ServerWatch Newsletter for August 10, 2004

      
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ServerWatch Newsletter
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004
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1. Hardware Today -- Clustering Your Way to Supercomputing
August 9, 2004
As the climate for scaling out heats up, enterprise 
interest in clusters continues to grow, along with 
definitions and vendor claims. We look at clustering 
vs. grid vs. utility computing, and highlight 
offerings from IBM and SGI.

  
Can EMC 'Unite the World Through Content'?::
select a newsletter above, type your email and click the arrow to sign up! .. ServerWatch.com Article: Tip of the Trade--IP Address Management 
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/3095591HOME
     
DC - Archived News and Articles::
Wired News, August, 2004. Sheep in Shining Armor: Let your PC join an army of several million others and save the world--while you sleep; a current overview 
http://distributedcomputing.info/newsarchive.htmlHOME
   http://www.serverwatch.com/hreviews/article.php/3392731


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2. Differentiating Among BSD Distros
August 10, 2004
Ever wonder exactly how FreeBSD differs from Open BSD, 
or why Mac OS X is considered a BSD? We overview the 
four main BSD distributions and offer recommendations 
for both server- and desktop-based solutions. 

http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3393051


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3. MS Exchange 5.5 Spoofing Flaw Fixed
August 10, 2004
Microsoft Tuesday warned of a moderately critical 
vulnerability that puts users at risk for cross-site 
scripting and spoofing attacks. 

http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3393111


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4. IIS vs. Zeus
August 6, 2004
Zeus Technologys Web server and Microsofts IIS 
are two Web servers popular with enterprises. See 
how they compare to one another.

http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/compare/index.php/compare2_18097,15993

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5. Enterprise Unix Roundup -- LinuxWorld Rallies the Faithful
August 5, 2004
LWE West was the place to be this week: Novell went in for a penguin, 
in for a pound to become a full-blown Linux player; HP, IBM, 
Red Hat, and Sun courted the colony. SCO says no to more lawsuits. 
We look at rpl, a utility that replaces strings in files.

  
SecuritySpace::
Sept 8, 2000, August 2000 Security Space Survey Results, Server Watch  2000, E-SOFT Launches New Portal, Information Security magazine and newsletter 
http://www.securityspace.com/sspace/press.htmlHOME
   http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3391451


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6. IBM Tosses Embedded Database to Apache
August 5, 2004
IBM  released a copy of its Java-based Cloudscape 
relational database application to the Apache Software 
Foundation.

http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3390941


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7. Novell Bursting With Linux
August 5, 2004
Novell raised its Linux profile with a trio of key 
announcements.

http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3391071


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8. Solaris Gets the Linux Touch
August 5, 2004
With Project Janus, Sun customers can run Linux binary 
applications unchanged on their Solaris operating systems.

http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3391141


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9. The Buzz on Blackstone
August 4, 2004
ColdFusion Product Manager Tim Buntel gives ServerWatch 
a sneak peek at whats coming in the next release of 
ColdFusion. 

http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3390611

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10. August 2004 Netcraft Survey Highlights 
August 4, 2004
Results for the August 2004 Netcraft Web Server Survey 
are in and measure responses from more than 53.3 million 
sites. This is the 19th consecutive month of growth for 
the Web and a new peak in the number of sites measured. 
Apache and IIS again dominated.

  
What is font? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer ::
Last modified: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 . ServerWatch.com Article: Tip of the Trade--IP Address Management · ITChannelPlanet.com Article: Enterprise 
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/font.htmlHOME
     
Gordano Messaging Server: News::
Serverwatch - Mail Server Options Abound, Gordano Adds Gizmos .. 10-Feb-2004, Quote "Fantastic ROI! This is simply a great product.." 
http://www.gordano.com/home/press/releases.htm?NewsID=3817&Next=OneHOME
   http://www.serverwatch.com/stats/netcraft/article.php/3390641


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Server Updates
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Updated Sambar Server, a 4 star Web server, to version 6.1 Beta 3. - Aug 09, 2004
		http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/15893

Updated Titan FTP Server, a 4 star FTP server, to version 3.21.177. - Aug 09, 2004
		http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/17101

Updated eXtend, a 4 star Application server, to version 5.2. - Aug 06, 2004
		http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/15995

Updated CommuniGate Pro, a 4 star Mail server, to version 4.2 (Final). - Aug 06, 2004
		http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/server/index.php/16029


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Related Stories
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Other internet.com sites also discuss servers and server-related issues. 
In this section of the newsletter, we highlight relevant stories that 
have run on internet.com sites within the past week.


** Distribute This Denial of Service Checklist
 No one wants to deal with a DDoS attack, but thats 
no excuse to slack off when it comes to preparing for 
one. Here are four things to consider when it 
comes time to harden your network against attack. 
 http://networking.earthweb.com/netsecur/article.php/3392361


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** Microsofts XP SP2 Arrives 
 It brings better security, even as some applications 
fail under the service packs stringent controls. 
 http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3391911


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** Tale of the Tape: Beware Wind Quality
 Henry Newman uncovers a little-known problem that 
could pose a big threat to stored data. 
 http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/features/article.php/3392901

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