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This week on Network World Fusion, 08/11/03

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3Com CEO bullish on being Cisco alternative

XIOtech ups magnitude of storage

‘Big bang’ to jolt Microsoft users

A bushel of Linux patches

* Patches from Red Hat, Immunix, Trustix, others * Beware destructive virus spreading via an e-mail attachment called "VIRUS_BLOCK.EXE"

Determining the extent of MCI’s guilt

* Determining the extent of MCI’s guilt * Buzz is a little bigger this week * Strange bedfellows * Dissecting Microsoft’s identity management moves

A VPN problem

* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass offers advice on renewing a dynamic IP address once the VPN is connected

20,000 leagues under the sea

Friday diversion

NetFlash: IPSec vs. SSL VPNs

Real joining the download crowd

Screenshot capture and management

A Webcam, LED sign and 30 seconds of fame

U.S. govn’t promises two-day e-mail response time

* USA Services aim to streamline citizen interaction with feds

Cisco 2651

* The tour of routers with filtering turned on continues with the Cisco 2651

IT investment styles

* Analyzing IT investment styles can help bring greater returns

Scalix introduces Linux alternative to Exchange

* Scalix’s e-mail platform runs on Linux and works with Outlook

Business travel down

* Travel spending down according to National Business Travel Association survey

Are you being subpoenaed by the RIAA?

* EFF allows file traders to check if they are being hunted by the RIAA

SAP wines and dines SMBs

* Can an enterprise company successfully market software downstream?

NetFlash: SBC to turn up hot spots

Mailbag: Layer 3 not for wiring closets

* Readers vote against Layer 3 switches for wiring closets

Vendors patch postfix flaws

* Patches from @Stake, NetScreen, NetBSD and others * Two new Trojan horses found * Microsoft comes clean on its DoS attack, and other interesting reading

U.K. employees strike back

* The perils of not de-provisioning

Where and how to publish security policies

InfiniBand to the edge

* InfiniCon stretches InfiniBand fabric to edge of network

Aventail simplifies remote access to client-server apps

* Aventail OnDemand 3.0 enables smoother configuration

XIOtech brings clustering to SANs

* XIOtech Magnitude 3D brings failover features of clustering to SANs

Wireless as a substitute for metro fiber

* 802.11a-based outdoor bridges hold appeal