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Is Big C missing the point on security?

Antonio Ieranò 07/23/2012 AI Tech Update, Editorials, Editorials in English, My Best Articles, Tech Update in English

Big company are really suited for security? This is what comes to my mind when we see what Cisco, HP and Co. do when we talk about security. Are they really able to focus on the innovation and development that security require? I can talk about what I know so i will express my mixed feeling about Cisco and Security. For long times Cisco has not been perceived as a big player in the security space, beside the fact PIXASA is the most sold firewall in the world. But honestly we should not only consider the magnitude of the numbers but also why and how companies buy a product. Alas…

TCP Split Handshake Issue

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 04/14/2011 Editorials

Image via WikipediaTCP Split Handshake Issue those days I’ve read on the news a lot of noise about an NSS test that were reporting a TCP handshake security hole (TCP Split Handshake Issue) in several commercial firewalls. The question is interesting from several points of view: are IPS and firewall really secure? is a vulnerability really a security issue? how does this vulnerability affect me? http://portadiferro.blogspot.com/2011/04/tcp-split-handshake-issue.html Related articles Other Considerations On TCP Split Handshake (paulsparrows.wordpress.com) TCP Split Handshake: Why Cisco ASA is not susceptible (paulsparrows.wordpress.com) TCP Split Handshake: The (Never)ending Story… (paulsparrows.wordpress.com) TCP Split Handshake Attack Explained (paulsparrows.wordpress.com) Hacker ‘handshake’…

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