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Selena Frye

Selena Frye

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Selena Frye

Selena Frye
Selena has been at TechRepublic since 2002. She is currently a Senior Editor with a background in technical writing, editing, and research. She edits Data Center, Linux and Open Source, Apple in the Enterprise, The Enterprise Cloud, Web Designer, and IT Security blogs.
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    VMware floats but are there stormy waters ahead?

    I'm sure many of you will be familiar with VMware by now.  Their array of virtualisation products are revolutionising the way IT services are deployed and have changed the way developers,...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | August 16, 2007, 6:41 AM PDT

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    Putting a stop to PDF spam

    As I mentioned a little while ago spammers are now using PDF documents to spam users with fake stock alerts. While the spammers are now diversifying by enclosing a PDF file inside zip files and...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | August 14, 2007, 2:30 AM PDT | Latest comment by tr@...

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    ISPs grumble over Video On Demand

    Internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK are complaining about the amount of bandwidth used by video on demand services. Tiscali's Chief Executive Mary Turner commented in the Independent on...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | August 13, 2007, 4:43 PM PDT | Latest comment by Justin Fielding

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    UN Web site is defaced via SQL Injection

    This morning the United Nations Web site was defaced by three hackers calling themselves kerem125, M0sted, and Gsy. The group exploited a typical SQL Injection vulnerability found in the United...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | August 12, 2007, 5:21 PM PDT | Latest comment by corporate@...

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    VoIP in a box?

    There's been a lot of buzz in the VoIP community recently about ooma, a device that the company advertises will allow you to "own your own dial tone." The key here is that you buy a box -- not a...

    Posted by Deb Shinder | August 10, 2007, 12:29 PM PDT | Latest comment by MyDivert

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    Exchange 2007: 32-bit vs. 64-bit

    In reading through comments regarding Exchange 2007's lack of 32-bit support and confusion around why Microsoft decided to provide a 32-bit "test" version of Exchange 2007, I thought I'd offer...

    Posted by Scott Lowe | August 10, 2007, 7:41 AM PDT | Latest comment by reoroman

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    Get to know Cisco ASDM 6.x's new features: Startup Wizard and firewall dashboard

    Last month, I told you how to update the software on the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Cisco's latest and greatest firewall ("Five steps to upgrading the software on a Cisco ASA 5510"). In...

    Posted by David Davis | August 9, 2007, 12:38 PM PDT

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    Block MSN Messenger with Squid

    While instant messaging has changed the way many people communicate, it also creates new problems for network administrators. For various reasons, many companies may choose to block instant...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | August 6, 2007, 1:04 PM PDT | Latest comment by saxenak02@...

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    Microsoft IIS gaining on Apache

    The latest Netcraft survey shows that Microsoft's IIS server is slowly gaining ground on the Apache Web server.  The total number of sites surveyed rose by 2.3 million over last month. ...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | August 6, 2007, 8:51 AM PDT

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    Exchange 2007 roles: Installation order matters when using multiple servers

    Microsoft Exchange 2007 was segmented by a number of different roles: Mailbox Server, Client Access Server, Unified Messaging Server, Hub Transport Server and Edge Transport Server. Although it's...

    Posted by Scott Lowe | August 3, 2007, 11:39 AM PDT | Latest comment by KamboleM@...

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    PDFs become vehicle of choice for spammers

    I don't know whether everyone else is noticing the same thing, but I'm seeing a steady increase in the amount of PDF spam. Along with this, the number of attempted deliveries (bounce and...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | August 3, 2007, 3:13 AM PDT | Latest comment by JCitizen

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    Will your VoIP provider go out of business?

    Consumers and small businesses sign up for VoIP services in hopes of saving money and taking advantage of advanced features such as e-mail delivery of voice mail messages that they can't get with...

    Posted by Deb Shinder | August 1, 2007, 8:11 AM PDT | Latest comment by firefighter1201

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    Setup RPC over HTTPS with Exchange 2003 (where Exchange is not installed on a Global Catalog server)

    After setting up a small Exchange lab and successfully configuring Outlook Web Access (OWA) using a free SSL certificate, I thought it would be interesting to try enabling RPC over HTTPS. In...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | July 31, 2007, 4:10 PM PDT | Latest comment by the_wizkid

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    Cisco administration 101: Monitor network traffic with NetFlow

    Are you familiar with Cisco's NetFlow technology? NetFlow is the new standard for network traffic analysis, and you can use it to see the utilization on a router -- as well as the traffic that's...

    Posted by David Davis | July 31, 2007, 10:43 AM PDT | Latest comment by erikp@...

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    State of Ohio passes the buck

    The state of Ohio are trying to blame a 22 year-old intern for the loss of almost 800,000 social security numbers and other personal information.  A backup tape containing unencrypted data was...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | July 29, 2007, 7:43 AM PDT | Latest comment by cklammer@...

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    Big business under scrutiny

    It seems big business is coming under increasing scrutiny in Europe with Intel and Microsoft both finding themselves in a spot of bother over the past week. In both instances the defendants are...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | July 29, 2007, 7:16 AM PDT

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    Integrate VoIP with your e-mail address -- for free

    Unified communications is all the rage, and it's all about combining different types of messaging, such as e-mail and voice. Now there's a free service that does just that -- without the expense...

    Posted by Deb Shinder | July 27, 2007, 11:14 AM PDT

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    Secure Outlook Web Access with (free) SSL: Part 2

    Last week, I talked about the various options available when looking to use SSL for encryption of Outlook Web Access. Rather than buying an expensive certificate from Verisign or creating my own...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | July 23, 2007, 10:05 AM PDT

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    Disable USB storage under OS X or Windows

    Whilst randomly browsing a few days ago I came across a document prepared by the National Security Agency (NSA) that describes how to disable USB storage on Linux, OS X, Solaris and Windows...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | July 21, 2007, 12:07 PM PDT | Latest comment by sunilrathore2008@...

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    Intel joins OLPC board

    After their previous war of words with the OLPC foundation, Intel have show a sharp change of approach. Back in May founder of OLPC foundation Nicholas Negroponte said Intel ‘should be ashamed...

    Posted by Justin Fielding | July 21, 2007, 12:03 PM PDT

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