NetFlash: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine has serious bug

NetFlash: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine has serious bug
10/07/05

In this issue:

* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine has serious bug
* ISP spat blacks out 'Net connections
* Cold water thrown on Google's app aspirations
* MCI shareholders approve Verizon deal
* Microsoft expects nine security fixes in October
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase

It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116838
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ARE HOLOGRAMS IN YOUR STORAGE FUTURE?

Imagine storing 20,000 X-ray images on a disk the size of a
credit card. That's one grand promise stirring up the buzz over
holographic storage for the enterprise. For more on the
differences between polytopic recording and collinear
holography, and whether or not holographic storage can withstand
the test of time, click here:
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116067
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Sheryl Hodge

Users of the Symantec's AntiVirus Scan Engine are being advised
to upgrade their software due to the discovery of a critical
security bug in the product. Because of a bug in the Scan
Engine's administrative interface, it is possible for an
attacker to take over a system running the software by creating
a specially crafted HTTP request, Symantec said in a security
advisory.
Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine has serious bug
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8326>

ISP spat blacks out 'Net connection

A financial dispute between two major Internet backbones, Level
3 Communications and Cogent Communications, has led to dropped
traffic between their networks, a high-stakes game of chicken
that's angering customers affected by the network disruptions.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8327>

Cold water thrown on Google's app aspirations

Google may be a media darling flush with cash, but any attempt
on its part to muscle into productivity and collaborative
applications will find the company in an underdog role it may
not be ready to handle, according to IT professionals and other
industry experts.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8328>

MCI shareholders approve Verizon deal

MCI shareholders Thursday voted and approved, by an
"overwhelming" margin, a merger with telecommunications
competitor Verizon.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8329>

Microsoft expects nine security fixes in October

Perhaps September was the calm before the storm, the storm being
October's release of security updates from Microsoft. Microsoft
is planning nine security fixes - eight of them rated as
critical.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8330>

Today on Layer 8, once again passed over for the Nobel Peace
Prize:

Yahoo CEO slams Google; ISP pricing spat could stall 'Net; text
hackers could jam cell phones; and Muslims get high tech call to
prayer; 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. Microsoft sets roadmap for corporate malware software
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8295>
2. Registry proves critics wrong
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/100305widernet.html?t5>

3. Cisco pushes new security software
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8091>
4. WLAN QoS specification approved
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8275>
5. Somebody's got to pick up the 'Net's tab
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash8184>

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To contact: Sheryl Hodge

Sheryl Hodge is the Senior Online Copy Chief for Network World
Fusion. She can be reached at <mailto:shodge@nww.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase

It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116837
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ARCHIVE LINKS

NetFlash breaking news:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/netflash.html
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FEATURED READER RESOURCE

IT PROS SHARE THEIR TALES OF MAKING ITIL WORK

Running an enterprise network is challenging. IT organizational
change can be even more so if managers don't balance efforts
proportionally across people, process and technology.
Implementing best practices frameworks such as Information
Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) can help, but they
introduce their own set of challenges. Click here for more:

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092205-itil.html>
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