When the server is installed on a PC, it can be remotely controlled, including the ability to create and delete files, run programs, alter the registry and even open and close the door of the CD-ROM drive.
Instead he insisted that if system administrators took more care to update patches, there would be far fewer security problems. Are system administrators failing to perform essential upgrades to web server software or is Microsoft just offloading...
Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) told system administrators to be on the lookout for Trojan horses - programs that appear to be legitimate but aren't - and for several specific kinds of odd network behavior.
Plans for a new storage system, touted as the centrepiece of Longhorn, have raised old questions about Microsoft's ability to deliver on its promises. Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, thinks that the server version will pack...
Such actions have been willful and have been done with knowledge of the copyright rights of SCO". A significant amount of Unix protected code and materials are currently found in Linux 2.4.x, 2.5.x, and 2.6.x releases in violation of SCO's...
Additionally, new transactional capabilities in the Windows file system and registry will enable administrators to roll back changes more easily, in case of an error, Microsoft said. New security features planned for the Longhorn version of Windows...