techniques such as firewalls
Intrusion Detection Systems With Snort
White Paper Many methods have been developed to secure the network infrastructure and communication over the Internet, among them the use of firewalls, encryption, and virtual private networks. Intrusion detection is a relatively new addition to such techniques. [10 Jul 2008]
An Overview of Firewall Technologies
White Paper Firewalls are becoming more sophisticated by the day, and new features are constantly being added, so that, in spite of the criticisms made of them and developmental trends threatening them, they are still a powerful protective mechanism. [10 Jul 2008]
Maximizing Firewall Availability: Techniques on Improving Resilience to Session Table DoS Attacks
White Paper Modern day firewalls are expected to withstand ever increasing amounts of traffic loads while providing higher resilience and lower latency. As firewall filtering technologies have improved, so have some techniques used to exploit them. [30 Jun 2008]
FIREMAN: A Toolkit for FIREwall Modeling and ANalysis
White Paper By treating firewall configurations as specialized programs, FIREMAN applies static analysis techniques to check misconfigurations, such as policy violations, inconsistencies, and inefficiencies, in individual firewalls as well as among... [16 Apr 2008]
Pod Slurping - An Easy Technique for Stealing Data
White Paper A common misconception is that perimeter security measures such as firewalls and anti-virus software are enough to secure corporate data residing on the corporate network. This white paper explores how the uncontrolled use of portable storage... [21 Sep 2006]
Virus warning: Bite the Bagle and become a zombie
News When the file is executed, the malicious program tries to disable firewalls and antivirus software. Some iterations have been more sophisticated than others, blending mass-mailing and Trojan horse techniques. [29 Jun 2005]
Is penetration testing breaking Herts on the internet?
News You can have all the firewalls and antivirus in the world but if you're running insecure systems then those defences might as well not be there. Hertfordshire County Council has signed a deal with security firm NetSec to run penetration testing on... [26 May 2005]
Using ASTA through a Firewall
White Paper Firewalls block access in a number of ways such as by blocking ports, by filtering what kind of data can go through some port numbers, by blocking all data except through a proxy etc. This paper describes how ASTA server can work through firewalls. [01 Mar 2004]
Interactive Grid Architecture for Application Service Providers
White Paper I-GASP consists of a grid middleware for provisioning these computers, remote display technology that goes across firewalls and several techniques for making the computers suitable for use in a grid environment, namely controlled shell and desktop... [24 Feb 2004]
Ethical Hacking Techniques
White Paper While most web sites are heavily secured at the network level with firewalls and encryption tools, these sites still allow hackers complete access to the enterprise through web application manipulation. [24 Feb 2004]
Evaluating and Improving Firewalls for IP-Telephony Environments
White Paper Existing firewalls face immense problems here, if they - as it still happens quite often - try to handle the new challenges in a way they did with "traditional applications". Firewalls are a well established security mechanism for providing access... [24 Feb 2004]
Through the Fog: Who should protect you from viruses?
Comment Firewalls eventually become ineffective if they are progressively opened up over the course of time as users request access via additional ports to run their favourite application or service. Nevertheless, just as in the sphere of legitimate... [08 Oct 2003]
Secure gateway email servers key to virus blocking
News The analyst group recommends that users check and fix security holes on key servers and applications, examine gateway mail server security so it cannot be hijacked, turn off auto responses to outside recipients when viruses or spam are detected... [27 Aug 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Data protection, web services security and nanotechnology
Comment The problem is that the service-orientated approach can expose organisations to new risks that current security solutions, from firewalls to SSL, cannot mitigate. The Commission fears that multimedia techniques and processes will outstrip the legal... [30 Jun 2003]
Transatlantic Cable: The prince of hackers goes free
Comment You might assume that he hacked his way into its network, trashing firewalls and laughing contemptuously as he reformatted disks and made servers explode left, right and centre. But the scary thing is that none of the hacking techniques he used... [08 Feb 2000]
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