5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall
Network World
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking.
Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls
Network World
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP and DNS.
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pfSense vs Netgear router: What are the main differences?
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 2, 2022
When taking steps to ensure your business’s network security, the pfSense firewall solution and Netgear routers are top choices. The post pfSense vs Netgear router: What are the main differences? appeared first on TechRepublic.
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The AI continuum
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 24, 2024
Deep learning AI: A rising workhorse Deep learning AI uses the same neural network architecture as generative AI, but can’t understand context, write poems or create drawings. Great for: Extracting meaning from unstructured data like network traffic, video & speech. Model sizes: ~Millions to billions of parameters.
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4 ways CISOs can manage AI use in the enterprise
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 18, 2023
But conversely, trying to prohibit the use of and blocking of AI at the firewall would be akin to being considered a Luddite from the Stone Age – you simply cannot prevent access to AI and be a player in the 21 st century. Another method to achieve this is to download the open-source LLMs and use them locally.
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Memcached servers can be hijacked for massive DDoS attacks
Network World
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
The problem was first discovered by security researchers at content delivery network (CDN) specialist Cloudflare. Since then, CDN specialist Akamai and security provider Arbor Networks have also published their findings. Also read: Getting the most out of your next-generation firewall.
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What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?
Dataconomy
APRIL 13, 2023
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a technology that has revolutionized the way we access and control remote computers. In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?
‘Extremely bad’ vulnerability found in widely used logging system
The Verge
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The vulnerability is found in log4j, an open-source logging library used by apps and services across the internet. Nearly every network security system runs some kind of logging process, which gives popular libraries like log4j an enormous reach.
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Nmap security scanner gets new scripts, performance boosts
Network World
DECEMBER 21, 2016
The Nmap Project just released the Holiday Edition of its open source cross-platform security scanner and network mapper, with several important improvements and bug fixes. Give yourself a technology career advantage with InfoWorld's Deep Dive technology reports and Computerworld's career trends reports.
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Scott Lowe
AUGUST 6, 2021
Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. John Arundel is excited about CUE.
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FBI Warns of ‘More Destructive’ DDoS Attacks
SecureWorld News
JULY 30, 2020
In February 2020, UK security researchers discovered a vulnerability in free, open source, automation servers that would allow cybercriminals to amplify a Distributed Denial of Service attack by 100. These larger, more destructive DDoS attacks occur when cyberattackers exploit built-in network protocols.
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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog
SecureWorld News
MARCH 29, 2024
Threat actors tend to abuse legitimate advertising networks or websites to disseminate their malicious content that may appear as banners, pop-ups, or embedded scripts on trusted web pages. In November 2022, cybercriminals somehow acquired the right to run ads on Google for the popular open-source graphics editor GIMP.
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Scott Lowe
JANUARY 15, 2021
Networking. This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. The popular open source cryptography library known as Bouncy Castle has uncovered a severe authentication bypass vulnerability. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Compute safely.
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Scott Lowe
AUGUST 6, 2021
Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. John Arundel is excited about CUE.
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What Executives Should Know About Shift-Left Security
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
By Zachary Malone, SE Academy Manager at Palo Alto Networks The term “shift left” is a reference to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) that describes the phases of the process developers follow to create an application. About Zachary Malone: Zachary is the SE Academy Manager at Palo Alto Networks. This creates risks.
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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies
SecureWorld News
JANUARY 21, 2024
For instance, hardware- or software-based firewalls can monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic and block suspicious activity. Open-source tools can also be valuable; for example, tools like KeePass for password management or ClamAV for antivirus protection are free and widely respected.
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Thinking Out Loud: Targeting the Real Problem
Scott Lowe
APRIL 3, 2013
Clearly there are some real benefits to using OpenFlow in certain use cases (here’s one example ), but that doesn’t mean OpenFlow—especially hop-by-hop OpenFlow, where OpenFlow is involved at every “hop” of the packet forwarding process throughout the network—is the right solution for all environments.
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Top Ten Ways Not To Sink the Kubernetes Ship
Linux Academy
MARCH 28, 2019
It is important to use security tooling such as OpenSCAP, the open source version of the Security Content Automation Protocol, to harden virtual machine images prior to their deployment in virtual private clouds. With cloud virtualization and advanced networking, vacating a cluster after the initialization of a new one is feasible.
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Cybersecurity: Is AI Ready for Primetime In Cyber Defense?
CTOvision
JUNE 28, 2016
Today people are revisiting Marvin Minksy’s work on neural networks, and the NSA is big on Bayesian networks, which are based on Bayes’ algorithm. What’s amazing about this project is that AirBnB has released it as open source to the community so that anyone can use it. Now there are new algorithms like Decision Tree®.
Technology Short Take #63
Scott Lowe
MARCH 17, 2016
Networking. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Here’s some information on Nuage Networks’ experimental Docker Network plugin.
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Scott Lowe
JUNE 20, 2016
While at DockerCon 2016 in Seattle today, I took some time on the expo floor to talk to a number of different vendors, mostly focused on networking solutions. Using eBPF, Plumgrid has created in-kernel virtual network functions (VNFs) that do things like bridging, routing, network address translation (NAT), and firewalling.
