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Understanding IDS Active Response Mechanisms

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Debates still rage in the developer community over which methods of detecting attackers are best, but IDS customers as a whole are satisfied with the current IDS technology. To get an edge on the competition, many of the IDS vendors are adding active

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Transparent Proxy with Linux and Squid mini-HOWTO

This document provides information on how to setup a transparent caching HTTP proxy server using only Linux and squid.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

An Overview of LIDS

This article is the first part of a four-part series that will offer an overview of LIDS. This installment will offer an introduction to LIDS, including how it works, booting LIDS, sealing the kernel, and configuring LIDS.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Strategies to Reduce False Positives and False Negatives

This documentation is the second of a two-part series that will offer an overview of network-based intrusion detection and false reports. This installment will offer a brief overview of NIDS devices and will examine how and why false reports take pla

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Network Security Policy: Best Practices

This documentation discusses how one can correctly creat a network security policy. This document is divided into three areas: preparation, prevention, and response.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Minimizing Denial of Sevice Attacks

This documentation is an aid for the sysadmin or security admin to implement along their networks for better protection.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Introduction to IPv6

This documentation discusses the configurations of IP version 6. The goal of this documentation is to get you online with IPv6, giving example configurations for BSD Unix and Linux.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

ICMP Usage in Scanning: The Complete Know-How

This documentation outlines the usage of ICMP protocol in the scanning process. This documentation also, in Step-by-Step process, uncovers each of the malicious computer attacker techniques using the ICMP protocol. A few new scanning techniques will

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Through the Tunnel

In this article, we present a few examples on how to use ssh to tunnel data from/to external applications. "VPN (Virtual Private Network) relies on ssh but in a different way, much more elaborate than the one we take up here. Another sophisticated so

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Intrusion-Detection Systems by the Numbers

This documentation will explain the performance-testing methodology used to test IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems).

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Securing Wireless Networks

This documentation will offer an overview of some of the options that are available to enhance the security of wireless networks, including: MAC address filtering, vendor specific authentication, SSID/Network ID, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and em

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

The Five-Access Point Security Plan

This documentation discusses the five access points that need to be protected for you to minimize an attacker's entry to each identified access point in the network.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Network monitoring, access control, and booby traps using TCP Wrappers

This documentation will be introducing you to the whole concept surrounding the working of TCP Wrappers.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

IP Spoofing

This documentation discusses how an attacker can conduct an IP Spoofing attack. A spoofing attack involves forging one's source address. It is the act of using one machine to impersonate another.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Steps for Recovering from a UNIX or NT System Compromise

This documentation sets out suggested steps for responding to a UNIX or NT system compromise.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

IPsec and VPNs: The Sad/Glad State of Affairs

This documentation will look at the dominant standard for virtual private networks, IPsec. You will also see what is there, what is not, and you will be given recommendations as to what to do.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Securing OSPF

This documentation discusses OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), an open standard IP routing protocol. OSPF is a link-state routing protocol. Link-state routing protocols take the actual state of the network link into account when creating routing table

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

LIDS Hacking HOWTO

This Document is for LIDS ( Linux Intrusion Detection System) Project and mainly about the impletementation of LIDS in the kernel. The target of the LIDS is to enhance the current Linux Kernel, to make it more solidate and more secure. In order to ac

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

SSL is not a magic bullet

This documentation examines how SSL works, what it can do, and how the products and applications that use SSL have failed, resulting in updates to Netscape Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer and IIS this year.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks/tools

This documentation is a large collection of DDoS related tools, papers, essays, analyses, news reports, and interviews.

Anthony Pell
Nov 23, 2004

How to: Secure My Network in Linux - Page 7

Enhance SSH Security with Fail2Ban Installation and Configuration Guide

Maximize Your Pentesting Experience with BlackArch Linux

Master Transparent Proxying on Linux Using sslh for Better Network Management