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My favorite security guru, Mr. Steve Riley posted another good article on a new scam that may find it’s way into your mailbox soon.  Be prepared now…

Excerpt:

“Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting. In my junk email folder this morning, I saw this message:

From: Question It [mailto:ques...@fanboxapps.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 2:34
To: Steve Riley
Subject: Ratul has asked you a question on FanBox

<link>

Ratul asked you a question. View the question <big link here> and answer it.

FanBox.com is the web-based desktop that instantly turns every computer into your computer. It includes over 10,000 web applications and games to choose from, including the Question It application.

This email was sent by Ratul while using the Question It application on FanBox. Go here <another link> to learn more or stop receiving emails from friends using Question It. FanBox: 255 G Street #723, San Diego, CA 92101, USA”

Read the rest of Steve’s post here…

If you have ever played with trusts in Microsoft Active Directory you know what I’m talking about.  You have successfully built a trust to another Forest or Domain and now you want to login to your client with an account from the trusted Domain/Forest.  But wait…you click the pull down menu and don’t see the trusted Domain/Forest.  What gives?

Well I hate reinventing the wheel so I’ll just direct you to a recent post by Tim Springston from Microsoft who explains this process very well.  It’s a short, simple read where you’ll hear everyone’s favorite Microsoftism “This behavior is by design.”

(Is Microsoftism a real word?)

An excerpt:

“If the interactive logon is taking place from a Windows XP SP2 computer or later the user credentials may be presented in universal naming convention (UNC) format.

A little more about this…

The Windows interactive logon pull down menu for domains is created by contacting a Global Catalog and querying for domains. Global Catalogs are forest specific and hence will only know of domains in their own forest. Therefore, the list will not contain domains in a trusted forest other than the root domain.”

Read the rest of Tim’s post here…