Network Security Best Practices and Products

EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 207

	Are you on a domain name system (DNS) blacklist database? 02 Jun 2009 EXPERT ANSWER - Many domain name system (DNS) blacklist databases exist. If your mail server or IP address has been misused you may be on them. Our networking enterprise security expert explains.

	Rogue access points: Preventing, detecting and handling best practices Submitted By: SearchNetworking.com | 28 May 2009 ASK THE EXPERT: FAQ - Rogue access points, wireless or otherwise, pose network security threats. Learn how to prevent, detect and eliminate unauthorized APs from finding their way into your network.

	Troubleshooting networks: Can vendor software self-install firewalls? 04 Feb 2009 EXPERT ANSWER - Can firewalls block the use of a shared folder after the installation of a router? Our network security expert troubleshoots this wireless connection problem using these steps.

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REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 34

	How to evaluate and manage UTM for network security by Dan Sullivan, courtesy of Realtime Publishers | 16 Mar 2009 E-GUIDE EXCERPT - Find out what issues to consider for evaluating and managing unified threat management (UTM) devices for network security.

	How does a firewall work? SearchNetworking.com | 16 Feb 2009 CRASH COURSE - Learn more about firewalls and how they work in this guide.

	Securing Wireless Systems -- 'Build Your Own Security Lab: A Field Guide for Network Testing,' Chapter 9 Wiley Technology Publishing | 29 Sep 2008 CHAPTER DOWNLOAD - Learn wireless networking basics and methods used to attack and secure wireless systems in Chapter 9 of 'Build Your Own Security Lab,' Securing Wireless Systems.

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NEWS: 1 - 3 of 98

	Ethical hacking and countermeasures: Network penetration testing intro SearchNetworking.com | 02 Jun 2009 INTERVIEW - Here enterprise security expert Michael Gregg explains network penetration testing, where the term "ethical hacking" came from, who to hire for a vulnerability assessment and more.

	Network security threats solved by risk management: John Pironti explains SearchNetworking.com | 19 May 2009 INTERVIEW - Network security threats, data breaches and a bad economy are reasons information security needs to be about risk management. Interop security track chair John Pironti explains.

	Profiling -- and protecting against -- network problem users: The Internet Novice SearchNetworking.com | 12 Mar 2009 ARTICLE - With this first entry in a new series about network problem users, SearchNetworking.com looks at the Internet Novice.

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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 6

	packet filtering 24 Jun 2005 WORD - On the Internet, packet filtering is the process of passing or blocking packets at a network interface based on source and destination addresses, ports, or protocols. The process is used in conjunction with packet mangling ...

	stateful inspection 16 Mar 2003 WORD - See also: dynamic packet filter Stateful inspection is an advanced firewall architecture that was invented by Check Point Software Technologies in the early 1990s. Also known as dynamic packet filtering, it has replaced ...

	HELLO packet 11 Jul 2002 WORD - In the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) communications protocol - which enables network routers to share information with each other, a HELLO packet is a special packet (message) that is sent out periodically from a router to ...

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