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SNORT Download Center
Snort is an open source network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol analysis, content searching/matching and can ...
Document added on March 30, 2011Snort Installation and Basic Usage Part One
Computer Intrusions are on the rise. Whether it's script kids trying to deface a web page or a calculated attacker trying to steal credit card information, sites must equip themselves ...
Document added on Feb. 5, 2011Identifying ICMP Hackery Tools Used In The Wild Today
Several tools exist in the wild today that allow a malicious computer attacker to send crafted ICMP datagrams. Those datagrams can be used for various tasks: host detection, advanced host ...
Document added on Feb. 1, 2011The Simplest Security: A Guide To Better Password Practices
Passwords are simpler and cheaper than other, more secure forms of authentication like special key cards, fingerprint ID machines, and retinal scanners. They provide a simple, direct means of protecting ...
Written by: Sarah Granger and added on May 12, 2011Behavior Blocking: The Next Step in Anti-Virus Protection
Before the arrival of the fast-spreading worm/blended threat, the staple technology of anti-virus software - fingerprinting - arguably provided both preventative and proactive protection against the average computer virus. That ...
Document added on April 15, 2011Biometrics: Are YOU the Key to Security?
Biometrics is used to perform either identification or authentication, the latter being the most common application. In identifying, a sample is presented to the biometric system during enrollment. The system ...
Written by: Patricia A. Wittich and added on May 30, 2011A Concept for Universal Identification
The goal of this paper is to provide a detailed look at a new perspective for a unified, secure and consolidated form of personal identification. The advanced yet inexpensive technology ...
Written by: Daniel E Williams and added on May 25, 2011A Discussion of Covert Channels and Steganography
For those whose task it is to assure security, electronic communication without scrutiny that can continue between parties trying to circumvent a security policy poses a risk. This is true ...
Written by: Mark Owens and added on June 13, 2011An Overview of Remote Operating System Fingerprinting
Operating System (OS) fingerprinting is the science of determining the operating system of a remote computer on the Internet. This may be accomplished passively by sniffing network packets travelling between ...
Written by: Chris Trowbridge and added on March 12, 2011An Analysis of the Slapper Worm Exploit
Linux/Slapper spreads to Linux machines by exploiting the long SSL2 key argument buffer overflow in the libssl library, which the mod_ssl module of the Apache 1.3 Web servers used. When ...
Written by: Frédéric Perriot and Peter Szor and added on June 1, 2011