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The dos and don'ts of VoIP security
Comment Learn about the most dangerous threats, dos and don'ts and special advice for how SMEs can protect their VoIP networks. Learn more dos and don'ts in silicon.com's VoIP security webcast. Make no mistake, says Anthony Plewes, VoIP is an attractive... [04 Apr 2007]
The Anti-Viral Software of MS-DOS 6
White Paper At the end of March Microsoft released its long-awaited Version 6 of MS-DOS, and for the first time DOS comes with Anti-Viral software. The very fact that such software is supplied with DOS makes it likely that it will become one of the most widely... [03 Jul 2008]
Best Practices for Preventing DoS/Denial of Service Attacks
White Paper Many corporate websites have suffered from illegal denial-of-service (DoS) attacks more than once. The best practices in this paper are a sample of some of the common conclusions companies have come to following a DoS attack. [10 Apr 2008]
CPS pushing for teen DoS trial to return to court
News The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly sent five million emails to his ex-employer in a denial of service (DoS) attack, crashing its server. The CMA is widely regarded as being inadequate by experts because it does not cover... [06 Jan 2006]
Some Issues Raised by DoS Attacks and the TCP/IP Suite
White Paper However, this is not true for Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, for which little has been done, and the only countermeasures which have been presented, are only effective for a limited time. The MetroSec project then aims at studying these badly... [05 Dec 2007]
Ripple-Stream: Safeguarding P2P Streaming Against DoS Attacks
White Paper Compared with file-sharing and Distributed Hash Table (DHT) network, P2P video streaming is more vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks because of its high bandwidth demand and stringent time requirement. [23 May 2007]
CenterTrack: An IP Overlay Network for Tracking DoS Floods
White Paper As a result, tracking-down the source of a flood-type denial-of-services (DoS) attack is usually difficult or impossible in these networks. Finding the source of forged Internet Protocol (IP) datagrams in a large, high-speed network is difficult... [24 Feb 2004]
DoS and DCA Attacks: Is Your E-Business Pilot Protected ?
White Paper The well-publicized Denial of Service (DoS) attacks of February 2000 resulted in approximately $1.2 billion in lost business, according to the Yankee Group. As businesses rely increasingly on the Web, the question of adequate protection from attack... [24 Feb 2004]
What's DOS Do?
White Paper When a user creates a SunPCi emulated drive, the user actually generates a virtual PC disk containing a fairly complete version of a DOS operating system. This paper discusses a little of the history, details and usage of that DOS operating system... [30 Nov 2003]
Protecting Networks from DoS Attacks and Malicious Traffic
White Paper Use Allot's NetEnforcer to monitor, alert and block DoS attacks, and enhance the overall security of your enterprise network. Unwilling accomplices' systems actively participated in scheduled and planned DoS (Denial of Service) attacks on... [24 Feb 2004]
On the Detection of Signaling DoS Attacks on 3G Wireless Networks
White Paper This paper identifies and studies a novel Denial of Service (DoS) attack, called signaling attack that exploits the unique vulnerabilities the signaling/control plane in 3G wireless networks. Third Generation (3G) wireless networks based on the... [30 Aug 2007]
Low-Rate TCP-Targeted DoS Attack Disrupts Internet Routing
White Paper Compared to attacks against end hosts, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against the Internet infrastructure such as those targeted at routers can be more devastating due to their global impact on many networks. [05 Dec 2007]
Apache issues DoS patch
News Apache, which makes the popular open source web server application, released version 2.0.45 to fix a denial-of-service (DoS) problem. A DoS attack floods a network with data, rendering it inaccessible to legitimate queries. [04 Apr 2003]
Make Linux act like DOS with these shell scripts
White Paper You can use these Linux scripts to make the Linux command prompt respond to common DOS commands. One of the most challenging things an IT support professional faces when adopting Linux is learning a whole new set of command line utilities. [17 May 2006]
DiscountASP.NET Wards Off DoS Threats & 10 Million Online Attacks With TippingPoint Protecting Its Customers
White Paper In May 2005, a distributed Denial of Service (DoS) attack targeted one of the many Web sites that DiscountASP.NET hosts. To thwart the attacks, DiscountASP.NET contacted vendors of intrusion prevention and DoS protection solutions, such as Mazu... [20 Oct 2006]
