More confirmation that the end of the firewall era (as we know it) is nearly here. Palo Alto and Aerohive are partnering to: Aerohive’s Cooperative Control networking infrastructure equipment along with Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls provide a comprehensive and robust solution for optimizing the user experience on a mobile first network Looks like a [...]
The Huawei Security Problem Isn’t the Hardware, It’s Engineers Fixing the Bugs.
29th October 2012 by 12 Comments
I’ve been thinking about the security issues of working with Huawei equipment and Huawei the company. I’ve spoken with a number of people who, off the record, talk of working with Huawei as customers and their experiences of the product have been less than excellent but the price is low. What I’ve realised is concerning. [...]
Cisco White Paper on IPS 4500 & 4300 Series Sensors
21st October 2012 by Leave a Comment
Vendors are rarely believable when data sheets state the performance of IPS systems. That’s partly the fact that IPS performance is variable according to types of inspection rules that are configured and the amount of traffic hitting those rules, in use. In short, IPS performance is determined by the complexity of the rules you choose to [...]
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Q&a – Cisco Systems
18th September 2012 by 4 Comments
The Cisco ASA must have new product managers in place. Haven’t seen the Cisco ASA software gets a dedicated place on Cisco’s web site before. Usually I have to go rattling around the product support pages to find out information about the latest release. For what’s it’s worth, Cisco ASA 9.0 has following major features [...]
11 Things About Using a Transparent or Layer 2 Firewall ?
5th June 2012 by 15 Comments
You can deploy some modern firewalls in Layer 2 mode such that they are transpart
Check Point Launches ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus and Firewall 2013
7th May 2012 by 5 Comments
Once upon a time, ZoneAlarm was the best personal firewall available. It was free, stable and excellent. I seem to remember using it from 2002-2003 or so – then Zonealarm was acquired by CheckPoint and the product was lost to the retail market. CheckPoint moved the product to corporate desktops and was lost to the [...]
Deleting Social Media Accounts. Running Scared.
21st April 2012 by 3 Comments
I’m deleting social media accounts with a sense of fear. Who wants to share _everything_ ? I did, until I realised how dangerous Network Theory is for exposing information about you. And everyone you know.
Security Humour: “Packets Don’t Lie; Bob Loves Alice”
16th April 2012 by Leave a Comment
Who said people in security don’t have a sense of humour ? My crypto presentation that I teach in my InfoSec classed boiled down to a 4 minute original music video with labs. Even if you don’t like the music, if you do the labs and understand what is happening, it should help anyone pass [...]
Why Do Hackers Want Facebook Data, Part I of II – Imperva Data Security Blog
10th April 2012 by Leave a Comment
Everyone thinks that Facebook doesn’t know much about you. But a 1200 page PDF file of personal data seems excessive. And this article explains why it’s bad for your social health if entities can get at that data (usually via Facebook apps). I’m worried, you should be too. Also, Security and Networking Professional should not [...]
