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A Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol

2008-08-20 07:48:56 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...protocols were conceived during a time that was quite different from the hostile environment they operate in now. Yet a direct result of their effectiveness and widespread early adoption is that much of today's global economy remains dependent upon them While many textbooks and articles have created the myth that the Internet Protocols (IP)...
 
Tags: internet, assessment, security assessment, security, security flaws, flaws, internet technology, internet operations community, protocols
 
 
 
 
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SNMP - Its not Secure Network Management Protocol

2008-03-04 08:12:43 by HASH0x8b500e0 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Protocol, didn't it? When I stopped laughing I asked him where he heard that. He told me that the NAC vendor he spoke to before me told him that and touted how by using SNMP he was getting the most secure method of NAC. After all SNMP was designed for security! Well after some quick Google searching, he quickly found out that the other NAC...
 
Tags: snmp, snmp stands, snmp vulnerabilities, snmp capable equipment, snmp stood, simple snmp scan, potential nac customer, customer, leaky snmp
 
 
 
 
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SNMP - Its not Secure Network Management Protocol

2008-03-04 09:12:43 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Protocol, didn't it? When I stopped laughing I asked him where he heard that. He told me that the NAC vendor he spoke to before me told him that and touted how by using SNMP he was getting the most secure method of NAC. After all SNMP was designed for security! Well after some quick Google searching, he quickly found out that the other NAC...
 
Tags: snmp, snmp stands, snmp vulnerabilities, snmp capable equipment, snmp stood, simple snmp scan, potential nac customer, customer, leaky snmp
 
 
 
 
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Border Gateway Protocol Might Be Exploited On Previously Presumed To Be Unavailable Scale

2008-08-27 16:18:48 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
...protocol BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) to let an attacker surreptitiously monitor unencrypted internet traffic anywhere in the
 
Tags: border gateway protocol, internet, internet traffic, attacker surreptitiously monitor, national security agency, scale previously, tactic exploits, unavailable, protocol bgp
 
 
 
 
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Flaw in internet protocol core could disrupt almost any broadband connection device

2008-10-01 22:22:42 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Security experts have discovered a flaw in a core internet protocol that can be exploited to disrupt just about any device with a broadband connection. The finding could have profound consequences for millions of people who depend on websites, mail servers, and network infrastructure. The bug in the transmission control protocol (TCP) affords...
 
Tags: broadband connection, transmission control protocol, core internet protocol, network infrastructure, profound consequences, security experts, affords attackers, mail servers, flaw
 
 
 
 
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Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Security Issues

2008-03-09 00:00:00 by Editor in Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers
 
This document, written by Samuel Sotillo, presents an overview on some security issues that affect the Extensible Authentication Protocol as defined by the IETF RFC 3748
 
Tags: extensible authentication protocol, security issues, ietf rfc, samuel sotillo, overview, affect, document
 
 
 
 
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Internet Protocol Version 6

2008-05-22 14:32:02 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...Protocol version 4 used would run out in the not-so-distant future. In 1994, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) established a working group to define the successor to IPv4, IPv6. In March 2008 the US government issued a memorandum requiring that by June 2008 "all agencies' infrastructure must be using IPv6. This article provides the...
 
Tags: distinguish ipv6, ipv6, world wide web, technical features, task force, government, internet, ipv4, not-so-distant future
 
 
 
 
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Cain RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) Sniffing Log Parser

2008-08-04 00:06:43 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...protocol. I hope to use it in a video tutorial shortly. My GRE studies are still ongoing, so please excuse the lack of updates to this site. As a side note, the Louisville 2600 group now has it's own site, and the ISSA Kentuckiana chapter's site is back up
 
Tags: video tutorial shortly, issa kentuckiana chapter, site, cain, quick script, rdp protocol, gre studies, middle, hope
 
 
 
 
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Gaping hole opened in Internet's trust-based BGP protocol

2008-08-29 09:12:49 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Dan Kaminsky revealed his discovery of a DNS flaw that could be exploited to direct unwitting users to malicious web addresses,Now, practically on the heels of that announcement, a hacker team that presented at DEFCON has demonstrated how a fundamental design error in the Internet's border gateway protocol can be used to invisibly eavesdrop
 
Tags: border gateway protocol, fundamental design error, malicious web addresses, invisibly eavesdrop, internet, dns flaw, hacker team, dan kaminsky, direct