The ‘Longhorn’ forums were launched recently.

The longhorn forums are at :
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=161&SiteID=17

Article on Password cracking tools for SQL Server

Kevin Beaver has a quick article on Password Cracking tools for SQL Server. Here is the summary

Tools:
1. SQLPing2 and SQLRecon from sqlsecurity.com
2. Cain and Abel
3. NGSSoftware's NGSSQLCrack
4. Application Security's AppDetective


Word(password) Dictionaries
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/Crackers/wordlists
ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists
ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/dict
http://www.outpost9.com/files/WordLists.html
http://www.elcomsoft.com/prs.html#dict

/Gill

Microsoft SQL Server I/O subsystem requirements for the tempdb database

Finally some best practices for performance guide for tempDB on MS SQL.

/Gill

Guide to Computer Security Log Management

Guide to Computer Security Log Management
(http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/DRAFT-SP800-92.pdf).

ADModify.NET: Workspace Home

Overview
ADModify.NET is a tool primarily utilized by Exchange and Active Directory administrators to facilitate bulk user attribute modifications. See http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2004/08/04/208045.aspx for launch details

Tech-Ed 2006 Webcasts: Power to the Pros

If you have already registered for Microsoft TechEd 2006, tune in to this series of webcasts and get the most out of your time while you're there. Haven't yet decided if you'll attend TechEd 2006? This webcast series will give you a preview of what you can learn June 11-16, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts. Plus, attend a pre-TechEd webcast by May 12 and you could win a free pass to TechEd 2006. See the official rules for details.

IIS 6.0 Security and Hardening Resources

Windows 2003/IIS 6.0 DMZ Hardening Guidelines http://www.shebeen.com/win2003/

Securing Internet Information Services 6.0 http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/support/articles/sec_iis_6_0.mspx

IIS 6.0 Security Best Practices
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/ace052a0-a713-423e-8e8c-4bf198f597b81033.mspx

Security in IIS 6.0 (links to resources) http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/354f4539-982a-418c-bfe7-4d5155b83f4a1033.mspx

Checklist: ASP Security (IIS 6.0)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d2e896b5-97af-4b74-89be-55a30e1030e2.mspx?mfr=true

Microsoft IIS Hardening Checklist
www.uchsc.edu/is/security/IISHardeningChecklist.pdf