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Where is the mysterious internet code coming from?
News Since mid-May, security researchers and network administrators have tried to track down the source of odd traffic that they have been seeing on their networks. However, the security researcher hastened to add that the traffic seen by network... [22 Jun 2003]
The biggest VoIP security threats - and how to stop them
Comment It can affect any internet-connected device and works by flooding networks with spurious traffic or server requests. Some routers can also throttle the inflow of traffic to stop the network from being completely flooded. [22 Mar 2007]
Cisco flags flaws in VoIP and router software
News VoIP technology allows companies to send voice traffic over the same infrastructure they use for data traffic such as email. Cisco said: "Sending such a packet to port 9900 of an affected device will cause it to freeze and stop responding to, or... [19 Jan 2006]
The Ovum View: The wireless LAN security nightmare
Comment Software to intercept messages and to introduce spoof traffic into the network is readily available on the internet and can be run on a laptop. Although the content of wireless traffic is very secure, cellular devices do give away information that... [20 Jun 2002]
Gartner: Don't believe the tech security myths
News Gartner's position was that the internet would meet performance and security requirements for 70 per cent of business-to-business traffic and more than half of corporate WAN (wide area network) traffic. [25 Jul 2005]
Zombie PC army responsible for big name web blackout
News Keynote Systems and other internet performance companies said web traffic actually dipped during the attack, raising questions about the volume of data sent to Akamai's servers. Typically, a large-scale DDoS would be observed as an increase in... [17 Jun 2004]
What are IP VPNs good for?
Comment IPSec provides meatier security as it encrypts traffic between remote sites over the public internet, a feature that also marks it out as an economy solution. Premium IP VPN service is provided over a private IP network supported by Multi Protocol... [29 May 2003]
IE lets attackers hijack network traffic
News A problem in the way Windows PCs obtain network settings could let attackers hijack traffic, security researchers said Saturday. Microsoft said in its support article: "If an entity can surreptitiously register a WPAD entry in DNS or in WINS... [26 Mar 2007]
Is VoIP the cyber criminal's new best friend?
News Moreover, because many voice over IP applications use proprietary technology and encrypted data traffic that can't easily be monitored, the attackers will be able to go undetected. Investigators monitor those channels to help catch cyber criminals... [26 Jan 2006]
Traffic-Aware Firewall Optimization Strategies
White Paper This paper describes a traffic-aware optimization framework to improve the operational cost of firewalls. Based on this framework, a set of tools are designed that inspect and analyze both multidimensional firewall rules and traffic logs and... [26 Apr 2008]
Trust Management for IPsec
White Paper IPsec is the standard suite of protocols for network-layer confidentiality and authentication of Internet traffic. The IPsec protocols, however, do not address the policies for how protected traffic should be handled at security endpoints. [24 Feb 2004]
Security Expansion Layers beyond the Firewall
White Paper Throughout this document, we'll be reviewing the effects on traffic flow and the security benefits. Your network security can be expanded well beyond your connection to the Internet. Some major benefits of combining the new perimeters in your... [26 Sep 2005]
The Host Rings Network Security Model
White Paper This technology creates a "choke point" through which all traffic must pass between (typically) the Internet and the internal network. This is extremely valuable technology in the fight to control the security of a network. [24 Feb 2004]
Scalable Deployment of IPsec in Corporate Intranets
White Paper One promising strategy for protecting valuable network traffic is to encrypt data communications on the LAN. Internet Protocol Security (IPsec), a network-layer security framework defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), is rapidly... [24 Feb 2004]
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 Performance
White Paper Microsoft recently tested the traffic throughput capacity of Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 in order to evaluate its overall performance and provide a baseline comparison to customers who are either testing or deploying the... [30 Jun 2008]
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