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Security Tips

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Tips for Securing Your Wireless LAN: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3.5; Author - Eric Geier; Ways to protect your Wi-Fi network from eavesdroppers and hackers.
Group Policy without Active Directory: Date - Oct 19, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Can Group Policy be configured on a per-user basis without Active Directory?
Map Your Network For Better Protection and Incident Response: Date - Apr 01, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Tony Bradley; It is difficult to protect devices that you don't even know exist. In larger enterprises it is very easy to lose track of the asset inventory which leads to complacency about rogue devices. In order to effectively protect the network and to respond to incidents efficiently, an updated asset inventory and network map should always be handy.
Protect Wireless Access Using MAC Address Filters: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Tony Bradley; Wireless networks add a significant level of convenience for many users. The ability to roam at will and access the network without adding wires is quite useful. But, you need to do so securely. There are a number of basic steps you should take to protect your wireless network and filtering MAC addresses is one more way to secure it.
Google Yourself To Identify Security Holes: Date - Mar 15, 2005; Rating - 4; Author - Tony Bradley; Google is very good at what it does. It automatically and systematically catalogues every document, image, web site or other data that is web accessible so that it can be quickly retrieved using the Google search engine. That includes potentially sensitive or confidential data that wasn't intended to be shared publicly. Google your own network or sites to identify possible security holes.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA): Date - Mar 07, 2005; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples
Sample security policies and guidelines: Date - Nov 09, 2004; Rating - 2.4; Author - Wayne Maples
Packet Sniffers: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples
SmbRelay captures NTLM hashes: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples
Scanners, sniffers, network analyzers, traffic monitors, port scanners: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples
Protocol Numbers and Assignment Services: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Wayne's IDS Intrustion Detection Systems Tips and Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples
Keystroke loggers and spy software / hardware: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples
Wayne's Forensics and Incident Response Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Security Issues That May Occur Due to the Way Windows NT Handles FPNWCLNT.DLL: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples
HotFix & Security Bulletin Service: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Register to automatically receive security bulletins. Search by Product/Technology and Service Pack.
Is NT running with 40-bit or 128-bit encryption support installed?: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Security Events Logon Type Definitions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows Freeware and Commercial Personal Firewalls for SOHO Small Office and Home: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples
Wayne's Denial of Service (DoS) Resource: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Denial of Service Attack Using Unprotected IOCTL Function Call: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Data encryption for Windows NT: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples
Disable Windows NT alt-ctrl-del dialog buttons: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples
Configure NT stack to resist network Denial of Service: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Backdoors : backorifice, subseven, netbus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.9; Author - Wayne Maples
Microsoft Technet Security Tips: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
DOS: IOCTL (Unprotected) Function Call Denial of Service Attack: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Encrypt hashes in SAM with 128-bit encryption.: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples
Determine whether Syskey has been applied to a system: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples
Setpass Does Not Update the NetWare Password with SYSKEY: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Wayne's Security Resources for Administrators: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Security resources for administrators. Penetration testing to proactively block against hackers. Emphasis on information, utilities, tools and techniques to protect ones network.
Ssh Secure Shell Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples
Steganography Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.4; Author - Wayne Maples