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        <title><![CDATA[Various Methods Used for the Protection, Detection and Prevention of Application Layer DDOS Attacks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Among all the attacks that occur on a web application like SQL Injection, XSS (Cross Site Scripting) attacks, DDOS attacks, etc., DDOS are the most difficult to detect and prevent. DDOS attacks occur mainly at two levels : application layer and network layer. Application layer DDOS attacks are very difficult to detect and prevent than the attacks at network layer because app layer DDOS attacks...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-05-01T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Review: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Review: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013article rootFirewallWhat is your organization's firewall application? Is it working well for you?I don't have an internet facing server on premise,so the built in Windows firewall is set to block]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Review: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ZoneAlarm looks to bolster options for consumers and businesses, with the inclusion of a free Antivirus and Firewall edition.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Nawrocki]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-17T19:03:22Z</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Process Firewalls: Protecting Processes During Resource Access]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Processes retrieve a variety of resources from the operating system in order to execute properly, but adversaries have several ways to trick processes into retrieving resources of the adversaries' choosing. Such resource access attacks use name resolution, race conditions, and/or ambiguities regarding which resources are controlled by adversaries, accounting for 5-10% of CVE entries over the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-17T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Live Webcast - Spotlight On: Private Cloud Endpoint Backup]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Join us for this LIVE Event on:Tuesday, April 16, 201311:00 am PT | 1:00 pm CTNeed total control over your data and destiny? Does your IT strategy mandate on-premise or inside-the-firewall solutions? Then a private cloud approach to enterprise endpoint backup might be right for you.Many enterprise IT teams -- including those at LinkedIn and Intuit -- use a private cloud to: Get the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-16T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Getting the Most Out of Your Next-Generation Firewall]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Network administrators are encountering the highest levels of change in history as they attempt to balance security with productivity. Rapidly evolving business trends are challenging them to provide widespread but safe Internet access, allowing employees to use legitimate business applications while using their device of choice. Applications have evolved to be highly dynamic and multifaceted,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-10T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Enterprise Anti-Virus Protection - Analyst Report by Dennis Technology Labs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The results are in. Symantec Endpoint Protection rated best overall in total accuracy in independent, real-world tests recently published by Dennis Technology Labs.This report by Dennis Technology Labs aims to compare the effectiveness of anti-malware products provided by well-known security companies.The products were exposed to internet threats that were live during the test period. This...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-09T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cisco ASA CX delivers context-aware security]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The 'appification' of the web and the consumerization of IT are radically changing the enterprise security landscape. The security apparatus at today&rsquo;s enterprises needs to be aware not only of applications and users accessing the infrastructure, but also of the device in use, the location of the user and the time-of-day before granting access. Such context-aware security requires a rethinking...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-04T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Network Access Control Technology]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Traditional products working independently are no longer sufficient, since threats are continually gaining in complexity, diversity and performance; In order to proactively block such threats the authors need more integrated information security solution. To achieve this objective, they will analyze a real-world security platform, and focus on some key components Like, NAC, Firewall, and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-02T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Detecting and Resolving Firewall Policy Anomalies Using Rule-Based Segmentation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In this paper, the authors present an anomaly management framework for firewalls based on a rule-based segmentation technique to facilitate not only more accurate anomaly detection but also effective anomaly resolution. They represent an innovative policy anomaly management framework for firewalls, adopting a rule-based segmentation technique to identify policy anomalies and derive effective...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-01T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Framework for Secure Cloud Computing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Cloud computing has changed the entire process that distributed computing used to present e.g. Grid computing, server client computing. Cloud computing describes recent developments in many existing IT technologies and separates application and information resources from the underlying infrastructure. Cloud computing security is an important aspect of quality of service from cloud service...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-01T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Design and Development of a Framework to Mitigate DoS/DDoS Attacks Using IPtables Firewall]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A DoS (Denial of Service) attack is characterized by an explicit attempt to prevent the legitimate use of a service. These attacks overwhelm the processing or link capacity of the target sites by saturating them with bogus packets. Such attacks can seriously disrupt legitimate communications. These attacks can disrupt the availability of Internet services completely, by eating either...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-04-01T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[A Study on Network Security Aspects and Attacking Methods]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/a-study-on-network-security-aspects-and-attacking-methods/32894223]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Network security has become more important to personal computer users, organizations, and the military. With the advent of the internet, security became a major concern and the history of security allows a better understanding of the emergence of security technology. The architecture of the internet, when modified can reduce the possible attacks that can be sent across the network. Knowing the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-03-31T07:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Ultrasurf]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[UltrasurfCan someone please tell me how to block ultrasurf from running in the cilent's computer?It is not an exe file so cannot do from AD.It bypasses Cisco firewall too.So,suggest me how do we do it.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-03-25T05:03:54Z</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Multi-Phase IRC Botnet and Botnet Behavior Detection Model]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/multi-phase-irc-botnet-and-botnet-behavior-detection-model/32880079]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Botnets are considered one of the most dangerous and serious security threats facing the networks and the Internet. Comparing with the other security threats, botnet members have the ability to be directed and controlled via C&amp;C messages from the botmaster over common protocols such as IRC and HTTP, or even over covert and unknown applications. As for IRC botnets, general security instances...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-03-01T08:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Cryptography as an Instrument to Network Security]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Network security is a complicated subject, historically only tackled by well-trained and experienced experts. However, as more and more people become &quot;Wired&quot;, an increasing number of people need to understand the basics of security in a networked world. This paper was written with the basic computer user and information systems manager in mind, explaining the concepts needed to read through...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-03-01T08:00:00Z</pubDate>
                                        
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        <title><![CDATA[Keeping distributed endpoints safe and secure]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/keeping-distributed-endpoints-safe-and-secure/32874059]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s far-reaching environments, where the numbers and varieties of servers, desktops, laptops, mobile devices and specialized equipment such as point-of-sale (POS) devices, ATMs and self-service kiosks&mdash;known collectively as &ldquo;endpoints&rdquo;&mdash;are growing at unprecedented rates, traditional protection schemes such as firewalls and anti-virus agents are no longer sufficient on their own. With...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-02-27T08:00:00Z</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ok Guys and Gals... I need some advice]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ok Guys and Gals... I need some adviceI have been a loyal AVG user for years (using the paid version for the AV / Firewall combo).  In my experience with them I have never had a virus or malware infection on my computer.  I just received a email fro]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2013-02-21T14:34:27Z</pubDate>
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