Minimize your reaction time to DDoS attacks

Intro Even though recent report shows less DDoS attacks the past year, that risk is still out there. Now days most DDoS attacks can be mitigated quite effectively based on the fact that you poses some kind of an IPS. However most time wasted is the initial process of understanding the fact that [...]

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This post was written by Lior Cohen on May 14, 2008 Comments (0)

The best free snmp monitoring tool

This is the 3′rd time I am implementing the free version of Zenoss on different companies, and I can’t get enough of it.
Zenoss is an snmp monitoring tool. it has a very cool modern interface, Its very simple and easy to use, low maintenance, and efficient.

Zenoss Dashboard
Adding a new device to monitor is a matter [...]

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This post was written by Lior Cohen on May 10, 2008 Comments (0)

Build your own BGP LAB

If you need to test your bgp configuration before implementing on your routers,
or just for learning purposes you might want to consider zebra.
 
introduction
zebra is a free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols, that includes OSPF,RIP,BGP.
using either a total free solution based on solaris 10, or using a virtual machine system such as vmware, you [...]

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This post was written by Lior Cohen on May 10, 2008 Comments (0)