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Anderson Computer Services Bob Anderson, Owner 328 Mill Street Unit 3, Box 11 Beaverton, ON  L0K 1A0 416-657-4157 newsletter@andersoncomputer.ca Bringing It All Together for Insurance Brokers and Small Business since 1991. February / March 2005 Feature Patch Testing: How Much Is Enough? What determines how soon you should load a patch designed to correct a newly discovered security vulnerability?... [ MORE ] Recent Security Alerts as of February 7 • Microsoft (3) • Red Hat (20) • SuSe (5) [ MORE ] Security Alert History • Current level: Normal Risk   [ MORE ] Malware = Malicious Software Effective Access Control The most important question about security within a company's internal network is, Who has access to what? Many companies lack a consistent method for controlling access to certain files... [ MORE ] Here's Some Good Password Advice Whether pass phrases are better than passwords seems to be a matter of personal preference. But whichever approach you choose, consider the following tips for developing strong passwords or pass phrases... [ MORE ] A Small Business Security Checklist [ MORE ] 2 Tools for Monitoring Network Activity PortQry and PortReporter are 2 tools that can help you determine which programs are listening on your computer's network ports. Such tools are important if you need to troubleshoot network services or detect unwanted programs... http://www.windowsitpro.com/econtent/securitypartner/index.cfm?action=Article&RD=2261&ED=1&FD=021005106&ND=8 [ MORE ] Using IPsec for Network Protection Internet Protocol security (IPsec) is truly one of the most useful security technologies we know of. Yet it remains poorly understood and underused-in no small part because it can be difficult to comprehend and configure.... [ MORE ] Protect Exchange With Forms-Based Authentication One of the features in Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 is the ability to protect a computer running Exchange Server software... [ MORE ]