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 | from Tony Bradley, your Editor and Guide This week we have a slew of entries regarding VPN's (Virtual Private Networks)- primarily SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) VPN's. I have written an article comparing and contrasting the traditional IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) based VPN's with the SSL VPN's. Neither solution is the "right" solution. You have to weigh the pros and cons and choose the one that works best for your situation. There are also links to an article about the SSL VPN frenzy and a Network Computing magazine review of SSL VPN products from a variety of vendors. The other major highlight from this past week is my review of the latest book from Ed Skoudis- Malware. Check out my review to learn more about this excellent and valuable resource. Also be sure to look over this month's security bulletins from Microsoft and make sure you download and apply any necessary patches. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| VPN's: IPSec vs. SSL Virtual Private Networks (VPN's) have been around for awhile. A VPN allows a remote user to connect to a corporate network in a secure manner using the public Internet. Communications between the remote user and the company network are encrypted and sent through a "tunnel". Traditionally, VPN's have relied on IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) technology, but VPN's using SSL (secure sockets layer) connections are gaining ground. To learn more about the pros and cons of these two technologies and determine which might be right for you, read this article. |
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| Book Review: Malware Malware: Fighting Malicious Code by Ed Skoudis will be hitting a bookstore shelf near you sometime later this month. Ed Skoudis is already well-known for his book Counter Hack and his video CD tutorial The Hack Counter-Hack Training Course. He is an accomplished information security expert and an instructor / speaker for SANS. This book is one of the best in the information security field for two reasons. First, it addresses a highly relevant topic - viruses, worms and other malicious code are almost constantly headline news these days. Second, it addresses the subject to a level of detail not found in other information security books. This is a must-read book for network and security administrators to learn what they need to know about how and why malicious code works and what they need to do to protect their networks. |
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| Microsoft November 2003 Security Bulletin Summary Microsoft released their November 2003 monthly Security Bulletin Summary for both the Windows operating system and Office application suite. In all there are four bulletins this month: Three ranked as Critical by Microsoft and one Important. Below are links to the Microsoft Security Bulletins. You should review each of them to determine if they apply to you and educate yourself on the risks they impose. The Security Bulletins also have links to download the necessary patches to protect your systems from having these vulnerabilities exploited. |
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