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HOT NEWS | Today's Headlines
1. TOP NEWS STORIES
- Lotus Notes Mail Archiving Tips
- Award-winning toolkit builds Lotus IM "bots" without programming
- Ambient Sametime Active Desktop
- Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere integration for developers
- Lessons in secure messaging using Domino 6
- Using Soundex Values May Increase the Risk of a Web Attack
- Potential DOS Vulnerability SSL with IBM Lotus Instant Messaging
- Webadmin.nsf Vulnerabilites Reported in Advisory
- Lotus Notes URI Handler Argument Injection Vulnerability
- Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability Addressed in 6.0.4 and 6.5.2
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER RELATED TECHNOLOGY NEWS
- Discounts on IBM systems for developers (U.S. only)
- Developer Bookstore sponsored by IBM developerWorks
- Applying the Fishbone diagram and Pareto principle to Lotus Domino
- New IBM Templates Tutor More SMBs
- IBM to Attune Quality Tools on Open-Source Hyades
- Mexican students learn 'A-B-Si's' on Linux-based PCs
- HP, Intel chips face recall; IBM says it's not affected
- Software piracy losses up to $29 billion
- IBM begins testing supercharged barcodes
- Comdex trade show canceled for 2004
- Trojan virus attacks popular Web sites
- Apple's Mac OS 'Tiger' ready to pounce
- Another Internet Explorer flaw found
- IE flaw may boost rival browsers
- Enterprises Slow to Dump IE
- Microsoft throws .Net over China
- Scotland Yard and the case of the rent-a-zombies
- McAfee Sends Out More Pink Slips
- U.N. Aims to Bring Spam 'Epidemic' to End
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LEAD STORY
LOTUS NOTES MAIL ARCHIVING TIPS | Lotus devloperWorks
A mail database can grow out of control and become a problem, even
for people who are good about throwing out junk mail. The larger a
mail database, the longer it can take to perform routine tasks.
Bloated databases are a problem for administrators especially, because
they're often dealing with hundreds, even thousands of mail databases
residing on servers with limited space. On a large server, disk space
consumption can grow over a gigabyte a day!
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OTHER HEADLINES
INSTANT AGENT FRAMEWORK: AWARD-WINNING TOOLKIT BUILDS LOTUS IM "BOTS"
WITHOUT PROGRAMMING | Lotus
A tool developed Lotus Award winner, Instant Technology, builds
"bots" that retrieve data from applications as easily as sending an
instant message.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/swnews/swnews.nsf/n/jmae623nl2?OpenDocument&Site=dominonews
AMBIENT SAMETIME ACTIVE DESKTOP | Lotus developerWorks
Create an ambient Sametime application that indicates when a group or
user has come on-line using a virtual orb on your Active Desktop. This
article shows you how with the Sametime Links Toolkit, which you can
download from developerWorks: Lotus. Ambient devices have enjoyed
growing press coverage in recent months. Most well known are the orbs
and dashboards from the Cambridge, MA-based company Ambient Devices.
Ambient devices are intended to give users information in the periphery.
They sit on your desk--or desktop as you'll see--and provide high level,
low resolution data. You can configure, for example, an ambient orb to
glow different colors when there is a change in a company's stock price.
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/article/ambientST/
LOTUS DOMINO AND IBM WEBSPHERE INTEGRATION FOR DEVELOPERS | Lotus
developerWorks
Many customers have integrated IBM Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere
into their environments. This article explains how you can build
applications that take advantage of the relative strengths offered
by both Domino and WebSphere.
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/article/domino-websphere/
LESSONS IN SECURE MESSAGING USING DOMINO 6 | Lotus developerWorks
Learn about secure messaging in Notes/Domino 6. From certificates to
digital signatures, find out how to protect your messages from a
hacker. This article explains how the major pieces of Notes/Domino 6
messaging security fit together, using a clear, easy to understand
example starring a legendary figure in the oil business.
