Tag: network

Installing a Small Office Network

For many of us in the SCO world, office networks are a fairly new phenomenon. Many SCO systems are still happily using serial connectivity exclusively, even when Windows machines are part of the enterprise, and even when those machines maybe be networked between each other. In fact, some people even refer to serially connected terminals as a “network” (I won’t use that here: if I say network, I mean an Ethernet network).

The Three Main Powers of Network Marketing

Network Marketing, ‘MLM’, and Multi Level Marketing are all terms that refer to the same type of business model. This industry has had more than it’s share of scumbag crooks and con artists that have used and abused the concept. However, if you do your homework and get involved with a legitimate network marketing organization, this business model has exceptional income potential.

Best Work At Home Business Option, Network Marketing or Affiliate Programs?

Cruise the Internet at any time and it is obvious that many individuals are actively seeking to either start a work at home business, or maintain one. The literature available and the number of programs concerning home businesses attest to this fact, simply by the sheer volume of available materials on the Internet.

Saving Our Bacon: Snort Security Holes and Strategies for Safe Network Monitoring

In April, a CERT advisory announced the discovery of two separate buffer-overflow vulnerabilities in Snort, a popular security-monitoring tool used for detecting suspicious network activities. This development was disturbing and ironic: system administrators install and run programs like Snort to improve security, and don’t often consider the possibility that the tools themselves might be attacked and exploited to create entirely new security holes. It’s therefore important to understand precisely what happened here, especially since the same mechanisms used against Snort could threaten other security tools.

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