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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Registration & Networking Breakfast. Opening Keynote. Networking Break.
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CTOvision
JANUARY 18, 2015
Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Registration & Networking Breakfast. Opening Keynote. Networking Break.
Technology Short Take #79
Scott Lowe
MARCH 2, 2017
Networking. Skydive is (in the project’s own words) an “open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer.” Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. What’s that? environments.
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Galido
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Hacking and data breaches are a common thing today, especially with the rise of open source platforms and electronic transactions. Computer networks give numerous opportunities for cyber attack. Enable a firewall and a comprehensive malware removal program like Malwarebytes to detect and keep all types of malware away.
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Technology Short Take #70
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 11, 2016
In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Networking. Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network).
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Technology Short Take #46
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
Networking. This post by Matt Oswalt—the first in a series, apparently—provides a great introduction to 5 development tools for network engineers. Matt also recently posted part 4 (of 5) in his series on SDN protocols; this post covers OpFlex and declarative networking. I hope you are able to glean something useful.
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Scott Lowe
APRIL 8, 2013
Networking. —but I wonder how much cooperation Big Switch will get from the major networking vendors with regards to OpenFlow interoperability now that Big Switch is competing even more directly with them via Switch Light. Just getting started in the networking field? I hope that you find something useful!
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1 Year Anniversary: Linux Academy + Jupiter Broadcasting
Linux Academy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Jupiter Broadcasting has been creating your favorite podcasts on Linux, open source, and free software since the term “podcast” existed. This merger has far-reaching benefits for our community, students, and employees as it unifies and enhances our open source contributions. Fast forward to now.
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How to Protect WordPress Sites from Exploitation
SecureWorld News
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
WordPress sites can be structured in an almost infinite number of ways, integrating with numerous other open-source plugins and third-party systems. Choose secure hosting providers and plugins Your web hosting provider controls physical hardware, sensitive data storage, and network configurations.
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Technology Short Take 145
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak shares some links and thoughts on configuring the NSX-T firewall with a CI/CD pipeline built on GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud. Servers/Hardware.
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Proactive cybersecurity: sometimes offence is the best defense
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 15, 2023
They need to be proactive and on the offensive when it comes to defending their networks, systems, and data. Cyber threat hunting is a proactive defense initiative in which security teams search through their networks to find and isolate advanced threats that evade existing security tools.
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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. Networking. ” Ivan Pepelnjak attempts to answer the question, “How much do I need to know about Linux networking?” I hope you find something useful!
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How IT Can Deliver on the Promise of Cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 15, 2022
Public cloud providers such as AWS, Google, and Microsoft Azure publish shared responsibility models that push security of the data, platform, applications, operating system, network and firewall configuration, and server-side encryption, to the customer. Monitored your network environment for ongoing threats?
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A Reflection On ForAllSecure's Journey In Bootstrapping Behavior Testing Technology
ForAllSecure
APRIL 3, 2019
One common approach to addressing software security issues is applying network filters. Network filters applied by solutions like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) aim to solve symptoms, not the root cause. Mobile alone has one new application released every 13 seconds. This is an easy band-aid.
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Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak shares some links and thoughts on configuring the NSX-T firewall with a CI/CD pipeline built on GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud. Servers/Hardware.
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For IT leaders, operationalized gen AI is still a moving target
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Even in its infancy, gen AI has become an accepted course of action and application, and the most common use cases include automation of IT processes, security and threat detection, supply chain intelligence, and automating customer service and network processes, according to a report released by IBM in January.
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3 principles for regulatory-grade large language model application
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 11, 2023
Companies should be able to run the software within their own firewalls, under their full set of security and privacy controls, and in compliance with country-specific data residency laws, without ever sending any data outside their networks. This does not mean that organizations must give up the advantages of cloud computing.
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95 A Reflection On ForAllSecure's Journey In Bootstrapping Behavior Testing Technology
ForAllSecure
APRIL 3, 2019
One common approach to addressing software security issues is applying network filters. Network filters applied by solutions like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) aim to solve symptoms, not the root cause. Mobile alone has one new application released every 13 seconds. This is an easy band-aid.
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40 A REFLECTION ON FORALLSECURE'S JOURNEY IN BOOTSTRAPPING BEHAVIOR TESTING TECHNOLOGY
ForAllSecure
APRIL 3, 2019
One common approach to addressing software security issues is applying network filters. Network filters applied by solutions like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) aim to solve symptoms, not the root cause. Mobile alone has one new application released every 13 seconds. This is an easy band-aid.
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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock
ForAllSecure
MARCH 24, 2021
How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. This was the beginning of open source software.
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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock
ForAllSecure
MARCH 24, 2021
How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. This was the beginning of open source software.
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Technology Short Take #48
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Networking. Matt Oswalt recently wrapped up his 3-part “DevOps for Networking” series. The NFV discussion seems to be heating up a bit, particularly the “networking” part of NFV. Jason Edelman has posted a self-compiled list of networking projects that are open source ; this is a useful list, so thanks for compiling it Jason!
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Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 10, 2015
Networking. Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. has a great blog series going called “Hey, I can DevOps my Network too!” We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy.
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