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/article/securemessaging/
WEB AUTHENTICATION USING SOUNDEX VALUES MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A BRUTE
FORCE ATTACK | Lotus Support Services
Problem: InfoScreen has published an advisory showing an increased
risk of a brute force attack under particular circumstances. It may
be easier for an attacker to gain authenticated access to Domino data
when both of the following conditions are met (1) Internet
authentication is configured to use "More name variations with lower
security" in the Server document in the Domino Directory, and (2)
User accounts exist with common or guessable passwords. -- Solution:
In the Domino Directory, in the Server document, there is a field
called "Internet authentication"on the Security tab. This field has
two possible values "More name variations with lower security" and
"Fewer name variations with higher security".
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21165495
POTENTIAL DOS VULNERABILITY SSL WITH IBM LOTUS INSTANT MESSAGING AND WEB
CONFERENCING (SAMETIME) 3.X AND 6.5.1 | Lotus Support Services
Problem: A potential denial-of-service vulnerability can be triggered
by certain malformed Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) records causing IBM®
Global Security Toolkit (GSKIT) component to fail and thereby causing
the application to terminate. Does this potential vulnerability affect
IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime)? --
Solution: This issue only affects IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web
Conferencing (Sametime) servers that have configured SSL connections
with their LDAP server. To resolve the issue, customers should upgrade
their version of GSKit. Please read on for further information about
when and how to upgrade GSKit.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21165495
WEBADMIN.NSF VULNERABILITES REPORTED IN ADVISORY | Lotus Support Services
Problem: Is Lotus Domino vulnerable to the issues reported in the
security advisory posted by Dr_insane entitled "IBM Lotus Domino
server 6.5.1 webadmin.nsf vulnerabilities"? -- Solution: All three
issues reported require that the attacker have ADMINISTRATOR access
rights. If you are not already an authenticated server administrator,
you cannot use the Web Administrator.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21163845
LOTUS NOTES URI HANDLER ARGUMENT INJECTION VULNERABILITY | Lotus Support
Services
Problem: Jouko Pynnonen, in association with iDEFENSE, reported a
vulnerability in the Lotus Notes 6.x client that may allow an
attacker to execute malicious code on the user's workstation under
certain circumstances. -- Solution: This issue was reported to IBM
Lotus software Quality Engineering and has been resolved in Notes
6.0.4 and 6.5.2. This issue does not occur in Notes R5 or 4.6x releases.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21169510
CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING VULNERABILITY ADDRESSED IN 6.0.4 AND 6.5.2 | Lotus
Support Services
Problem: IBM Lotus recognized the potential for a cross-site scripting
vulnerability to exist under certain circumstances. No customers are
known to have been affected by this vulnerability in a production
environment. -- Solution: This issue was reported to IBM Lotus
software Quality Engineering and has been addressed in Domino 6.0.4
and 6.5.2. For earlier releases, this issue can be prevented by
creating a full text index for databases that allow public access.
This issue does not affect Domino 5.x servers.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21171253
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Applying the Fishbone diagram and Pareto principle to IBM Lotus Domino,
Part 2 | Lotus developerWorks
Use the Pareto principle to determine which software-related problems
to manage first. This article, part two in our series, introduces you
to the Pareto priniciple, a problem management tool that you can
apply to issues with your Domino applications.
