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whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008: Advancing Network Security (Level 300)0000-00-00 Microsoft
  The presenter of this webcast discusses the next generation of networking features in Windows Server 2008 and the network security solution scenarios these features enable. This webcast examines the new Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, Server and Domain Isolation, and Network Access Protection (NAP). Discover how one can use these new networking innovations to provide the users with a more secure, reliable, and cost-effective connection experience.

Tags: Windows Server 2008		   
whitepaper Cyber Attacks On The Rise: IBM 2007 Midyear Report2007-08-01 IBM
  So far 2007 has been a very interesting and unexpected year on many security fronts. The IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force research and development team discovered, analyzed and recorded new vulnerabilities and the status of varying threats throughout the first six months of this year. That data is compiled in this report.

Tags: Network Security, Security Management, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing, Best Practices		   
whitepaper Change-Impact Analysis of Firewall Policies2007-07-30 Springer Science+Business Media
  Firewalls are the mainstay of enterprise security and the most widely adopted technology for protecting private networks. The quality of protection provided by a firewall directly depends on the quality of its policy (i.e., configuration). Due to the lack of tools for analyzing firewall policies, most firewalls on the Internet have been plagued with policy errors. A firewall policy error either creates security holes that will allow malicious traffic to sneak into a private network or blocks legitimate traffic and disrupts normal business processes, which in turn could lead to irreparable, if not tragic, consequences. A major source of policy errors stem from policy changes. Firewall policies often need to be changed as networks evolve and new threats emerge. This paper presents the theory and algorithms for firewall policy change-impact analysis.

Tags: Network Security, Security Tools		   
whitepaper 10 Tips to Make Sure Your Firewall Is Really Secure2007-07-24 Tippit
  Security studies back up this fact: It takes less than 20 minutes for an unprotected computer to be attacked once it's connected to a broadband connection. Imagine what would happen if the corporate network is connected to the Internet without a security measure in place? Digital intruders could swarm the opened ports, infect machines and even abscond with the intellectual property. Faced with this scenario, many businesses have come to rely on the protection of a network firewall to monitor traffic that flows between the corporate network and the Internet. Firewalls serve as gatekeepers, deciding which data is allowed in and out of the network, and under what circumstances.

Tags: Network Security, Security Tools		   
whitepaper FileWall: A Firewall for Network File Systems2007-07-16 Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
  Access control in network file systems relies on primitive mechanisms like Access Control Lists and permission bits, which are not enough when operating in a hostile network environment. Network middleboxes, e.g., firewalls, completely ignore file system semantics when defining policies. Therefore, implementing simple context-aware access policies requires modifications to file servers and/or clients, which is impractical. This paper presents FileWall, a network middlebox that allows administrators to define context-aware access policies for file systems using both the network context and the file system context. FileWall interposes on the client-server network path and implements administrator defined policies through message transformation without modifying either clients or servers. The paper presents the design and implementation of FileWall for the NFS protocol.

Tags: Security Tools		   
whitepaper Bulwark Systems Case Study: Sharad Pawar International School (Pune)2007-07-13 Bulwark Systems
  Sharad Pawar International School, Pune is a new concept in education for Indian and international students. School Management wanted to provide the latest technologies including computer systems and access to the internet and computer aided learning to the students. The challenge was to provide 24X7 constant access of Internet to Teachers, Managements and Students in the campus that includes the classes, and also the residential areas. The school deployed SecuraNET SentinelXS 1000 with Firewall, Enhanced Content Filter combined with Intrusion Prevention System. Firewall prevents outsiders to intrude or attack into the network.

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whitepaper Next Generation Firewalls: Restoring Effectiveness Through Application Visibility and Control2007-06-25 Palo Alto Networks
  Network security gateways are under siege. New threats are being launched faster than ever and are increasingly targeting application-layer vulnerabilities. At the same time user-centric and enterprise applications alike are taking advantage of commonly allowed communication ports and services to ensure their passage across security boundaries and to facilitate operation in the broadest set of networking scenarios. The result has been a steady erosion of the effectiveness of network firewalls and, consequently, the illumination of fundamental flaws in the initial design and subsequent modifications to these foundational elements of most enterprise security strategies. This paper explores a combination of ongoing and emerging factors that are exposing a variety of deficiencies with current firewall designs.

Tags: Network Security, Security Tools		   
whitepaper Specifications of a High-Level Conflict-Free Firewall Policy Language for Multi-Domain Networks2007-06-22 Association for Computing Machinery
  Multiple firewalls typically cooperate to provide security properties for a network, despite the fact that these firewalls are often spatially distributed and configured in isolation. Without a global view of the network configuration, such a system is ripe for misconfiguration, causing conflicts and major security vulnerabilities. This proposes FLIP, a high-level firewall configuration policy language for traffic access control, to enforce security and ensure seamless configuration management. In FLIP, firewall security policies are defined as high-level service-oriented goals, which can be translated automatically into access control rules to be distributed to appropriate enforcement devices. FLIP guarantees that the rules generated will be conflict-free, both on individual firewall and between firewalls.

Tags: Security Tools		   
whitepaper Easy-to-Use Firewall Management for Home Users2007-06-11 Helsinki University of Technology
  This paper identifies usability challenges presented by internetworking multiple homes, with a special focus on, home network firewall management. The homes nowadays have an internet connection and multiple computers more and more often. The security of the home network is key to safe and trusting usage of this network. Firewalls have a major role in providing this security, acting as safety guard against network attacks. However, in order to truly provide security for the home network, the management of the firewall needs to be easy to use and to understand. The work at hand presents a Graphical User Interface (GUI) aim aimed for home network users for enabling easy easy-to-use, understandable firewall management.

Tags: Network Security, Security Tools		   
whitepaper Effect of Windows XP Firewall on Network Simulation and Testing2007-05-26 Informing Science Institute
  The objective of this paper is to report findings from simulating and testing Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity using Windows XP operating system and Cisco Networking Academy network devices. In this study, a simple routing protocol, RIP, is used as routing protocol. Two different techniques, Cisco Networking Academy hardware lab and Cisco Packet Tracer 4, were used to compare their performance to simulate network connectivity. Primary findings showed that the settings of the Windows XP firewall on the host computer have a direct impact on the test results.

Tags: Network Security, Windows XP