address and firewalls
Information Security: Beyond the Firewall
White Paper Even with stories of virus attacks and buffer overflows filling newspapers and magazines, security conscious enterprises realize that sole reliance on generic security mechanisms, such as firewalls, intrusion detection, operating system hardening... [24 Feb 2004]
MD Anderson Foundation: Fighting Cancer Across Secure Networks
White Paper MDA deployed Cisco PIX firewalls in its overall dynamic- defense-in-depth (D3) firewall matrix to protect critical node areas of its network. MDA chose Cisco PIX firewalls for their high fail-over and availability capabilities. [24 Feb 2004]
System Fingerprinting
White Paper But using ICMP will not always work, as most firewalls will block some (or all) incoming ICMP packets. Not every attack proceeds this way -- script kiddies will probe huge address spaces looking for any system with a particular port open... [24 Feb 2004]
Defying Double Dippers: Funk Concurrency Server
White Paper Most AAA servers use the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) protocol to interface with a wide variety of edge devices, including remote access servers (RAS), network access servers (NAS), firewalls, and Virtual Private Network... [24 Feb 2004]
PMDF and Firewalls
White Paper Provide for address rewriting. A firewall system generally controls what TCP/IP interactions are allowed between the external world, considered to be unsafe, and an internal, protected environment, considered to be safe. [24 Feb 2004]
How Firewalls and Secure Virtual Private Network Hardware Can be Combined for Robust Corporate Security
White Paper This is starting to change as the carriers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) move aggressively to address Internet reliability issues. Increasing use of remote access, along with the demand for faster and lower-cost connectivity, has... [24 Feb 2004]
PMDF and Firewalls
Provide for address rewriting. A firewall system generally controls what TCP/IP interactions are allowed between the external world, considered to be unsafe, and an internal, protected environment, considered to be safe. [23 Dec 2003]
Microsoft flaw could unleash another Slammer
News Such data also can be configured in such a way to bypass most firewalls. The research determined that an attacker doesn't have to individually address computers on the network, but can broadcast an attack. [10 Dec 2003]
Mimail worm still going strong
News We have also seen a lot of customers getting clever and blocking .zip files and using desktop firewalls, which can block worms of this sort. He said the worm's ability to spoof the email address of the victim's IT administrator and the use of a... [05 Aug 2003]
Convergence: IPv6 migration - a necessary pain?
Comment Every device on the network - including firewalls, servers, workstations, laptops and IP phones - will need to be upgraded to support IPv6. Most new firewalls and routers are dual stack, supporting both versions 4 and 6. [05 Jun 2003]
Wi-Fi security tips - let's take care out there
News Think about end-to-end security using PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol), IPSec, firewalls (even at the intranet level) and persistence applications that allow for areas of patchy or no coverage. [26 Mar 2003]
Motorola CEO: Don't worry about data - milk voice
News Wireless carriers, which believe such services will help dig them out of two years of slowing growth, are now selling hundreds of different applications for entertainment or for getting behind corporate firewalls. [18 Mar 2003]
Bush unveils final cyber security plan
News For example, previous, unpublished drafts had included measures that would have forced ISPs to offer firewalls to their users and would have required wireless hardware makers to improve security. The strategy document still doesn't address... [17 Feb 2003]
Game server flaw poses attack threat
News This attack will go right through a lot of firewalls right now," said Geoff Shively, chief technical officer for the company. The flaw occurs because servers that include the GameSpy networking code automatically send responses to queries for... [20 Jan 2003]
Yaha virus gets up head of steam
News It also attempts to close down a number of firewalls and anti-virus programs. It uses its own SMTP engine to email itself to all contacts in the Windows address book, MSN Messenger, .Net Messenger, Yahoo Pager and files with extensions containing... [02 Jan 2003]
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