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Date Submitted:
08/23/05
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Using a layered security approach to achieve network integrityAdded by Papergrl
Description:
It's becoming increasingly clear that the current model for network security -- defend the perimeter and patch, patch, patch -- has some serious shortcomings. First, relying on signature files and patches doesn't provide the absolute protection that some vendors promise. Even if your perimeter systems are fully up to date, new attacks that signature files don't recognize will still get through. That was the case in January 2003 when the Slammer worm struck, spreading so quickly around the world that it slipped right past signature-based defenses and reached most vulnerable hosts within 18 minutes.
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