There's even a program available which will 'wrap' Back Orifice in a legitimate program, and running it will install the server. System administrators were concerned that the program could be used as a back door into their networks, and the media...
Apache and its brothers require considerably more knowledge about software, networks and security to be able to install and set up, and it is much more likely that the kind of people able to do this are also the kind of people that are likely to...
Neglecting to reboot a machine after installing a patch is one bugbear - it leaves users thinking they're patched and leaving their machine wide open as ever. There's no silver bullet - we're not saying if you install Service Pack 2, you'll never...
Another improvement will come in the way businesses are able to install Windows on large numbers of machines. The third major component, a reworking of the Windows file system known as WinFS, has been delayed past Longhorn's release and is expected...
Developers can write programs that require .NET but either individual users have to download the necessary framework code or businesses can install it when they give their machines to workers. Microsoft surprised developers on Monday by releasing a...
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. One of the new features is "secure-at-install", which is designed...