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Hardening Domain Controllers
The domain controller server role is one of the most important roles to secure in any environment with computers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 that use Microsoft Active Directory directory ...
Written by: Microsoft and added on June 1, 2011Spotting Intrusions: A Real-Life Scenario
Do you ever get that feeling that your web site's security may have been compromised but you do not really know for sure? Sure, you can keep up with patches ...
Document added on June 16, 2011Low- to No-Cost Methods to Review Webserver Logs for Potential Security Issues
This is a description of the inexpensive methods I devised to extract and tally records of interest in order to analyze webserver logfiles for potential security problems, compromise attempts, while ...
Document added on Feb. 17, 2011Nailing the Intruder
This paper is an attempt to link the various aspects of evidence relating to computer crime, the sources of such evidence and some tips on how to identify systems compromised ...
Written by: Vinay Narayan Disley and added on May 14, 2011The security risks and ways to decrease vulnerabilities in a 802.11b wireless environment
<font size="3"><b>Introduction</b></font><br></br><br> This document explains topics relating to wireless networks. The main topics discussed include, what type of vulnerabilities exist today in 802.11 networks and ways that you can help ...
Written by: Richard Johnson and added on May 6, 2011Internal Lab Security Policy
Defines requirements for internal labs to ensure that confidential information and technologies are not compromised, and that production services and interests of the organization are protected from l
Document added on May 31, 2011Secure Installation of BIND
This document was written using BIND 8 (specifically 8.2.2-p5). It is possible that some of it's recommendations will not work for any version earlier than 8.2.2-p5. It would also be ...
Written by: Holt Sorenson and added on Jan. 23, 2011Layer 2 -- The Weakest Link
Network security is only as strong as your weakest link, and that may well be Layer 2 of the OSI model, the data link layer. This layer enables interoperability and ...
Written by: Connie Howard and added on March 18, 2011Honeypots
Among other benefits, running a honeynet makes one acutely aware about "what is going on" out there. While placing a network IDS outside one's firewall might also provide a similar ...
Document added on May 28, 2011Computer Security Issues that Affect Federal, State, and Local Governments and the Code Red Worm
The first signs of the Code Red worm appeared on July 13, 2001. Code Red is a malicious program called a worm because it is self-propagating. When it compromises a ...
Written by: Jeffrey J. Carpenter and added on April 29, 2011