FW: Announcing the release of 2 NIST Computer Security Special Publicati

Due ghiotti argomenti sviluppati nelle nuove nist special publications

Systems Administration Guidance for Windows 2000 Professional
E
Wireless Network Security: 802.11, Bluetooth, and Handheld Devices.

~misi
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick O'Reilly [mailto:patrick.oreilly@nist.gov] 
Sent: Monday, 25 November, 2002 05:02 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Announcing the release of 2 NIST Computer Security Special
Publications



November 25, 2002 (NIST releases 2 new Special Publications): 1.  NIST
is pleased to announce the release of the Special Publication SP 
800-43, Systems Administration Guidance for Windows 2000 Professional
and 
the Special Publication SP 800-48, Wireless Network Security: 802.11, 
Bluetooth, and Handheld Devices.

The SP 800-43 provides detailed information about the security features
of 
Win2K Pro, security configuration guidelines for some popular
applications, 
and security configuration guidelines for the Win2K Pro operating
system. 
The document assists the users and system administrators of Windows 2000

Professional systems in configuring their hosts by providing
configuration 
templates and security checklists.

The document and security templates are available at
http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_W2Kpro.html.

2.  The SP 800-48 examines the benefits and security risks of 802.11 
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Bluetooth Ad Hoc Networks, and 
Handheld Devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDA). The document

also provides practical guidelines and recommendations for mitigating
the 
risks associated with these technologies. The guide is available at
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/.




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