Microsoft yesterday released Microsoft Security Advisory (971492) which contains information regarding a security vulnerability that affects Internet Information Service (IIS) 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0. Microsoft describes the flaw as "Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the WebDAV extension for IIS handles HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially crafted anonymous HTTP request to gain access to a location that typically requires authentication." Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft Warns of New Security Vulnerability in IIS
May 20th, 2009RIM rolls out latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server
May 4th, 2009RIM on Monday said its latest enterprise server was available and detailed a strategic alliance with Hewlett-Packard.
As expected, RIM rolled out (full details can be found here) its BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0. The latest version offers more IT administration controls and integrates RIM push technology with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell Groupwise. RIM’s latest effort also focuses on role-based controls, identifying “disallowed” applications and scheduling deployments. Read the rest of this entry »
Helping Small Businesses With Windows 7 Professional and Windows XP Mode
May 4th, 2009This article gives some more clarity on Microsofts Windows XP mode that will be made available with Windows 7. As we previously commented on our article upon first hearing of this technology we have to wait and try this out to see if it is all it's cracked up to be. We already see one catch that requires virtualization capable processors on the machines that are to run windows 7 and Windows XP Mode because of the underlying virtual PC running on the machine. This makes perfect sense but a lot of the machines already running Windows XP (and subsequently a lot of the upgrade candidates) will not have these processors on board. So it seems that yes XP mode is a good option to have but most of these machines considered for the upgrade will need to be newer models that support virtualization. This then involves an expense for new hardware for those looking to move to windows 7 and then to install the critical applications currently installed in their XP machines on these units. Of course over time this becomes less of a concern as machines need to be upgraded anyway and so will software, where possible. To me it looks like this is a good idea but the natural evolution of people looking to move to windows 7 will still be determined by time (when it's safe to jump back in the water so to speak) and economic concerns. Read the rest of this entry »
