News from PANUG/BizNix - March 19, 2003
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WEBDAV PATCH PROBLEM
bt Dick Pilz - PANUG President

The WebDAV patch from MS can lock W2K systems. It's incompatible
with 12 W2K fixes issued previously by MS.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/19/HNwinpatch_1.html


DO YOU WANT WIRELESS WITH THOSE FRIES?
by Lorraine Renard

I just read this news bite in the March 17, 2003 eweek about
McDonalds adding one hour of free WLAN services with a purchase
of a Value Meal. I'm passing a link to the article along because
I thought it a bit amusing as well as interesting. Your comments
and take on public WLANs are welcome.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,924154,00.asp

When I spoke to Ed Sawicki about this, he replied:

"I think wireless is the next Windows in the sense that
millions will use it with complete apathy about security
issues. Even if Linux replaces Windows on the corporate
desktop, wireless will help ensure that corporate computing
remains insecure. There seems to be no end to our appetite
for sexy technologies that prevent us from being truly
secure."