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************* Trusted Systems Services Newsletter *************

                       17 September 98
                 http://www.trustedsystems.com


Thanks for your past interest in Trusted Systems Services. We've sincerely been overwhelmed by the response to our "Windows NT Security Guidelines Report for NSA Research" give-away as well as our Super CACLS networking administrators software tool and wanted to let you know what we've been up to lately. 


          ** Addenda & Errata Web Site for Windows NT Security Guidelines

          ** Super CACLS Report

          ** Advanced Checker Status Report
             (formerly known as Checker or Super Checker)

          ** Trusted Systems Services Selected by Microsoft  
             To Review Configurations for Securing Windows NT


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           ADDENDA & ERRATA WEB SITE FOR WINDOWS NT      
                     SECURITY GUIDELINES

We now have an Addendad and Errata web page for our Windows NT Security Guidelines. We highly recommend you periodically visit this page, especially if you are actively using these guidelines. Some of the addenda topics include "Limiting Installers in the WINNT & Registry ACL Settings," "Minimizing Services & Stolen Service Password," and "Software Installation that "Moves" New Items into Protected Directories." http://www.trustedsystems.com/NSAGuideAdd.htm


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                      SUPER CACLS REPORT                     

The latest version of Super CACLS is version 2.52. If you've licensed an earlier version, you can receive a free upgrade from our web site by using your update code. Trusted Systems Services (and Super CACLS) have been selected to be a security sponsor of the upcoming 1998 Compaq Grand Slam Tennis Cup to be held in Munich, Germany this month. Super CACLS was used to set up the network for all journalists in the Olympic Hall. Stefan Werner, Chief Technical Officer for this event said, "We like Super CACLS because of its enhanced and easy-to-use features in modifying ACLs for securing NT-mass-rollouts." If you haven't tried Super CACLS, you're invited to try our full demo available at : http://www.trustedsystems.com/SCACLSMain.htm

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                ADVANCED CHECKER STATUS REPORT      
         (formerly known as Checker or Super Checker)

Our newest networking security tool, Advanced Checker, is in the formal testing phase. Advanced Checker is a fully-featured, programmable scripting language that checks, and in some cases corrects, the security attributes of a Windows NT Server or Workstation. Advanced Checker lets you create simple "scripts" in text files using any text editor. You then run Advanced Checker which reads the scripts and performs its security checks. The security parameters it checks include the ACL's of files and directories on NTFS file systems, Registry keys and share directories, audit SACL's, registry values, audit policy, rights policy and more. 

We believe that Advanced Checker will fundamentally change the way that beginning and especially advanced networking administrators monitor and manage the security of their networks. It gives you unprecedented power and flexibility in an easy-to-use package that we are committed to expand and improve through feedback from our customers. We hope you'll give this product a try when it debuts later this year. For a complete description: http://www.trustedsystems.com/AdvancedChecker.htm 

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       TSS SELECTED BY MICROSOFT TO REVIEW CONFIGURATIONS  
                   FOR SECURING WINDOWS NT 

URBANA, IL September 1, 1998  Trusted Systems Services, Inc. announced today that Microsoft has selected them to perform an independent, detailed review and analysis of the recommended Security Configurations for securing Windows NT-based systems. TSS will undertake a thorough analysis of the broad range of Windows NT-based systems security settings that typical users of Windows NT apply to secure their systems.  These recommendations will help administrators to secure their Windows NT-based systems using the Security Configuration Editor tool that is part of Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. 

"Trusted Systems has practical experience in securing Windows NT-based systems," said Peter Brundrett, Windows NT Security Program Manager at Microsoft Corp. "Our customers will be able to use the results of this analysis to secure their Windows NT-based systems." For the complete press release, go to: http://www.trustedsystems.com/SCTS.htm


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