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/article/pareto/
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New IBM Templates Tutor More SMBs | eWeek
The company, which says it acquired 10,000 new SMB customers in the
first half of 2004, adds five new templates designed to help partners
figure out how to configure their software and services to fit with
its middleware.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1620359,00.asp
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IBM to Attune Quality Tools on Open-Source Hyades | eWeek
Saying that poorly made software costs enterprises more than $22
billion a year, the company's Rational division plans to standardize
its automated software quality tools on an open-source platform.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1620308,00.asp
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Mexican students learn ‘A-B-Si’s’ on Linux-based PCs | IBM
Primary school pupils in 16 Mexican states will soon be using desktop
PCs running on Linux, an open source operating system, thank to
Omnilife, a Mexican retail business, that donated 1,000 IBM
ThinkCentre desktop PCs, and IBM Global Services provided services to
support the PCs running on Linux.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/2004/07/072.html
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HP, Intel chips face recall; IBM says it's not shipping affected parts | IBM
Intel and HP are recalling some chipsets. For its part, IBM says
it's not shipping any affected parts in its PCs.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/2004/06/281.html
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Software piracy losses up to $29 billion | CNN Tech
The global trade in pirated software, from versions of Microsoft
Windows XP to Adobe Acrobat, hit nearly $29 billion in 2003, an
industry trade body said in its annual survey on Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech/07/07/software.piracy.reut/index.html
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IBM begins testing supercharged barcodes | CNN Tech
International Business Machines Corp opened a test center for radio
tags in Nice, France on Thursday to keep up with fast growing interest
from retailers, manufacturers and transport firms.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/07/02/tech.ibm.radiotags.reut/index.html
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Comdex trade show canceled for 2004 | CNN Tech
Comdex, once the preeminent trade show for the technology industry
but which has lost its luster in recent years, has been canceled this
year, the event's producers said Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech/06/23/comdex.cancelled.reut/index.html
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Trojan virus attacks popular Web sites | CNN Tech
Internet researchers were scratching their heads over an attack that
targeted some of the most popular sites on the Web with a trojan virus
that exploits flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/06/25/internet.attack/index.html
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Apple's Mac OS 'Tiger' ready to pounce | CNN Tech
Apple Computer Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs says the 2005 launch
of the next Mac OS X operating system will have features "way ahead"
of Microsoft Corp.'s next Windows release due out in 2006.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/06/29/apple.osx.ap/index.html
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Military on alert for Coke's chip contest
There's a new security threat at some of the nation's military bases
-- and it looks uncannily like a can of Coke.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/07/02/coke.militaryalert.ap/index.html
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Another Internet Explorer flaw found | CNET
This is the third time in a month that Microsoft must play catch-up
with researchers finding vulnerabilities in its browser. A computer
science researcher has highlighted the shortcomings of Microsoft's
latest patch for its Internet Explorer browser by identifying another
way that online vandals could run malicious programs on a Web surfer's
computer.
http://news.com.com/Another+Internet+Explorer+flaw+found/2100-7349_3-5259374.html?tag=nefd.top
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IE flaw may boost rival browsers | ZDNet
A major security hole discovered in Microsoft's Internet Explorer last
week has become a golden marketing opportunity for alternative browsers
such as Mozilla and Opera that are unaffected by the flaw. To avoid
falling prey to a concerted attack aiming to steal log-on information
and passwords, some security experts advised Web surfers to either
turn off some Internet Explorer (IE) features or switch to another
browser as the best immediate fix. Unknown attackers who had taken
control of several Web servers used the flaw last week to install a
remote-access program, dubbed JS.Scob.Trojan, onto the PCs of visitors
to those sites.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5250697.html?tag=nl
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Enterprises Slow to Dump IE | eWeek
While corporate users may be worried about security holes, they often
rely on internal applications and Web sites that only work within
Microsoft's dominant Web browser.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1620426,00.asp
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Microsoft throws .Net over China | CNET
Software giant strikes new deal with the largest systems integrator
in mainland China. Microsoft has partnered with Digital China, the
nation's leading software vendor and systems integrator, to develop
.NET-based enterprise and e-government packages for the Chinese market.
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+throws+.Net+over+China/2100-7343_3-5260082.html?tag=nefd.top
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Scotland Yard and the case of the rent-a-zombies | CNET
Vast networks of home computers are being rented out without their
owners' knowledge to spammers, fraudsters and digital saboteurs,
security experts said on Wednesday.
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McAfee Sends Out More Pink Slips | eWeek
Security software vendor McAfee has laid off a number of employees
throughout the company as part of its ongoing effort to cut costs.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1620361,00.asp
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U.N. Aims to Bring Spam 'Epidemic' to End | eWeek
The United Nations is aiming to bring a "modern day epidemic" of junk
e-mail under control within two years by standardizing legislation to
make it easier to prosecute offenders, a leading expert said Tuesday.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1620415,00.asp
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