NetFlash: Windows worm beginning to spread

NetFlash: Windows worm beginning to spread
08/17/05

In this issue:

* Windows worm beginning to spread
* Symantec to buy Sygate
* Eight pass Liberty's SAML 2.0 interoperability test
* IBM donates code to make Firefox more accessible
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

Are we looking at the next big worm? Or is this threat blown out
of proportion because it hit a news organization or two? Check
back with Network World for the latest on this developing story.

Windows worm beginning to spread
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5321>

Symantec to buy Sygate

Last night Symantec announced it would buy Sygate Technologies,
a company that makes policy-enforcement software.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5322>

Eight pass Liberty's SAML 2.0 interoperability test

The Liberty Alliance, which is developing models for the sharing
of identities across corporate boundaries, announced Tuesday
that eight vendors have passed its first interoperability test
based on an emerging identity standard.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5323>

IBM donates code to make Firefox more accessible

IBM is contributing software to the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox
Web browser to make it easier for disabled users to access and
navigate the Internet.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5324>

Today on Layer 8, where we prefer to be known as "L. Diddy":

Use a Bluetooth headset, prepare to be mocked; laptop sale
sparks riot; bike-powered PCs; and Microsoft beats Apple to
iPod-patent filing; all this today and more at your home for
not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Cisco to juice 6500 switch
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5242>

2. Google goes berserk
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5325>

3. Test: CipherTrust tops encryption field
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5243>

4. IT staff shortage looming
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5326>

5. Cisco to double Catalyst 6500 switch capacity in coming
months, report says
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5065>

Today's most-forwarded story:

Cisco to juice 6500 switch
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5245>
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