I was browsing around a little today and noticed an article at BroadBandReports that led me to C|Net where Stefanie Olsen writes about statistics and experiences with free pop-up blockers. It didn't take long at all to realize that one of my systems which doesn't run Proxomitron makes use of the Google Toolbar. It does indeed miss some pop-ups, where as a few months ago it caught everything.

Winners have been announced and congratulations go out to:

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Network Management

Today’s modern companies must rely on computer systems more than ever. For most organizations, the IT era started with a few personal computers, a server or two, and a few other devices like hubs, switches, routers, and printers.

To support all of these nice new applications, more servers were soon added. And because you want your company to have a presence on the Internet, some of these servers are accessible from the outside world."

Net Security Gets Root-Level Boost
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan and Cara Garretson

More of the root server operators are doing this routing technique, and the DNS is more robust than ever, says Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the DNS and chairman of DNS software vendor Nominum. The DNS is more resilient than it was a year ago by a factor of two.

IBM Upgrades pSeries Servers
By Jeffrey Burt

IBM Corp. is bringing greater speed and disaster-recovery capabilities to its line of eServer pSeries systems. The Armonk, N.Y., company also is upgrading the I/O and RAID capabilities of the servers in a series of moves announced Thursday designed to meet the key demands of customers, according to Jim McGaughan, director of eServer strategy at IBM.

Why Use Windows Server When You Can Samba?
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
September 29, 2003

Sick and tired of paying Microsoft Software Assurance/Licensing 6 prices for Windows file/print services? If that's you, you should learn to do the latest Samba 3 file/print server dance from the Samba Team.

Windows Server 2003 Taking Share from Linux
By James Maguire
Enterprise Windows IT
September 15, 2003

The dramatic increase in Server 2003 use is not surprising, says Gartner analyst Tom Bittman told NewsFactor. We absolutely expect it to grow rapidly. Because of its small installed based, even a modest amount of sales is a large percentage increase.

Apache group aims at J2EE applications
By David Becker

CNET News.com
August 7, 2003, 3:27 PM PT

The group behind the popular Apache open-source Web server software plans to develop a complementary application server, shaking up an already turbulent market.

Greg Stein, chairman of the Apache Software Foundation, announced in an open letter this week the formation of the Geronimo project, which will work to create Apache-compatible software for delivering Web applications based on Sun Microsystems' Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology.

Novell iChain User Session Security Issue

Release Date: 2003-08-08
Critical: Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote

Software: Novell iChain 2.x

Description:
Novell has reported a security issue in iChain, which can result in a user getting another user's session.

Cisco Content Services Switch Denial of Service

Release Date: 2003-08-08
Critical: Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
OS: Cisco Content Services Switch 11000 Series

Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Cisco Content Services Switch 11000 series allowing malicious people to cause a Denial of Service.