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Computer Security Basics
<font size="3"><b>Computer security</b></font><br><br> <i>1. What is computer security?</i><br> Computer security is the process of preventing and detecting unauthorized use of your computer. Prevention measures help you to stop unauthorized users ...
Written by: Manu Arian and added on May 31, 2011Firewall Basics
<font size="3"><b>What is a firewall?</b></font><br> A firewall is a gateway that restricts and controls the flow of traffic between networks, typically between an internal corporate network and the Internet. Firewalls ...
Written by: Manu Arian and added on Jan. 10, 2011Denial of Service (DOS) Attacks
During the release of a new software product specialized to track spam, ACME Software Inc noticed that there was not as much traffic as they hoped to receive. During further ...
Written by: Jeremy Martin and added on Feb. 16, 2011Information Security, The New Niche
<b><font size="3">Introduction</font></b><br><br> Information is now not being stored in hardcopy format in boxes upon boxes of paper and kept in light and humidity controlled rooms somewhere beneath the earth. It ...
Written by: Philip Buckley and added on April 4, 2011Telnet Based Attacks
This paper examines attacks developed over the years using the Telnet service. That examination begins with a bit of history. The Telnet protocol was first comprehensively defined by Postel in ...
Written by: Paul Gurgul and added on April 7, 2011Foundation for Minimal Solaris 10 Systems
The topic for this article is the Solaris 10 <a href="http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/817-0547/6mgbdbsmn?a=view">Reduced Networking Software Group</a> (also commonly known as the Solaris 10 Reduced Networking Meta Cluster). This software group is new ...
Written by: Glenn M. Brunette, Jr. and added on Feb. 16, 2011End to End Security for Windows 2000 Server
<font size="3"><b>Summary</b></font><br><br> This document provides background information and detailed steps that should be taken in order to harden the windows 2000 operating systems against common network security attack. Please note ...
Written by: DaAnZeR and added on March 14, 2011The Use of Network Intrusion Detection System
<b>About the author:</b><br> YY Ngai is responsible for the Corporate network and server operations of a mobile operator. Prior to this, she was a solution architect with Digital Equipment and ...
Written by: YY Ngai and added on April 25, 2011D-WARD, DDoS and Three Network Administrative Domains
<b><font size="3">1. Introduction</font></b><br><br> DoS/DDoS attacks are a virulent, relatively new type of Internet attacks, they have caused some biggest web sites on the world -- owned by the most famous ...
Written by: Hang Chau and added on Jan. 27, 2011