dos in white papers
Citrix MetaFrame Denial of Service Attack Vulnerabilities
White Paper This security bulletin addresses two specific DoS attacks. Citrix MetaFrame for Windows works with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to provide application server... [03 Jul 2008]
Denial of Service (DoS): Preparation is the Best Antidote
White Paper This paper will discuss denial of service (DoS), what it is, and what is needed to prepare against it. Hackers can bottleneck resources and prevent service in situations where downtime means lost revenue, reputation, and... [03 Jul 2008]
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... [03 Jul 2008]
Distributed DoS Attacks - Is the AV Industry Ready?
White Paper Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks made the media aware of new security problems. While detecting those attacks at network level may be problematic, anti-virus solutions were ready to deal with this ‘new’ problem a few years ago. [03 Jul 2008]
Linux Malware - Has the Next Battlefield been Decided?
White Paper Consequently, in order to have thousands of DOS, Windows and Microsoft Office viruses, those systems have had to be around for some time and, what is more important, used by huge number of people. When the first macro... [03 Jul 2008]
A Source Address Filtering Firewall to Defend Against Denial of Service Attacks
White Paper Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks exploit a very fundamental fact that the computation and bandwidth resources of their targets are limited. This paper proposes a firewall mechanism that tries to filter off the malicious... [30 Jun 2008]
Evaluating Application-Aware Firewall Performance
White Paper The rise of application-layer DoS attacks, the popularity of Network Address Translation (NAT), and the need for advanced network security capabilities have spawned the development of application-aware firewalls. [30 Jun 2008]
Efficient Embedded Firewall for Communication Appliances
White Paper This paper presents the ideas behind the design of an efficient firewall to protect against DoS attacks. Denial-of-Service attacks are a major concern in VoIP deployments. IP phones are especially vulnerable because of... [30 Jun 2008]
Botnets: The New Threat Landscape
White Paper The rise of consumer broadband has greatly increased the power of botnets to launch crippling Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on servers, infect millions of computers with spyware and other malicious code, steal identity... [13 Jun 2008]
Tuning Cisco IOS Firewall Denial-of-Service Protection
White Paper Prior to Cisco IOS Software Release 12.4(11)T, Cisco IOS Firewall provided Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack protection as a default when either Classic or Zone-Based Policy Firewall was applied. Cisco IOS Software Release... [12 Jun 2008]
Vulnerabilities of Intrusion Detection Systems in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks - The Routing Problem
White Paper This systems are usually focused on detecting problems with the routing systems to prevent DoS and Man-in-the-middle and, despite of the amount of papers written which try to solve, many of them are just theoretical and... [12 Jun 2008]
Denial of Service Tuning for Cisco IOS Software Firewall and Intrusion Prevention System
White Paper UDP sessions without acknowledgement are likely indicative of DoS activity, or attempts to connect between two hosts where one of the hosts has become unresponsive. Cisco IOS Stateful Packet Inspection maintains counters... [12 Jun 2008]
OPTWALL: A Hierarchical Traffic-Aware Firewall
White Paper Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks). The overall efficiency, reliability, and availability of a firewall is crucial in enforcing and administrating security, especially when the network is under attack. The continuous... [31 May 2008]
Instant Application Migration to MC50/MC3000/MC9000/MC1000 Series Computers
White Paper The aging devices do not offer the computing power, memory or new functionality available on the next-generation mobile computing devices - but next-generation devices will not run the current DR-DOS applications. [21 May 2008]
Protection for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Against Denial-of-Service Attacks
White Paper Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks continue to be a serious threat to enterprise and service provider networks. The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720 include hardware-based mechanisms... [01 May 2008]
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