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  • Making networks intelligent: The good, the bad and the symptomatic

    It is clear that autonomics and self-healing will require specific details of the network, not symptomatic generalities, for any remedial or provisioning action to be reliably executed. Meanwhile, we wait and rely on a dwindling supply of smart, high... 

  • Reducing false positives in network monitoring

    Network managers need to be aware of the importance of choosing the right tool to monitor their system's internal counters. In this tip, Brien Posey narrows in on alert mechanisms for Windows servers and helps you understand how to reduce false posit... 

  • OpenNMS, an introduction: Affordable network management

    Open source expert Maria Winslow brings network managers up to speed about the free open source enterprise-grade network-management system OpenNMS. 

  • Nmap: A valuable open source tool for network security

    Open source tool Nmap is a popular choice amongst hackers and security pros alike for network mapping and testing for network vulnerabilities. 

  • Network monitoring with Nagios, part two

    Bernard Golden looks at example Nagios configuration in this tip. 

  • Network monitoring with Nagios, part one

    Bernard Golden discusses the usefulness and architecture of open source network monitoring tool Nagios. 

  • TCPdump: Qualify traffic and create a traffic collection statement

    In this excerpt from The router is the firewall, part 3 -- Configuring CBAC, router expert Michael J. Martin explains how to use the popular open source tool TCPdump to audit network traffic. 

  • Prevent network spoofing: Policies and ACLs

    Network spoofing occurs when the attacker forges the source or destination address in the IP header, ultimately causing a Denial of Service. In this tip, security expert Michael Gregg explains how implementing a good firewall security policy and a si... 

  • Managing Nessus reports

    Vulnerability scanning with Nessus can produce mountains of data. Learn three tips for getting the most out of the open source vulnerability scanner and managing the data produced by this valuable tool. 

  • Blocking online music access

    While letting employees listen to music online may seem like a harmless way to boost morale, streaming audio drains network bandwidth. In this tip, your peers offer advice, tools and tactics you can use to protect your T1 and prevent users from acces...