The archive contains 40TB of material--some 200,000 document pages, 300 reels of audio tape, 300 museum artifacts, 72 reels of
JFK Presidential Library Launches New Cloud-Based Archive
A half-century has gone by since President John F. Kennedy declared his famous call to action on that frigid Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 1961: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Next week, the Boston-based John F. Kennedy Library & Museum will mark the anniversary with a special event to commemorate the young president's short but historically significant time in office.
On Jan. 13, Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero and Caroline Kennedy, president of her father's library foundation, introduced what is now the nation's largest online presidential archive at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.
Not only has the library's Website been upgraded with thousands of new documents, but it also sports an easier-to-use interface and search engine. The new archive itself is loaded with new document scans, audio tapes and videos comprising nearly 40TB worth of data.
As of the Jan. 13 launch, the archive contains about 200,000 document pages; 300 reels of audio tape, containing more than 1,245 individual recordings of telephone calls, speeches and meetings; 300 museum artifacts; 72 reels of film; and 1,500 photos.
The library's Website archive, built with a new cloud-based system, now provides global access to the most important papers, records, photographs and recordings of Kennedy's three years in office. Until Jan. 13, only a select few photos and documents were published on the Website; all the rest of the historical material had been available only by a personal visit to the library.
Students, teachers, researchers and members of the public now have a capable, Web-based connection to search, browse and retrieve original documents from the Kennedy Library's collection, gaining a first-hand look into the life of President Kennedy and the issues that defined his administration, Ferriero said at the Jan. 13 event.
"My parents believed that history is one of our greatest teachers," Caroline Kennedy said. "As young people increasingly rely on the Internet as their primary source for information, it is our hope that the library's online archive will allow a new generation to learn about this important chapter in American history.
"As they discover the heroes of the civil rights movement, the pioneers of outer space and the first Peace Corps volunteers, we hope they too are inspired to ask what they can do for their country."
Still much to publish
Even though there is nearly 40TB of data now stored, there is still a lot more to digitize and publish, JFK Library IT specialist Tim Fitzpatrick told eWEEK.
There are still about 48 million pages left to digitize before everything is online, and the library is always taking in new material. We won't see the completed collection online in our lifetimes.
"At our current rate," Fitzpatrick said, "it will take more than 100 years to get everything digitized."
The new archive is a project four years and $10 million in the making. Grad-level college librarian and archive interns have been scanning document after document, photo after photo since the project started in 2006. More than 100 boxes of JFK's personal and professional memos, letters, speeches, audio recordings, film and other artifacts have been scanned and stored into the institution's data center in Washington, D.C.
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January 15, 2011
January 14, 2011
MCSE 2003 Design Active Directory exam
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The exam guide for the Microsoft Windows 2003 Design Active Directory test measures an individual's ability to analyze the business requirements and to design a directory service architecture including unified directory services, such as Active Directory and Windows NT/2000 domains connectivity between and within systems, system components, and applications data replication, such as directory replication and database replication. In addition, the 70-297 test measures the skills required for analyzing the business and technical requirements for desktop management, designing a solution for desktop management that meets business requirements, designing a directory service architecture, and designing service locations.By using MCSE Certification, you must be able to pass the exam and provide yourself with better job opportunities.
70-297 test prepares you for various job roles, which include: systems engineer, systems administrator, network administrator, information systems administrator, technical support engineers, systems analysts, network analysts and technical consultants. If you would like to know more about the Windows Server 2003 Design Active Directory 70-297 test please visit the Microsoft website.
This 70-297 exam is appropriate for you if you are working or want to work in a typically complex computing environment of medium-to-large organizations. There are no specific prerequisites for this test, although it is recommended that you should have at least one year of experience in implementing and administering network operating systems in network environments.
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January 12, 2011
Microsoft releases three security bulletins for September
Microsoft released three security bulletins for September's Patch Tuesday, but only one is critical. The other two bulletins patch more minor threats. However, Redmond has yet to release a patch for the known Word 2000 vulnerability, which attackers are already exploiting.
Details
Well, Microsoft is taking it easy on us at the end of summer, releasing only three security updates for this month. Even the critical threat should have relatively minor impact on many businesses because it mainly affects Microsoft Publisher. However, readers should note that other Microsoft Office applications use some of the affected files, which can cause some minor problems.
MS06-054
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-054, "Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution," is only a critical threat for users of Office Publisher 2000 Service Pack 3. While this threat also affects Office Publisher 2002 SP3, Office Publisher 2003 SP1, and Office Publisher SP2, it is only an important threat for these versions.
