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- RSA 2008: Emerging tech for secure networks
- At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, TippingPoint Chief Architect Brian Smith talks about the challenges for IT managers in securing a network and offers his solution, which encompasses three building blocks: firewalls, offline devices and controllers.
- Tags: Secure Networks, RSA Security Inc., Firewalls, Networking, Security
- Videos 2008-04-10
- Design secure networks with these best practices
- At the beginning of any secure network design project, many best practices apply more or less uniformly to all areas of the design. This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Network Security Architectures, covers those best practices in detail. After reading this chapter you'll understand the following:Physical security issuesLayer 2...
- Tags: Secure Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., Best Practice, Networking
- Book chapters 2005-07-08
- Subnet Roaming With the RoamAbout Wireless Switch System
- Mobility is the driving force behind the deployment of wireless LANs. Enterprises benefit from increased productivity when users can run applications anywhere and have the flexibility to work while they roam wherever their job takes them. Enterprise IT managers deploying wireless LANs like the flexibility that Secure Networks gives them...
- Tags: Secure Networks, Enterasys Networks, Mobility, WLAN, Subnet, LANs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2005-05-01
Additional Resources
- Make your Gmail even more secure
- Last week Google launched a new feature that lets you keep track of computers that are logged into your Gmail account -- a tool that will put the minds of people who are suspicious of unauthorized account access at ease. But what about people snooping your internet traffic? ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-26
- Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched
- Gaping holes in RealPlayer patchedReal is feeling threatened by AppleReal doesn't want to lose its title of "Least Secure Media Platform Ever Released" to QuickTime. How anyone can allow either of these programs on their computer is beyond me. You are practically [b]begging[/b] to get pwned.People still use that piece...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Apple QuickTime
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP
- 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XPMy takeI don't count security patches, but I regularly have to clean malware from our XP machines but have yet to find anything on our Vista systems.RE: 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XPFile this in the "no...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista, secure, Microsoft Windows XP, VISTA IS
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP
- Last October, roughly one year after the release to manufacturing of Windows Vista, I did a comparison of how well Windows Vista was living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. My data source was the Microsoft Security Bulletin Search page, where I tallied...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default
- Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
- The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Cisco acquires Pure Networks, home networking software
- Cisco acquires Pure Networks, home networking softwareThis could be greatHopefully they can suceed where Microsoft IMHO is failing and Apple for some reason refuses to go!
- Tags: home networking software, Pure Networks, home networking, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame
- Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...
- Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...
- Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- TP-LINK TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router
- The TP-Link TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router is a wireless router that supports the Draft N 2.0 specification and not much else. This means no network storage or dual-band support (the router works only in the 2.4GHz frequency), no print-serving capability, and no Gigabit Ethernet. The router doesn't even offer N-mode-only...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, router, TP-Link, Wireless-N, TP-Link TL-WR941ND, TL-WR941ND
- Product reviews 2008-07-24
- Sony Reader PRS-505 gets a major firmware upgrade
- My Sony Reader is an excellent piece of hardware that I thoroughly enjoy using during my daily commute. I skipped the Amazon Kindle and bought the Sony Reader and have not been one bit sorry about this purchase I made last fall. I just saw on my favorite eBook site,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Firmware, Sony Reader, Firmware Upgrade, Sony Reader PRS-505, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker
- Apple looking to hire iPhone hackerIt's about revenue , not securitySo Apple is looking for someone who can prevent their phones from being jailbroken, so they have total control over what is on an iPhone, and can realize a revenue stream from every possible use of the device.Good luck to...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, iPhone Hacker, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...
- Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Childs rigged crazyquilt private network
- Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle
- Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...
- Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones
- News items 2008-07-24
- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
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