Friday, March 14th, 2008
A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password.
Adam Boileau first demonstrated the hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been tested with Windows Vista, at a security conference in Sydney in ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Nortel Networks said Tuesday that it has developed new optical networking gear that can quadruple the capacity on telecommunications networks.
The new technology is designed to help network operators deal with bandwidth-gobbling applications like high-definition Internet video.
Nortel, the largest supplier of telephony gear in North America, plans to announce Wednesday that ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
I won't get into a whole subnetting lesson here but, if you already know subnetting, then you'll know exactly what these charts are and what they mean.I find them very helpful to have around. It saves lots of precious time.
Class A Subnetting
# bits
Subnet Mask
CIDR
# Subnets
# Hosts
Nets * Hosts
2
255.192.0.0
/10
2
4194302
8388604
3
255.224.0.0
/11
6
2097150
12582900
4
255.240.0.0
/12
14
1048574
14680036
5
255.248.0.0
/13
30
524286
15728580
6
255.252.0.0
/14
62
262142
16252804
7
255.254.0.0
/15
126
131070
16514820
8
255.255.0.0
/16
254
65534
16645636
9
255.255.128.0
/17
510
32766
16710660
10
255.255.192.0
/18
1022
16382
16742404
11
255.255.224.0
/19
2046
8190
16756740
12
255.255.240.0
/20
4094
4094
16760836
13
255.255.248.0
/21
8190
2046
16756740
14
255.255.252.0
/22
16382
1022
16742404
15
255.255.254.0
/23
32766
510
16710660
16
255.255.255.0
/24
65534
254
16645636
17
255.255.255.128
/25
131070
126
16514820
18
255.255.255.192
/26
262142
62
16252804
19
255.255.255.224
/27
524286
30
15728580
20
255.255.255.240
/28
1048574
14
14680036
21
255.255.255.248
/29
2097150
6
12582900
22
255.255.255.252
/30
4194302
2
8388604
Class B Subnetting
# ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Anti-virus technologies are inconsistent when it comes to identifying attacks such as worms, phishing and botnets.
That's according to a report from the University of Michigan's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and network security company Arbor Networks, antivirus products are inconsistent at best when it comes to identifying attacks such ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
The arrest of Robert Soloway, the so-called "Spam King" who commanded a botnet of zombies that reportedly sent out billions of spam email messages every day, is a case study in just how difficult killing a botnet can be. His capture does not equate to the release of thousands of ...
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