FW: THE INFOWORLD SCOOP P.M. EDITION, Wednesday, March 28, 2001

Wed Mar 28 16:38:12 EST 2001

Well, according to the attached article, it has finally happened.  I am
referring to the article on the first virus to infect both Windows and
Linux.

Note:  The attached article is a summary, with a link to the full article at
the end of it.

Enjoy!

Oh yeah!  Once you have read thins article, you will know as much as I do
with regards to this topic, so don't ask me any questions about it, but, I
am open to any discussion that this article creates

Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc.
Web Business Office, The City of Calgary
PHONE:  (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423
E-MAIL ADDRESS:  sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca

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Wednesday, March 28, 2001

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* Startups aim to move integration to network layer

* Oracle ASP AppShop readies wireless delivery

* First virus to infect Windows and Linux apps appears

* Guninski finds another hole in MS Exchange security

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STARTUPS AIM TO MOVE INTEGRATION TO NETWORK LAYER

Posted at March 28, 2001 07:46 AM Pacific

THE NATURE OF application and data integration is
changing. The early whisperings of EAI's (enterprise
application integration's) demise are proving
premature, and the technology is now finding a few
emerging options.

Among EAI's new brethren are companies focused on IDI
(Internet data integration) and EBI (e-business
integration). The latest category emerged this week
when two startup companies that hope to create
application integration frameworks at the network
level made their case at the PC Forum conference in
Phoenix.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/03/28/010328hnopen.xml?0328wepm

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ORACLE ASP APPSHOP READIES WIRELESS DELIVERY

Posted at March 28, 2001 07:22 AM Pacific

APPSHOP, AN ORACLE e-Business Suite ASP (application
service provider), announced this week that it is beta
testing wireless delivery of its service.

The ASP will make Oracle's ERP (enterprise resource
planning) application offering available on PDAs, WAP
phones, and other mobile devices in the second
quarter, said Prashanth Prahlad, president and founder
of San Francisco-based AppShop.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/03/28/010328hnapp.xml?0328wepm

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FIRST VIRUS TO INFECT WINDOWS AND LINUX APPS APPEARS

Posted at March 28, 2001 07:13 AM Pacific

ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS are reporting the
appearance of the first virus to infect applications
on systems running either Linux or Microsoft's Windows
-- although it presents little danger, they say.

The virus -- known variously as W32.Winux,
Linux.PEElf.2132, Linux.Winux, or W32/Lindose -- is
carried in Linux or Windows executable files. When an
application infected with it is run, it spreads to
other executable files in the same or adjacent
directories in the file system.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/03/28/010328hnvirlin.xml?0328wep
m

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GUNINSKI FINDS ANOTHER HOLE IN MS EXCHANGE SECURITY

Posted at March 28, 2001 06:47 AM Pacific

BULGARIAN BUG HUNTER Georgi Guninski said in an
advisory Wednesday that a security risk is created in
interactions between Microsoft's Internet Explorer
(IE), Internet Information Server (IIS), and Exchange
2000 software, potentially baring server directories
and e-mail to prying eyes.

The advisory said Microsoft's OLE DB for Internet
publishing program, a tool used to help Web-publish
information stored in databases, gives a scripting
interface for accessing and manipulating objects on
IIS 5.0 or in Web storage.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/03/28/010328hngun.xml?0328wepm

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"Privacy is one of those things, like water and air (and
electricity in California), that you don't think about too
much until it's gone. But once you lose it or it's in short
supply, you realize just how important it is."

--In his Ethics Matters column, Carlton Vogt gives his take
on how the Bush administration will deal with the thorny
question of online privacy.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/03/23/010323opethics.xml?0328wep
m

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