 2000 is completely
outdated and not fit to deal with cyber crimes.
He said that the law was promulgated four years
ago primarily to bolster the e-commerce business
and not intended to deal with cyber crime issues.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqCJ_ueidAw5KAweTy3LIzxjSyxC
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Army focuses on cyber protection
A recently issued Army white paper, "Fight the
Network," provides a new framework for the Signal
Regiment, the service's communications organization,
as it changes to support lighter, more mobile
warfighting units.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1220/web-armywp-12-23-04.asp
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DHS’ info assurance chief resigns
Frank Libutti today tendered his resignation
as undersecretary for information assurance and
infrastructure protection at the Homeland Security
Department. The department did not disclose when
he would step down, and Libutti declined to detail
where his career will take him next. DHS has named
no interim chief.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/31418-1.html
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When viruses strike
It's a message people like Ryan Kokai try to
knock into the heads of family, buddies and
co-workers time and time again. And he's not
talking about sex. In his role as tech wizard,
the 25-year-old is frequently called away from
his desk to clean up co-workers' computers that
have been infected with viruses or other
troublesome computer ailments.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041222.gtvirus1222/BNStory/Technology/
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2005: The year IT gets easier?
It's about time to ring out the old year and ring
in the new, and we believe IT pros have plenty to
look forward to in 2005. Why? Next year should be
marked by a confluence of innovative and mature
technologies to help automate labor-intensive
processes and make it easier to do more with less.
Through intelligent use of these tools and sound
operational discipline, IT professionals should
be able to achieve significant improvement in
the efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,98479,00.html
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Poor IT hindering crime fighting
Most of Britain's police forces have come under
fire in a recent Home Office report for poor use
of IT systems, with London's Metropolitan Police
coming in for particularly heavy criticism. Police
forces in England and Wales are suffering from
"outdated and overstretched" crime recording
systems, with many failing to meet Home Office
data standards, according to an Audit Commission
report.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39182224,00.htm
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Marine's family gets e-mail dispute help
Offers of help have been pouring in for a Michigan
man who is trying to persuade online giant Yahoo!
to allow him access to the e-mail account of his
son, a Marine killed in Iraq. From lawyers to
computer-code crackers, people across the nation
have come forward wanting to help the family of
20-year-old Justin M. Ellsworth, who was killed
last month during a foot patrol in Iraq.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/hacking/2004-12-23-hack-email_x.htm
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ID theft fears linger after laptop returned
A California blood bank has retrieved a stolen
laptop, but remains concerned that some donors
could be at risk of identity theft. Delta Blood
Bank, based in a Stockton, Calif., paid a reward
for the Compaq laptop, which had been stolen after
a Dec. 10 blood drive in the nearby town of Tracy.
On Dec. 15, the blood bank notified more than
100,000 donors that their personal information
had been filched and warned them of the threat
of identity theft.
http://news.com.com/ID+theft+fears+linger+after+laptop+returned/2100-1029_3-5501200.html

Blood bank fears ID heist
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5500114.html
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AMD stopped from advertising NX flag as anti-virus cure
CHIP FIRM AMD has been prevented from advertising
its NX bit as an antivirus panacea in the Netherlands.
Dutch site Tweakers.net reports that after a complaint
to the consumer commission that the AMD advertising
was misleading, the firm is being prevented from
describing the NX bit as a cure for all forms of
viruses, as it can actually only prevent some.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20352
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Linux lasting longer against Net attacks
Unpatched Linux systems are surviving longer on
the Internet before being compromised, according
to a report from the Honeynet Project released
this week. The data, from a dozen networks,
showed that the average Linux system lasts three
months before being compromised, a significant
increase from the 72 hours life span of a Linux
system in 2001.
http://news.com.com/Linux+lasting+longer+against+Net+attacks/2100-7349_3-5501278.html
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Security workers praise Sarbanes-Oxley
Many security workers feel that government
regulations aimed at protecting IT networks
from threats are working, according to new
survey. The survey, released Wednesday by
security services company RedSiren, indicates
that many IT professionals view security
guidelines as work-intensive. But they also
believe the regulations--such as the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act, HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act--are making a difference.
http://news.com.com/Security+workers+praise+Sarbanes-Oxley/2100-7348_3-5500894.html

How to close the information security gap at your company
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,,98364,00.html-
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2004 Review of the Year: Security
Not all MyDoom and gloom. Security has
remained high on the agenda throughout the
IT recession, and the year has seen some
major steps forward, and a few steps back.
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160135

IT industry facing a turbulent 2005
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1159831

-- 
An open letter to the Security Community::
http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/12/12/23540.aspx

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