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Is this a DNS attack?
The following graph shows the UDP DNS queries/sec (blue) and DNS responses/sec (red) of traffic passing a router over the preiod of 4 days. DNS query is a DNS packet with query/response flag set to 0 ...
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How is iptables useful to prevent attacks against a LAN?
I need some advice securing a LAN using iptables.
I've found lots of examples on how to secure single host with iptables, including scanning ports, attacking using ICMP-flood and TCP-flood. These ...
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How to trace a DDOS attack on a dedicated server and block it?
I have a dedicated server and I'm hosting a game, and the web page (using Apache) for account registering.
The server is being ddosed since 8 months ago till today. I've tried to talk with the server ...
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What kind of attacks against home router's NAT do exist?
I always thought NAT was some kind of a security feature and I still think it is, because if it didn't existed the internet, respectively the clients behind NATs, would be even more insecure, since ...
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Reverse shell connections
Why are reverse shell connections so popular in the event of a successful intrusion? Many "hacking" videos show this and it is often seen in practice.
Would not most servers restrict outgoing ...
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Disabling windows firewall remotely
i use metasploit for pentesting windows 2003 sp2 server but when windows firewall is on i am not able to perform pentest successfully is there any way to disable firewall remotly?
