LinuxSecurity Contributor - Benjamin D. Thomas
Benjamin D. Thomas
Articles From Benjamin D. Thomas
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Firewall Migration
09 May 2006
When birds migrate, they expend a huge amount of energy winging their
way from one place to another
Firewalls
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An Overview of Remote Access Technologies
04 May 2006
The Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) provides authentication to clients that con
Network Security
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Vulnerability Issues in Implementations of the DNS Protocol
03 May 2006
The vulnerabilities described in this advisory affect implementations of the Domain Name System (DNS
Network Security
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DNS cache poisoning again!
03 May 2006
For background you may wish to review this report
and this issue about BIND 4 or 8 not being suit
Network Security
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Can You Spoof IP Packets?
03 May 2006
Spoofed IP packets are still believed to be a significant problem for the Internet. But are they? Th
Network Security
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As the Bot Turns
30 April 2006
The below was sent to us as well as some of the ISACs around the net tonight. As there is quite a bi
Network Security
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A Survey of DNS Security: Most Vulnerable and Valuable Assets
27 April 2006
We collected 593160 unique webserver names from the Yahoo! and DMOZ.org web directories. Since the n
Network Security
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Forensic felonies
25 April 2006
A new law in Georgia on private investigators now extends to computer forensics and computer inciden
Government
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Government buys in to deperimeterised security
24 April 2006
Security deperimeterisation is at the heart of plans that underpin the Cabinet Office's high-profile
Government
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All-in-one Linux Firewall touts ease of use, advanced features
21 April 2006
If you haven't checked out Endian Firewall yet, download the code and give it a try.
Endian Firew
Firewalls
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DNS Amplification Attacks
19 April 2006
This paper outlines a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack which abuses open recursive
Domai
Network Security
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Future of NIST
19 April 2006
Although it's less well known than some of the standards and models in place at many businesses toda
Government