Consumers have accepted limited modes of interaction such as text-TV on their TV-screens, but the remote control is not well-suited to more complex modes of interaction. The need for 'backward compatibility' is at the heart of the debate and the...
A Microsoft security expert claims system administrators do not do enough to shore up IIS web servers from security threats, with the result that the software looks more vulnerable than it actually is.
A common call from non-Microsoft users is for sys admins using the software in question, IIS, to raise their game - or choose different software. Take one portion of Microsoft. Add a generous helping of security.
Microsoft is warning users of another raft of serious vulnerabilities in its IIS web server software. It said anyone using versions of Internet Information Server (IIS) bundled in NT 4.0, Win 2000 or XP needs to apply patches.
Microsoft has warned users of its IIS server software of another raft of vulnerabilities. The versions affected by the buffer overflow flaw are IIS 4 and 5 which are running on the millennium edition and NT4.
That is, backwards compatibility. Furthermore, there is now a wealth of supportive guidance to help customers deploy securely. This has been achieved through a combination of adopting good practice by reducing the total number of services running...