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Bitstop has been approved by Solarwinds as their reseller for Network management, discovery, Monitoring tools.

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By virtue of a memorandum dated September 24, 2003, the Task Force for the Security of Critical Infrastructure (TFSCI) was created to be the operational arm of the Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security (COC-IS) to coordinate and implement all government efforts in the protection of the country’s critical infrastructure.

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Known as the Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA), this program’s aim is to simplify the licensing agreement between service providers and Microsoft, enabling them to offer more flexible contracts to their customers and a number of additional benefits for both service providers and end users.

The SPLA provides third-party commercial use rights to service providers. As such, the service provider becomes the holder of Microsoft licenses. End customers receiving services deployed on Microsoft software products have no need to obtain their own Microsoft software licenses; they simply use the service provider’s SPLA licenses.

The SPLA enables service providers to license Microsoft products on a monthly basis, meaning they can offer ‘pay as you go’ services, Web services and hosted applications to their customers. In fact, it is the only licensing scheme that allows hosting and application service providers to rent Microsoft software to end users on a subscription basis.

MakeITstrong.org is launched! The objective of this site, organized by the group of Mr Ricky Cuenca is to encourage people to help make the Philippines a stronger republic.

 

Our best wishes to Mayor Benjamin Lim for being reelected for another term as City Mayor of Dagupan.

It was under Mayor Lim’s term that Dagupan got into the Guiness Book of world records for the longest bangus grill in the world!

Hungry for the latest Namfrel election results? Try their mirror site hosted here in Bitstop.

Our congratulations to Journal Group of Publications. Their website content is now seen at MSN philippines! Click here to view the site.

We have documented several instances over the past week, where client computers have been compromised and used to attack our network. Forensics revealed the presence of the Sdbot-fam worm/trojan.

These users were running either WindowsXP or Windows 2000 (Most were unpatched) and most notably, Norton 2004 antivirus software. Norton AV was still unable to detect this virus, despite having the LIVEUPDATE activated. When infected, some units were unable to connect to anti-virus websites, and had the gt.exe and inetman.exe  surreptitiously installed. Internet browsing stalls when the infected system tries to infect other systems or contact its ‘master’.

In most instances, the default administrator password was blank. We used sophos to scan and detect the units. To help prevent the spread of this virus, please do ALL of the following:

• 1. Patch your windows systems via the windowsupdate.microsoft.com website
• 2. Upgrade your Antivirus software, and change your administrator password.
• 3. Install a firewall, or activate the personal firewall that comes with Windows XP.
• 4. Disable the uPNP and SSDP services from your unit.

You may also bring in your unit for inspection.

Mr Ariel Roda, VP for PLDT Global Online has committed to support the INQ7 Eleksyon 2004 webcast by providing a US based webcasting server to relay the primary webcasts from the Philippines. This US server is expected to provide smoother video viewing. The link to the live webcast can be found at the INQ7 site.

Each dealer that orders a minimum amount of items from our online store is entitled to get one legal license from among the following titles as their bonus: StarCraft, Alien Vs Predator, Diablo II and Empire Earth. Offer good while supply last, so place you online orders now.