PING: Fyodor
Information Security magazine | 01 Jan 2008 INTERVIEW - Nmap, the popular open source security scanner and network mapping tool, was a labor of love--and necessity--according to its creator, hacker Fyodor.
Juniper UAC to deliver Shavlik patch management technology
SearchSecurity.com | 11 Oct 2007 ARTICLE - Patch management vendor Shavlik Technologies announced that its tools will now be enabled via Juniper Networks' Unified Access Control (UAC) product.
Sourcefire, Nmap deal to open vulnerability scanning
SearchSecurity.com | 23 May 2007 ARTICLE - Sourcefire and Insecure.org have inked an agreement to develop open source vulnerability scanning tools based on Insecure's Nmap scripting engine.
Screencast: Nessus
Submitted By: SearchSecurity.com | 17 Mar 2008 TIP - Peter Giannoulis of Bones Consulting demonstrates how Nessus can be used as a vulnerability assessment tool that enterprises can use to help protect critical systems and networks.
Web scanning and reporting best practices
13 Mar 2008 TIP - In this tip, contributor Joel Dubin discusses what goes into a Web scan, what should be scanned and how the results can be interpreted.
network behavior analysis
20 Oct 2006 WORD - Network behavior analysis (NBA) is a method of enhancing the security of a proprietary network by monitoring traffic and noting unusual actions or departures from normal operation. An NBA solution offers protection for a ...
inverse mapping
04 Oct 2003 WORD - Inverse mapping is a procedure used to create associations between real or virtual objects that involves some type of reversal of another process or concept. Various types of inverse mapping are used in a wide range of ...
network scanning
15 Feb 2002 WORD - Network scanning is a procedure for identifying active hosts on a network, either for the purpose of attacking them or for network security assessment. Scanning procedures, such as ping sweeps and port scans, return ...
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