This chapter dives into the details of the partition systems used in personal computers from DOS partitions to Apple partitions to removable media. Find out how it works in this sample chapter....

Security isn t just an issue for network administrators to deal with. Everyone from the mail clerk to the executive board needs to be aware of information security issues. This chapter details the issues involved in information security as it affects executives....

In this chapter you will learn about the advanced self-protection techniques computer virus writers have developed over the years to fight back against scanners. In particular you will learn about encrypted oligomorphic polymorphic and advanced metamorphic computer viruses. Finally we will look at computer virus generator kits that use similar...

There are times a Pocket PC owner might need to use a public hotspot to check email or surf the Internet. The problem is that most wireless hotspots are vulnerable to sniffer based attacks. Seth Fogie and Cyrus Peikari provide a step by step guide that you can use to securely communicate with almost any online service....

Advances in programming have brought many conveniences to our lives but they have also given cyber-criminals increasingly sophisticated ways to commit crimes. This chapter describes the nature and evolution of the computer worm from simple beginning to modern Bluetooth travelling cellphone worms....

Until recently a trip home from overseas might have brought you a toy surprise a small test pack of plastic explosives without detonator fortunately tucked unobtrusively into your luggage by a friendly airport security agent in France. The security team was supposed to be able to find the explosives before your kids did. But Wendy Wolfson reports...

Wireless spam It might not be a problem for you yet but within a year or two it will be Anne Zieger has some tips on how to meet this threat head-on before it causes big hassles for your users....

Mathew Schwartz discusses the Institute for Security and Open Methodologies ISECOM which promotes practical vendor-neutral security through open-source security methodologies....

John Traenkenschuh considers some of the basic problems confronting firewall administrators. What s the point of having a firewall if it can t keep intruders out And what are some of the business and networking issues that cause firewalls to fail at their duty...

systrace is an OpenBSD tool that allows administrators to monitor intercept and restrict system calls. Find out how to get started using systrace in this chapter from Secure Architectures with OpenBSD....

Gone are the days when you could just set up a firewall forget about it and rest easy that your network is secure. Today network security requires constant work to maintain a secure network....

Storage virtualization is an emerging technology that creates logical abstractions of physical storage systems. Storage virtualization has tremendous potential for simplifying storage administration and reducing costs for managing diverse storage assets. Find out all about this new technology in this sample chapter....

This chapter from IP Storage Networking covers the cost component of the storage networking layer by looking at the strategic reasons to combine both defensive and offensive measures and the value achieved by doing so across a common networking platform. n...

The Storage Networking Industry Association s SNIA Shared Storage Model SSM provides a guide to understanding the relationships between host applications storage networks and storage facilities. This framework has been developed to help storage architects determine which storage solutions may be most appropriate. Start learning here.nn...

Learn how iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface addresses the needs of SoHo Small office Home office and midrange environments....