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The following links should be of some help in staying abreast of the continuing problems inherent in web exposure under the Microsoft operating systems as well as others:

Sites specializing in security issues:

Ernie Ball's experience:
http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/27/021127hnerniball.xml?s=IDGNS

Our experience:
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