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Monday, June 27, 2005

About Net Security: June 27, 2005

 
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  from Tony Bradley, CISSP, your Editor and Guide
What information are you looking for from this site? I am working on reorganizing the site a bit, and I am looking for some input and feedback from you, the readers, regarding what topics and information you would like to see more of. Drop me an email if you have any ideas or suggestions. This week I posted a new book review of Hacking a Terror Network by Russ Rogers and a new Quick Tip about using the Network Diagnostics tool to troubleshoot Windows problems.
 
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Book Review: Hacking A Terror Network
It is hard to be all things at once. Hybrid network security appliances that roll a firewall in with an IDS, antivirus and anti-spam tend to do a fair job at all tasks without being the very best at any of them. This book is a little like that. It sacrifices some information for the sake of entertainment and it sacrifices some entertainment for...read more

 
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Troubleshooting With Network Diagnostics
Windows XP has a tool which can be very useful in isolating and troubleshooting issues. The Network Diagnostics tools performs a number of scans of the system and reports back details about the operating system, services running and more. The biggest problem with Network Diagnostics is finding it...read more

 
Securing Security
There is a fairly steady stream of vulnerabilities found and patched on operating systems and applications, particularly those from Microsoft. Often malware writers target Microsoft vulnerabilities to create attacks and propagate threats. However, according to the Yankee Group report cited...read more

 
 
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