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Internet usage is growing at an accelerating pace. Analysts and marketers love surveys. Following on the heels of applying the patch Fred Rica style (see www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2002/04/17_04.htm), the SNMP vulnerability has loomed into view as the next procrastinating administrator’s nightmare. Imagine you work for one of those companies where information security is taken seriously, senior management support is for granted, the appropriate IT defenses are deployed and users are educated on the security policy. It’s not uncommon to hear wisdom such as “if an attacker has physical access to a PC, you’ve lost the battle,” or, “if a Trojan makes it past the defenses, it’s all over.” The morning commute from my suburban town of residence to London, where I presently work, and back is an opportunity to catch up on some reading and the news. Just how secure is your network? Due to the abundance of Internet security attacks, the news over the past year has been flooded with warnings and reports of numerous network vulnerabilities. Intrusion detection has become big business on the Internet and, to be honest, it's not surprising. You can wander round in the dark says Gunter Ollmann, but full knowledge penetration tests are much better Some security themes keep re-occurring. Gunter Ollmann warns against one of the most common problems What is most likely to bring your systems down? A minor problem might be as bad as a natural disaster argues Illena Armstrong “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.” Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass With the growth in volume and sophistication of internal and external threats, information security is one of the most critical issues facing companies today. Many networked devices, such as UNIX servers, routers and switches, are accessible through local serial console ports, for initial configuration and emergency management. Organizations know they must protect themselves from the mysterious enemy that is a ‘hacker’ and viruses such as LoveLetter, but often there is a misguided belief that these external threats are the main risks to businesses. If recent headlines about the Blaster worm sounded familiar, it was with good reason. Earlier this year, another worm was wreaking havoc on the internet, targeting a well-known Microsoft vulnerability. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are quickly gaining popularity as serious contenders in the remote-access marketplace.

This product essentially takes over from where BlackICE Guard left off. The current version offers greater protocol analysis pattern-based detection and a few bug fixes thrown in for good measure.

McAfee's IntruShield 2700 fits into the middle of its range, offering 600Mbps of throughput. It has six Fast Ethernet and two GBIC ports for detection, and three Fast Ethernet ports for responses. You can install it in either tap mode or inline mode, where the box sits between the router and main network. In inline mode, it's recommended that you use the appliance's high-availability mode.