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802.1X Terminology- Port 'Closed'

2008-05-03 23:20:17 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...port is shut off or closed prior to endpoint authentication My choice of words seems to raise a few eyebrows with my audience. You, like several others, may ask- That seems like an untechnical term, shouldnt you say it disables the port Well, no, we shouldnt say that. When we talk about enable and disable for ports, thats actually a port...
 
Tags: port, port property designation, traffic, possibly discovery protocols, traffic types, ciscos cdp, untechnical term, choice, disable
 
 
 
 
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Port and cargo security: How is the U.S.A. doing now?

2008-09-15 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b7f08c in Network World on Security
 
...port and cargo security. And that D+ was up from an F a few years prior. Where do we stand now in 2008? We are moving probably to a C-minus. There are essentially three challenges in the area of port security and cargo security. The first is that potentially our ports can be used as a conduit to bring destructive things into country, such as...
 
Tags: cargo, cargo security, port, port security, dirty bomb, complex environment, country, challenges, ports
 
 
 
 
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Montego Networks spotted on radar

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2008-03-28 12:40:02 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...Ports) that they need to communicate on vs. opening up all channels. This helps mitigate exposure. So, lets say you open up port 6667 and only port 6667 for them to communicate with each other. Well, this is now a bit more secure than the other option of leaving all ports open but lets say this is a very very critical server and you want deep...
 
Tags: montego networks, montego, montego networks technology, montego networks announcement, announcement, virtual communication, communication, party security vendors, security vendors
 
 
 
 
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Montego Networks spotted on radar

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2008-03-28 12:40:02 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...Ports) that they need to communicate on vs. opening up all channels. This helps mitigate exposure. So, let???s say you open up port 6667 and only port 6667 for them to communicate with each other. Well, this is now a bit more secure than the other option of leaving all ports open but let???s say this is a very very critical server and you...
 
Tags: montego, montego networks, virtual communication, communication, party security vendors, security vendors, virtual, virtual network communications, physical
 
 
 
 
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Using Remote Assistance behind a router

2008-01-14 08:24:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...port Universal Plug and Play, you won't have any trouble. If anybody knows how to figure out if a router supports this, leave a comment on this blog entry. I suspect that if you are looking for help using Remote Assistance, your router, like mine, probably doesn't support UPnP This morning I spent a few minutes searching and reading FAQs and...
 
Tags: remote assistance, remote assistance session, assistance, assume remote assistance, remote assistance faq, router, remote desktop port, remote desktop, computer
 
 
 
 
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What is 802.1X? Here's a Technology Primer for You

2008-04-02 03:10:42 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...Port Access Control, also referred to as Port-Based Network Access Control, but that term gets a bit confusing, so I prefer the former. It actually started about 10 years ago, and has been edited and revised since then to add support for new technologies, including adding some specific attributes for wireless implementations What does it do?...
 
Tags: edge port, edge, edge ports, network access control, network access, wireless standard, standard, standard network traffic, network
 
 
 
 
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Initiating Probes Against Servers Via Other Servers

2007-12-09 22:41:37 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...ports and what the threats are associated with that port. It is protected from nefarious purposes by only scanning the port of the IP address you are originating from. Then I thought, wait, I can come from anywhere that I can get to request this page. The first page that came to mind? W3Cs validator Click here to see W3Cs validator requesting...
 
Tags: grcs probe, probe, grcs probe page, port, port scan, page, w3cs port, w3cs validator, grc
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Environments will be more secure than their physical counter parts by 2010

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2008-03-22 18:29:17 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...ported in 2007 that throughout 2009, 60% of virtual environment deployments would be less secure than their physical counter parts Although I tend to believe Neils prediction Im a bit optimistic about the markets awareness of the security concerns within virtualized environments and feel companies will start to address those concerns by 2009....
 
Tags: security concerns, application security concerns, virtual, concerns, server, virtual server, virtual appliances, security infrastructure due, lift
 
 
 
 
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Network World Focus on Security in 3/17/08 issue

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2008-03-18 17:22:36 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...port on the virtual switch and enabling "promiscuous mode" and hanging a virtual security appliance off of that port. Its in a sense like setting up a span port on a physical switch and mirroring all traffic out that span port This is definitely helpful from a visibility perspective but does not give you VM to VM isolation or VM to VM...
 
Tags: catbird provide security, provide, network world, virtual security appliance, virtual security, provide prevention, span port, port, zones