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February 19, 2004    
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Features
On Location: Policy Enforcement: University of Florida Gainesville
By David Joachim
The University of Florida's Icarus P2P-blocking software has clipped students' file-sharing wings. Do the school's policy-enforcing capabilities go too far?
On Location: Implementing Icarus P2P-Blocking Software
By Ron Anderson
Icarus put the kibosh on University of Florida students' P2P play with a collection of PERL scripts paired with a MySQL RDBMS. As a bonus, the flexible app squelched Welchia by dynamically quarantining infected machines.
Review: Performance Management Software
By Sean Doherty
A system-performance manager can provide a complete overview of how your OS and apps affect system resources like memory and storage. We tested five products; Quest's full-featured Foglight shined.

Workshops
Workshop: Smart Antennas
By Dave Molta
A new generation of smart antennas promises better wireless performance and broader coverage.
Buyer's Guide: SOHO Firewalls for Enterprise Access
By Curtis Franklin, Jr.
A SOHO firewall can help you shore up security holes in your remote offices. We'll help you choose the right configuration for your organization.
Interactive Buyer's Guide: SOHO Hardware and Appliance-Based Firewalls
SOHO hardware and appliance-based firewalls help protect your home or small office's critical data from unwanted intruders. Our latest guide highlights hardware architectures supported, support models offered, as well as supported Linux distributions to help with your product selection.

Sneak Previews
InfoExpress CyberGatekeeper LAN 2.0
By Michael J. DeMaria
This LAN helps you enforce security policies at the switch level, but it is tedious to configure.
8e6 Technologies R3000
By Michael Kuszczak-Bielecki
This filter blocks unwanted network traffic without compromising performance.
Avocent LongView
By Lee Badman
Introducing the industry's first wireless KVM device.

Departments
Last Mile
Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and David Joachim
This edition: Favorite Spam nicknames; Praying for virus protection; and Top 11 benefits of being No. 8 on Spamhaus' Top 10 spammer list.
Quick Takes
By NWC Editors
This edition: Certive's Certive Server; BorderWare Technologies' MXtreme Mail Firewall 3.1; NetScaler's NetScaler 9900/9950 Secure Application Delivery System; and Keynote Systems' Streaming Perspective.
Career Coach
Edited By Lorna Garey
English-only work environments: Is it Legal? Also, is EQ training for real?
Letters
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NWC Reader Steve Jones says, "In 10 years, we will have as little IT development in the United States as we have TV assembly."
Columns
Reality IT: Budget Struggles: Why Can't We Be Friends?
By Hunter Metatek
While I'm trying to reward people for a job well done, my business manager is tying my hands, claiming he's just following orders.
Air Time: Product Options, Alternatives and Risks: Kick the Rascals Out
By Dave Molta
You can keep incumbent vendors on their toes while minimizing your exposure to risky alternatives.
Down to Business: The Linux/SCO Controversy: May the Best Software Win
By Rob Preston
Unless its developers are breaking the law, there's nothing wrong with Linux unseating pricier products.
FUDBusters: Pentium's Prescott Chip
By Steven J. Schuchart, Jr.
Is the new chip the "second coming" for processors?
BuzzCut: ZigBee in Every Home and Office
By Dave Molta
Despite the buzz, it's a stretch to assume ZigBee will dominate M2M communication.
BuzzCut: US-CERT Pushes Security Vendors
By Robert Moskowitz
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has entered the murky waters of cyber security alerts.
BuzzCut: IBM Steps Back From On-Demand
By Bruce Boardman
IBM's hybrid initiative will not provide enough efficiency to justify the cost.
BuzzCut: Heterogeneity: A Cure for the Common Worm?
By Kevin Novak
The time has come to fight the MyDoom virus through self-imposed systems heterogeneity.

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