and Game ports have for the most part been replaced by USB ports. USB or Universal Serial Bus is less bulky‚ faster‚ can be hot swapped‚ and up to 127 devices can be used. Early Mice used serial connectors and keyboards used a 5 pin bulky DIN connector. Modern Mice and Keyboards use PS/2‚ USB‚ or wireless type connectors. A NIC or Network Interface Card is what connects your computer to a local or distance network or the internet. The NIC converts parallel signal from the motherboard system bus into
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Ping Sweeps and Port Scans January 11‚ 2013 Freddie Jackson DeVry University This report is to provide insight on nefarious computer activities called ping sweeps and port scans as a request from management. I will identify them‚ explain what they are use for‚ how they are used and how to stop them from attacking a network. Finally I will discuss how they can be eliminated as security risk. The information in this report is designed to increase the understanding and knowledge of these two
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Hyderabad‚India Rudra1in@yahoo.com Ranjit Kumar Panda Senior Engineer‚ MindTree Limited Bangalore‚ India panda.ranjitkumar@gmail.com Abstract— We are trying to show how security testing plays predominant role in secured development and through agile methodology-particularly scrum is a suitable development process. Keywords-scrum;security testing. 1. Introduction Application security is in attention for last few years where security no more allures to network security and transcen. Security
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Ping Sweeps and Port Scans Recently‚ it was brought to my attention that there are concerns about some activities on the network that can be considered less than trustworthy. Specifically‚ the concerns are regarding network traffic called ping sweeps and port scans. I’m putting together this paper to explain how ping sweeps and port scans impact our network traffic. First we must understand what these two things do before we can understand how they are used to impact a network. I’ll start
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THE STUDY Gathering information about a remote system is often considered the first step an "intelligent hacker” takes in launching an attack against or gain privileged access to a target machine. Intelligence gathered in this research can provide useful information about vulnerabilities or misconfigurations that can be successfully exploited by the potential intruder. The more a hacker knows about a particular system (e.g. the operating system (OS)‚ the hardware architecture and services that
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The agile and waterfall method are two of the most common methods when it comes to how to approach software development. Every company has a preference when it comes to the method they use and while there are some similarities between the two methods‚ there are also quite a few differences. In Subhajit Datta’s article‚ he mentions that the waterfall method identified core elements within the software development process that have since been adapted by other methods‚ including the agile method.
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The history of port development in Nigeria dates back to the middle of 19th century. This was long after the onset of sea borne trade and transactions which followed the adventures of early explorations on the African coasts. Initial efforts towards provision of facilities for ocean going vessels were the attempts to open up the entrance to the Lagos Lagoon. Considerable littoral drift occurred along this coast; and the constantly shifting channels in the bar at the entrance
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Paper The Agile Business Analyst By: Mike Cottmeyer‚ V. Lee Henson Executive Summary Contents Rapidly changing market conditions are requiring companies to shorten delivery cycles and become more responsive to customer expectations. Agile development methodologies are leading the way‚ helping software development teams adjust to the new economy. Agile challenges our notion of software engineering best practices‚ project management methodology‚ and how we lead our teams. The Agile movement impacts
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SEC280 March 10‚2011 Ping Sweeps and Port Scans: Should we worry? Ping Sweeps and Port Scans are the two most common network probes that serve as important clues in sensing invasion or intrusion that can harm a network. Network probes are not actual intrusions‚ although‚ they could be potential causes of actual intrusions. Port scans and ping sweeps can lead to an intrusion of companies network system‚ however‚ with today’s technological advancements‚ these activities can be detected
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The Jacksonville Port Project Author’s Name Institutional Affiliation Abstract This paper critically analyses the proposal to expand the Jacksonville Port‚ the benefits and challenges thereto‚ and makes relevant recommendations that would go a long way in enhancing the successful implementation and complementation of the proposed project. Key word: Jacksonville Port project. Introduction There have been frantic calls to deepen the Jacksonville Port in the State of Florida; U.S. one outstanding
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