09.11.03
 In our continuing effort to bring you the latest in news, tips, and the
newest free downloads, today's issue of SysAdminNews comes in the
resource format. This format is a supplement to our standard article
format. We hope it makes your day less stressful.
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System Administrator Appreciation Day
It's not for another 10 months, but we wanted to include this link for
you so you can get people thinking about what they're going to get you.
From the site: "System Administrator Appreciation Day - A special day,
once a year, to acknowledge the worthiness and appreciation of the
person occupying the role, especially as it is often this person who
really keeps the wheels of your company turning."
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Windows DCOM RPC Exploit
This is not a usual tutorial, but more of a "description of events"
of the past few days. It began when Microsoft issued this bulletin.
Microsoft originally released this bulletin and patch on July 16, 2003
to correct a security vulnerability in a Windows Distributed Component
Object Model (DCOM) Remote Procedure Call (RPC) interface. The patch was
and still is effective in eliminating the security vulnerability.
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Windows 2000 ICS, NAT, and IAS
A service first provided by Microsoft in its Windows 98 operating
system, Internet Connection sharing is meant to allow a single Internet
connection to be shared amongst multiple computers on a small network
with minimal configuration. In Windows 2000, ICS is implemented via the
actual sharing of a network interface, which has a ‘real’ IP address,
either via a dial-up or fixed network connection. It is important to
remember that ICS (which is available in both Windows 2000 Professional
and Server) is mainly meant as a solution for small and home offices,
and not larger enterprise environments.
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