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From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, Former About.com Guide to Network Security

Patches Released For Windows Vista Beta

Sunday August 20, 2006
One of the biggest improvements heralded for Windows with the upcoming release of Windows Vista is improved security and stability. But, even the Beta 2 version of Microsoft Windows Vista could not escape the most recent onslaught of vulnerabilities. It was found that the vulnerabilities identified in Security Bulletins MS06-042 and MS06-051 both affect Windows Vista Beta 2 as well. Vista was spared from the MS06-040 flaw that already has exploit code spreading in the wild and caused many companies to expedite patch deployment though. Click here to review and download the Windows Vista Beta 2 patches.

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August 27, 2006 at 6:42 am
(1) Arnnei Speiser says:

There is a simple solution for Internet/Intranet Strong Authentication.
Using CAT (Cellular Authentication Token) and/or eAuthentication.

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