or a buffer overrun, such as MSBlaster and Slammer. It is powerless against Trojans or various worms. Even a regularly updateable anti-virus scanner is unable to replace this protection fully. ...

intrusion detection, and firewall functionality. That's a lot of functionality for a 1.9 MB! But as I learned while getting to know the DSD-150, the real anti-virus protection is provided by a 10 MB SophosAV antivirus update downloaded in the background (i.e.,...

2) that help it to identify which traffic on a network will be harmful. This is similar to anti-virus programs, and the similarity extends to keeping rules updated. Snort can only look for what it knows about, so diligence in updating the program on the part...

to troubleshoot which program or driver is running out of control, and fix that problem.  When it comes to resource hogging, likely culprits may include rogue drivers from hardware designed for Windows XP, and antiquated anti-virus software trying to update...

on most any "smart" or managed switch, but are harder to come by in consumer-priced routers and unmanaged switches. 3) Bulk up your software-based protection At minimum, you need to run current versions of good anti-virus applications that automatically update...

products that have different feature sets (Figure 4), allowing an organization to choose the security that best fits its needs. Figure 4: Product and Feature matrix Updated August 16, 2005 Series 100 is the basic PGP Universal package, including...