Network Security Glossary

Well, i found ineresting book on my hard drive. And there was a networking Glossary which i would like to share.

ad hoc - Refers to a wireless network that is computer to computer, without a wireless router.
adware - Programs that are designed to display advertising to the user that may not be expected [...]

Re-branding of Microsoft Live Search

Microsoft may rename its Live Search service. It is announced that re-branding of Windows Live Search can be done in the first months of the next year. The new name supposedly is Kumo, but this information is not confirmed.
And on the base of Live.com will be created new social oriented portal. Steve Ballmer said [...]

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Microsoft released new updated products: Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.
As Microsoft said new products allow to improve applications development based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Security was updated. SP1 updates allow to install new application more easily and etc.
At the present moment Microsoft works under Visual Studio 2010. [...]

Dragon 7 Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention

Dragon Network Sensor constitutes an intellectual programme defence from network intrusions. This system allows to identify scan and network attacks.
Improved technology - Dragon Intrusion Prevention (IPS) - was made to block attacks, to reduce DOS attack risks and to prevent information theft, being completely invisible inside the network. Based on Dragon Intrusion Detection technology, IPS [...]

Chrome Patch

Google has announced new version of Chrome web-browser. Now security specialists approve that there is no Carpet Bomb and other vulnerabilities.
Chrome Patch is available for developers, so you will not get any alert to update Chrome browser.
According to the news from Google Blog there were new stategy of loading Windows files (*.exe, *.dll, *.bat) in [...]