NetFlash: Experts split on port 445 security risk

NetFlash: Experts split on port 445 security risk
06/24/05

In this issue:

* Experts split on port 445 security risk
* Grid adoption perks up
* EMC, Sun make nice with Solaris support
* Verizon Wireless adds handset, bundles data, voice
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Sheryl Hodge

More than a week after Microsoft patched 10 security flaws in
its software, security experts are offering differing views on
whether an attack that exploits one of these flaws may be
brewing.
Experts split on port 445 security risk
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2798>

Grid adoption perks up

Mainstream companies are starting to reap benefits from
harnessing unused computing power. In the staid world of
insurance companies, The Hartford is making a name for itself by
lashing together 200 servers to create a powerful grid that's
tackling compute-intensive financial analytics.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2799>

EMC, Sun make nice with Solaris support

Sun and EMC , sometime bitter rivals in the storage arena, are
collaborating to make life simpler for customers running EMC
software on Sun's Solaris 10 operating system, the two companies
announced Thursday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2800>

Verizon Wireless adds handset, bundles data, voice

Verizon Wireless has added a handset and bundled data and voice
plans for business customers. The carrier is now supporting the
Samsung SCH - i730 Pocket PC, designed for large account
customers. New plans that combine voice minutes, unlimited
nights and weekends for voice calling and unlimited data access
from a PDA, Smartphone or BlackBerry will be available from June
27.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash2801>

Today on Layer 8, your summer blockbuster:

EBay wants sellers to branch out; kids spend all day on their
phones; the effects of Yahoo's chat room crackdown; and a look
at carriers' efforts to ban municipal Wi-Fi; all this today and
more at your home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net>
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