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Delivery of a new, integrated IPv4/IPv6 stack optimized for low-speed wireless and multi-gigabit networks.

Built-in support for streaming audio/video for entertainment and real-time communications tasks.

Support for 802.11i wireless networking and 802.1x enterprise wireless scripting support. Microsoft also will deliver more troubleshooting tools for wireless users, officials said.

Enhancements to Redmond’s support of core DHCP, RRAS/VPN and RADIUS networking infrastructure services, including updates allowing them all to support fully IPv6. Microsoft will step up its IPSec support by providing server-to-server communications, domain isolation and network-access protection, execs said.

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The Redmond, Wash., company has set April 12 as the drop dead date for the delivery of the service pack to all Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 1 systems, whether businesses are ready or not. With that deadline fast approaching, Microsoft has added three security-centric evaluation tools to help customers identify the common issues caused by SP2’s increased security settings.

According to Jon Murchinson, group program manager for Windows, ACT 4.0 will now feature a Windows DCOM Compatibility Evaluator, a Windows Firewall Compatibility Evaluator and an Internet Explorer Compatibility Evaluator. Murchinson told eWEEK.com the tool kit has two key parts: the tools themselves and the Deployment Task List, which provides guidance for a user who is building a deployment plan.

“The first step [for a business] is to run the Application Analyzer, which collects application and system data for each computer it is deployed to,” he said. “Each machine on which the tool is run has an inventory log file that is created, and the App Analyzer aggregates all of the log files into a single inventory report.”

Once the inventory is completed, Murchinson said, the DCOM and Firewall compatibility evaluators can be run, retrieving log files identifying possible compatibility issues.

With these steps complete, the Application Analyzer can be used to compare the inventory file against the Microsoft database via a Web service to search for known issues and suggested fixes, Murchinson said.

“Once your compatibility issues have been identified and packaged, then SP2 needs to be deployed followed by the solution packages, which can be deployed manually, using Group Policy or SMS [Systems Management Server].”

Tariq Sharif, program manager in the IE security and networking team, said the IECE tool is designed to help IT professionals evaluate changes in behavior of Web applications and Web sites caused by the new security features in the service pack.

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According to computer virus specialists, the technology is a significant breakthrough for the protection of computer users from Trojan Horses viruses. In addition, the technology can monitor most common viruses and provide the user with advance warning.

The software’s greatest advance is that it can pick out key values that have been added to the user’s operating system registry and set up an independent data resource to record key viral values. While monitoring all registry-modifying behaviors, the software automatically compares the behavior with data resource records and blocks corresponding viral actions.

As for behaviors that are not related to the data resource, the software notifies the user.

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Traditionally, “rootkit” referred to software that modified the operating system or environment so that an intruder could gain complete access (root access) to a system or network while remaining undetected.

“The actual threat is still small compared to the potential,” admitted F-Secure in an e-mail, but that potential threat is enough, the company believed, to justify releasing F-Secure BlackLight.

The new program scans the computer — it works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 — and reports on objects that are very likely rootkits or files hidden by a rootkit.

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Combining exceptional ease of use and value into a flexible solution, the appliance allows small businesses to deploy a single device, rather than a switch plus multiple firewalls, to securely segment their internal networks.

The PRO 1260 Enhanced is designed for small networks such as multi-tenant offices, hospitality or education establishments, that need to apply varying security policies depending on the user or workgroup, and wish to secure communications both from external sources and internally from zone to zone.

PortShield goes beyond legacy ACL enabled Layer 3 switches to provide granular security policy and Unified Threat Management on all 24 ports.

A streamlined Web interface and suite of configuration and management wizards make the PRO 1260 easy to use in any network environment.

This appliance also integrates support for SonicWALL’s gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, anti-spam and content filtering to enable comprehensive, multi-layered security.

The PRO 1260 Enhanced Bundle ships with SonicWALL’s newly released SonicOS 3.1 Enhanced, adding significant features such as DDNS, a streamlined Web GUI and a comprehensive suite of easy-to-use configuration and management wizards.

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Available only to solution providers in McAfee’s SecurityAlliance partner program, the new Partner Security Service gives solution providers a more flexible contract under which to work and offers expanded upselling opportunities, the partners said.

Based on the latest McAfee Managed VirusScan technology, the new service is a revised take on McAfee’s VirusScan ASaP, which has long prompted complaints from partners.

Dave Roberts, McAfee’s senior vice president of channels for North America, described the new service as “ideal” for businesses with limited IT expertise or personnel. “This service enables our channel partners to become managed service providers,” he said.

The Partner Security Service features a Web-based policy configuration tool that enables solution providers to manage multiple customers, schedule on-demand security scans and push out new capabilities, Roberts said.

“This new service takes care of everything for them and makes us look like geniuses.”

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