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Learn about and Install Windows Server 2003 SP1 at Microsoft TechNet Center.
Overview
This download will enable you to send SMS text messages through most GSM mobile phones connected to your PC using Outlook 2003.
You can enter your SMS text within a Outlook-type entry form and have it sent to your mobile phone for delivery through your mobile phone network service. There is no requirement to install third-party software or to subscribe to additional mobile network services if your mobile phone can be connected to your PC. This is typically via an infrared connection, Bluetooth technology, or a USB/serial cable.
The SMS messages can be saved as a draft, grouped, and forwarded like standard Outlook 2003 e-mail.
Additional Features:
- Manage SMS messages just like emails – Save drafts, Sent items, Print
- Forward as email and SMS
- Lookup and resolve phone numbers to your existing Outlook contacts
- Use speller and proofing tools
- Cut and paste text from other applications
Important notes:
- This program is a free product and is not supported by Microsoft.
And download link... ;-)
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in Windows Server 2003 provides data encryption but it does not provide authentication to verify the identity of terminal server. There is a nice new feature that comes in Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003. Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 for server authentication and to encrypt terminal server communication. TLS is the latest and securest version of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Difference is that TLS 1.0 applies a Key-Hashing for Message Authentication Code (HMAC) algorithm. SSL 3.0 applies Message Authentication Code (MAC) algorithm. Difference between HMAC and MAC is that HMAC produces an integrity check value with a hash function construction that makes hash much harder to break.
How to enable RDP over SSL?
On server:
- Terminal Server must run Windows Server 2003 SP1
- You must obtain certificate for the terminal server (Server Authentication)
- Enable RDP over SSL (see picture below). You can force usage of SSL with selecting SSL from drop down menu or to only offer SSL functionality with selecting Negotiate.
On client:
- Clients must run Windows 2000 or XP
- Clients must be upgraded to use RDP 5.2 (Windows Server 2003 SP1) client
- Clients must trust the root of the server`s certificate
- Configure RDP client for SSL usage (see picture below)
That`s all ;-)
I got this error million times today... ;-)
I just read this article at reuters.com. What the hell are they thinking? Like they don’t have enough compromised machines around the world already? Not to mention stupid "LAND attack" which is still unpatched. Or is this just another thoughtless statement from Microsoft?
I understand that Microsoft is U.S. company. But they have no right to shorten regular customers around the world! I don`t care for U.S. government personally. For me they are just a government like any others. Including Afganistan`s.
Quote:
Under a plan to take effect later this year, Microsoft will give the U.S. Air Force versions of software "patches" to fix serious security vulnerabilities up to a month before they are available to others, the paper said.
Edited 14.3.2005 Quote 2:
The U.S. government will not get a head start on other Windows users when it comes to Microsoft security updates, the company said Friday in response to news report that suggested otherwise.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Air Force will receive early versions of software patches through Microsoft's Update Validation Program (SUVP) and those fixes will be forwarded to other agencies through the Department of Homeland Security.
Edited 14.3.2005 Related posts:
Overview
Virtual Server is a Microsoft Windows®–based server application that is optimized to provide virtualization of Windows Server operating systems concurrently on a single physical server. In combination with the Windows Server 2003 operating system, Virtual Server provides a platform for implementing domain controllers in virtual machines. With this platform, you can install multiple Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server domain controllers in separate virtual machines on a single physical server. In this way, you can host multiple domains, multiple domain controllers for the same domain, or even multiple forests on one physical server that is running a single operating system.
Running domain controllers in virtual machines is best suited for test and pre-production piloting environments. With strict adherence to the requirements described in this document, domain controllers running in virtual machines can also be used in a production environment.
This document is intended for IT administrators, engineers, and architects who are evaluating using Virtual Server to host domain controllers that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server in virtual machines.
Download whitepaper here...