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DDoS: Survey of Traceback Methods
White Paper The problem of identifying Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is one of the hardest threats in the internet security. It is important to protect the resource and trace from the Denial... [12 Nov 2009]
DDoS Defense Mechanism by Applying Stamps
White Paper In distributed network computing there are lot of vulnerabilities such as Dos, DDos (Distributed Denial of service),virus, worms, etc. Distributed Denial of Service... [12 Nov 2009]
Increasing SIP Firewall Performance by Ruleset Size Limitation
White Paper To protect SIP communication networks from attacks, especially flooding attacks like Denial-of-Service or message spam, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are deployed at the ingress point of the network... [12 Nov 2009]
Why Your Standard IPS Leaves You Open to DDoS Attacks
White Paper Off late Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are specifically designed to leverage the weaknesses of a standard Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), which is not able to defend against a... [12 Nov 2009]
IronPort Email Authentication
White Paper The problems of spam, viruses, phishing and most email denial-of-service attacks can all be traced back to a single common cause - lack of authentication in the email protocol SMTP. This lack of... [12 Nov 2009]
Vulnerability Analysis of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) DoS Attack Over Wireless Networks
White Paper Unfortunately, 802.1x includes some unprotected EAP packets during authentication process which can be easily exploited by an attacker to start different types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks over... [12 Nov 2009]
Integrating Wired IDS With Wi-Fi Using Open-Source IDS to Complement a Wireless IDS/IPS Deployment
White Paper Focusing their analysis on the data-link and physical layers of the OSI model (Layers 2 and 1), these tools allow organizations to successfully identify and defend against rogue APs, wireless protocol attacks and denial... [12 Nov 2009]
Context Adaptive Scanning Engine: Protecting Against the Broadest Range of Blended Threats
White Paper Spam, viruses, malware, spyware, denial of service attacks, and directory harvest attacks are all driven by the same underlying motive - profits. These profits are attained either through the sale or... [12 Nov 2009]
An Enhanced Security Protocol for Fast Mobile IPv6
White Paper In addition, due to the SEND protocol, it suffers from denial of service attacks and expensive computational cost. Off late, Kempf and Koodli have proposed a security protocol for Fast Mobile IPv6 (FMIPv6). [11 Nov 2009]
Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses
White Paper Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware, while denial of service attacks have been replaced with botnets. There is one given in the IT security realm and that is change. The challenges faced by... [03 Nov 2009]
Webcast: Voice over IP Security
White Paper Finally, there are denial of service attacks, which can be unique to VoIP equipment. It's important to understand that VoIP is vulnerable to specific types of attacks. For example, the media channel is... [03 Nov 2009]
Securing Voice Networks
White Paper Voice-related threats include toll fraud, denial of service attacks, impersonation exploits, and eavesdropping. Converged voice and data communication can be more secure than traditional PSTN... [03 Nov 2009]
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks: Latest Motivations and Methods
White Paper A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack aims to intentionally deprive legitimate users of a resource (or service) provided by a system, typically by overloading that system with a... [06 Oct 2009]
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks: Evolution, Impact, & Solutions
White Paper Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks have existed since the early days of computing and have evolved into complex and overwhelming security challenges. Organizations have had to worry not just about DoS... [06 Oct 2009]
Q1 2009 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Report
White Paper Contained within the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) report for the first Quarter (Q1) of 2009 are news items regarding noteworthy cyber attacks and botnets, the individuals or organizations... [06 Oct 2009]