In some cases, applications can be based upon industry-accepted standards, as shown in Figure 10-27. For example, for devices that need to be able to connect to other devices to transfer data or to ...

The latest Internet defense technology – deep packet inspection firewalls – is being touted as the best line of defense against worms that can sneak past earlier technology to wreak havoc in corporate ...

Part 1 of this article looks at low-level communications protocols, including PPP and Ethernet, and their specific security features and requirements.] Now that we have discussed the lower-level ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. Recent developments in connectivity technologies have spurred the adoption of Internet-connected “smart” devices for remote sensing, ...

Getting started on designing a network is a task of formidable proportions, but all the more so if you are looking to build a secure IT network. Often, IT system administrators are not fully familiar ...

We've compiled all of the pertinent Internet of Things terminology you should be keeping your eye on. As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow, new information on emerging best practices, ...

messages. It pairs two network services in such a way that they keep responding to one another’s messages indefinitely. In doing so, they create large volumes of traffic that result in a denial of ...

A novel attack technique is found capable of launching a looped denial of service (DoS) attack between a pair of network applications, blocking legitimate access to their respective servers ...