Networks Today has released Part II of their Networking 101 Security article.

As many MANY users and companies have just realized with the recent WORM that attacked Microsoft SQL servers and caused havoc in many companies (including Microsoft) and on the internet in general, that security procedures should not be taken lightly. I believe it will help to redefine exactly what Security procedures should be. A good security plan is a multi-layered plan. Even for the home user. Because even though no one (ok almost no one, there are a few of us real geeks out there ) runs MS SQL Server at home, doesn’t mean they didn’t help contribute to this problem, and could of helped stop it! So let’s take a look at this multi-layered security approach.

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