Article of the Day
Checkpoint Unveils Network Security Blades
Check Point, the leader in network security has released its latest security architecture. Security Blades is the new security innovation from Check Point. These are logical independent security blocks that are centrally managed. For example ,you can have your standard... [Read more...]
Security News
Experts urge Feds to deploy DNS Security Measures
Internet security gurus and leading vendors are urging the U.S. federal government to rapidly deploy security and authentication mechanisms at the top level of the DNS hierarchy, which is known as the root zone. Read Full Article on Network World here Read More →
Intrusion Prevention
What is Intrusion Prevention ?
An intrustion prevention system (IDS) is a device that monitors traffic on a network for malicious or unwanted behavior. It can react and stop a threat before it is able to do damage to any computer or server on your network. When an attack is detected, it can drop the offending packets while still... (more...)
How To's
Howto check RAM on Linux
Sometimes you want to know how much memory you have on a Linux box. There are several ways to do this but I have found the best and easiest way is to us the top process. At the command line enter type top or vmstat. Example: [root@ftp ~]#top top - 15:49:46 up 53 days, 11:54, 1 user, load average:... (more...)
Anti-Malware
Dangerous Trojan Program Found
Over the last few years a large criminal organization has been using a very powerful Trojan program. At this time, it has been able to gather over half a million bank accounts and credit card numbers. The last report stated that it has been active since 2006. This program runs by monitoring traffic... (more...)