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Networking and communication

• September 11, 2005 11 Sep'05

  VoIP turns up the heat on firewalls

  New research shows that many organizations are increasingly concerned about VoIP security and plan to augment their firewalls within the next year, changing the landscape of the firewall market.

• September 05, 2005 05 Sep'05

  Extending perimeters

  The news that, up until 2006, 70% of successful wireless local area network (WLAN) attacks will be because of the misconfiguration of WLAN access points and client software is disquieting on a number of levels.

• August 30, 2005 30 Aug'05

  Myfip's Titan Rain connection

  LURHQ researchers say the Myfip worm is a good example of the malcode Chinese hackers are using in the so-called Titan Rain attacks against U.S. government networks.

• August 30, 2005 30 Aug'05

  Passive fingerprinting: Applications and prevention

  In this excerpt from the book Silence on the Wire, author Michal Zalewski discusses both malicious and beneficial uses for passive fingerprinting, and how to prevent successful passive fingerprinting on your network.

• August 29, 2005 29 Aug'05

  Storage area network quiz

  It's all about the storage area network (SAN) -- man. The more you know, the easier it is. Take our SAN quiz and find out where you stand as a SAN guru.

• July 26, 2005 26 Jul'05

  VoIP encryption to have 'Pretty Good Privacy

• July 12, 2005 12 Jul'05

  Tony Asaro: Blogs and more

  Read what Tony Asaro is talking about in this month's blog, and listen to him speak in a number of webcasts.

• June 13, 2005 13 Jun'05

  Gartner underscores five overblown threats

  Two Gartner analysts debunk five overhyped security risks they claim are causing companies to miss out on some key emerging technologies.

• May 11, 2005 11 May'05

  A new era of computer worms: Wireless mobile worms

  In this excerpt of Chapter 9 from "The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense," author Peter Szor dissects the Cabir worm.

• March 31, 2005 31 Mar'05

  External datacentre suits Selfridges

  Selfridges has outsourced its datacentre and other IT functions to Retail Assist. The outsourcer will provide network management,...

• March 08, 2005 08 Mar'05

  Small businesses targeted with RFID

• December 01, 2004 01 Dec'04

  Phreaks love Bluetooth

  Bluetooth is becoming the vector of choice for next-generation phone phreakers to swipe files from other users, make calls or render mobile phones completely useless.

• August 27, 2004 27 Aug'04

  Over-specify when buying low cost replacement for Frame Relay

  A project manager reveals how a VPN saved £275,000 a year

• July 07, 2004 07 Jul'04

  Deals abound for high-end storage

  Think high-end storage is out of your reach? Maybe not. Conversations with several storage buyers recently suggest that vendors are scrambling to give buyers the best possible deals.

• May 23, 2004 23 May'04

  Hacking for Dummies: Chapter 10 -- Wireless LANs

  Read Chapter 10, Wireless LANs, from the book "Hacking for Dummies" written by Kevin Beaver.

• May 19, 2004 19 May'04

  IT experts not losing sleep over code theft

  Days after Cisco acknowledged someone may have stolen source code from its network, IT experts said they doubt it will amount to anything catastrophic. After all, source code has made it onto the Internet before, and there's no proof it has ever led...

• April 27, 2004 27 Apr'04

  Backup school: Quiz two, answer six

  Here is the answer to Backup school quiz two, question six.

• April 20, 2004 20 Apr'04

  Cisco SNMP flaw allows for DoS attacks

  A coding flaw in Cisco's IOS software for certain routers and switches could leave networks vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.

• January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04

  Resource guide to disk-based backup

• September 20, 2001 20 Sep'01

  Rambus speeds to take on P4

  The company showed its next-generation signalling technology, code-named Yellowstone, at the Rambus Developer Forum in California...

• March 07, 2001 07 Mar'01

  Cisco aids move to optical networking

• November 15, 2000 15 Nov'00

  Wap usage: Planes, phones and automobiles

  
  
  So your globe-trotting executives want to change their itineraries in mid-journey and need to check that their revised schedules still fit with corporate...