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Monitoring Network Traffic and Network Forensics
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Einstein
09 Apr 2008
WORD - Einstein is the network monitoring tool used by the United States federal government's Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Einstein is used to automatically monitor and analyze Internet traffic when it moves in and out of ...
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computer forensics
21 Sep 2004
WORD - Computer forensics, also called cyberforensics, is the application of computer investigation and analysis techniques to gather evidence suitable for presentation in a court of law. The goal of computer forensics is to perform ...
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information signature
11 Jan 2003
WORD - To fight terrorism, the Information Awareness Office (IAO) of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is planning to develop a system that uses a super database of recorded online transactions and ...
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network forensics
28 Oct 2002
WORD - Network forensics is the capture, recording, and analysis of network events in order to discover the source of security attacks or other problem incidents. (The term, attributed to firewall expert Marcus Ranum, is borrowed ...
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snoop server
05 Oct 2001
WORD - A snoop server is a server that uses a packet sniffer program to capture network traffic for analysis. Used to identify security risks and/or to monitor employees' activities (such as Web sites visited), a snoop program puts ...
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footprinting
23 Apr 2001
WORD - 1) In the study of DNA, footprinting is the method used to identify the nucleic acid sequence that binds with proteins.
2) In computers, footprinting is the process of accumulating data regarding a specific network ...
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promiscuous mode
09 Nov 2003
WORD - 1) In a network, promiscuous mode allows a network device to intercept and read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. This mode of operation is sometimes given to a network snoop server that captures and saves ...
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intrusion detection
16 Sep 2003
WORD - Intrusion detection (ID) is a type of security management system for computers and networks. An ID system gathers and analyzes information from various areas within a computer or a network to identify possible security ...
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port scan
31 Jul 2001
WORD - A port scan is a series of messages sent by someone attempting to break into a computer to learn which computer network services, each associated with a "well-known" port number, the computer provides. Port scanning, a ...
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probe
18 Sep 2001
WORD - 1) In telecommunications generally, a probe is an action taken or an object used for the purpose of learning something about the state of the network. For example, an empty message can be sent simply to see whether the ...
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