This is a newly reported threat, and there have been no reports of exploits in the wild (CVE-2006-0001). The only workaround is to refrain from opening or saving Publisher files obtained from untrusted sources.
Note: An update to MS06-054 indicates that installing the update will prevent users from accessing Publisher 2.0 files. For more details, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 924685.
In addition, keep in mind that even though the patch will block attacks exploiting this vector, opening a malformed Publisher file (such as one designed to exploit the vulnerability) after installing the patch can still cause a system crash.
If your organization doesn't use Publisher, it isn't important that you apply the update for security reasons. But if you have Publisher installed and don't install the update, you can expect to get periodic reminders about updating the affected files.
MS06-053
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-053, "Vulnerability in Indexing Service Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting," addresses a moderate to low threat caused by a query validation error (CVE-2006-0032). This is a moderate threat for Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1, and Windows SP2, but it's only a low threat for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1.
This is a newly discovered vulnerability, and there have been no reports of exploits in the wild. This bulletin replaces Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-003 for Windows XP SP1 and Windows Server 2003.
Because this threat only applies to Internet Information Services (IIS), there should be no impact for many users; Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 don't install or enable IIS by default. Read the security bulletin to learn about available workarounds; the most useful one is to simply remove or disable the Indexing Service if it isn't necessary.
MS06-052
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-052, "Vulnerability in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Could Allow Remote Code Execution," is an important threat that affects Windows XP SP1 and Windows XP SP2 only. This is a privately reported vulnerability, and there have been no reports of active exploits (CVE-2006-3442).
The Pragmatic General Multicast protocol is only present on systems with Microsoft Message Queuing version 3.0 installed, which isn't part of the default installation. Using firewall best practices should block attacks trying to exploit this vulnerability, but Microsoft reports no known workarounds.
Updates to previously released security bulletins
* Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-040: Originally released in August, version 2.0 addresses patch problems with Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64, as described in Knowledge Base article 921883.
* Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-042: Also released in August, this Internet Explorer cumulative update has now reached version 3.0, a necessary step to fix a number of problems with the patches.
Details
Well, Microsoft is taking it easy on us at the end of summer, releasing only three security updates for this month. Even the critical threat should have relatively minor impact on many businesses because it mainly affects Microsoft Publisher. However, readers should note that other Microsoft Office applications use some of the affected files, which can cause some minor problems.
MS06-054
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-054, "Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution," is only a critical threat for users of Office Publisher 2000 Service Pack 3. While this threat also affects Office Publisher 2002 SP3, Office Publisher 2003 SP1, and Office Publisher SP2, it is only an important threat for these versions.
This is a newly reported threat, and there have been no reports of exploits in the wild (CVE-2006-0001). The only workaround is to refrain from opening or saving Publisher files obtained from untrusted sources.
Note: An update to MS06-054 indicates that installing the update will prevent users from accessing Publisher 2.0 files. For more details, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 924685.
In addition, keep in mind that even though the patch will block attacks exploiting this vector, opening a malformed Publisher file (such as one designed to exploit the vulnerability) after installing the patch can still cause a system crash.
If your organization doesn't use Publisher, it isn't important that you apply the update for security reasons. But if you have Publisher installed and don't install the update, you can expect to get periodic reminders about updating the affected files.
MS06-053
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-053, "Vulnerability in Indexing Service Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting," addresses a moderate to low threat caused by a query validation error (CVE-2006-0032). This is a moderate threat for Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1, and Windows SP2, but it's only a low threat for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1.
This is a newly discovered vulnerability, and there have been no reports of exploits in the wild. This bulletin replaces Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-003 for Windows XP SP1 and Windows Server 2003.
Because this threat only applies to Internet Information Services (IIS), there should be no impact for many users; Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 don't install or enable IIS by default. Read the security bulletin to learn about available workarounds; the most useful one is to simply remove or disable the Indexing Service if it isn't necessary.
MS06-052
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-052, "Vulnerability in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Could Allow Remote Code Execution," is an important threat that affects Windows XP SP1 and Windows XP SP2 only. This is a privately reported vulnerability, and there have been no reports of active exploits (CVE-2006-3442).
The Pragmatic General Multicast protocol is only present on systems with Microsoft Message Queuing version 3.0 installed, which isn't part of the default installation. Using firewall best practices should block attacks trying to exploit this vulnerability, but Microsoft reports no known workarounds.
Updates to previously released security bulletins
* Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-040: Originally released in August, version 2.0 addresses patch problems with Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64, as described in Knowledge Base article 921883.
* Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-042: Also released in August, this Internet Explorer cumulative update has now reached version 3.0, a necessary step to fix a number of problems with the patches.
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