• HACKERS ! what are they

    HACKERS ! what are they ? In common usage, a hacker is a person who breaks into computers and computer networks, either for profit or motivated by the challenge. (as per wikipedia) Myth: Hackers are bad. Actually, hackers are merely computer programmers who go in to someone else’s code and...

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Virtual LAN Security Best Practices Independent security research firm @stake [9] recently conducted a Security Review [1] of the virtual LAN (VLAN) technology on the Cisco Catalyst 2950, Catalyst 3550, Catalyst 4500, and Catalyst 6500 series switches. Although no intrinsic security weaknesses emerged from this review, it has been pointed out that an improper or inadequate switch configuration...