This post explains briefly what is a domain name system (DNS). FAQs about a Domain Name System What is a Domain Name System (DNS)? A domain name system (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed naming system for computers, services, and…
This post lists some of the main Content Distribution Networks (CDNs). List of Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) List of Content Distributions Networks (CDNs): Cloudflare Akamai Amazon CloudFront CacheFly Lumen CDN Cloudflare Akamai Amazon CloudFront CacheFly …
This post lists some anonymity networks: Tor / Onionland FreeNet I2P External references “Anonymity Networks. Don’t use one, use all them!“; Chi Square
This post summarizes the most common VPN (Virtual Private Network) protocols. VPN protocol VPN (Virtual Private Network) protocols: PPTP L2TP/IPsec SSTP IKEv2 OpenVPN PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP). L2TP/IPSec Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is an extension of…
IPv6 was developed to substitute IPv4, as it was expected to run out of addresses. IPv6 Address An IPv6 address uses 128 bits. While IPV4 is represented by decimal numbers, IPv6 uses hexadecimal numbers. There are 8 blocks of hexadecimal…
Wireless network interface controllers (WNIC’s) can operate in different modes: Managed mode: the only packets that are received in the computer are the one directed to it. Promiscuous mode: it is a listening mode that exists for both wired and…
IPv4 Address An IPv4 address represent a single device in an IP network. IPv4 addresses consist of 32 bits. Example: 11000110001100110110010000000000 These 32 bits are usually divided in 4 octets, and separated with a dot. Example: 11000110.00110011.01100100.00000000 In order to…
This post summarizes some tools for Wi-Fi Traffic Analysis. Some of the most populars are Wireshark and CommView for Wi-Fi. List of Wi-Fi Traffic Analysis Tools Tools for Wi-Fi Traffic Analysis: Software Applications CommView for WiFi Wireshark Pilot Tool OmniPeek…
A Web Application Firewall is also known as WAF. List of web application firewalls: dotDefender ServerDefender VP IBM Security AppScan Radware’s AppWall QualysGuard WAF Barracuda Web Application Firewall ThreatSentry ThreatRadar SecureSphere ModSecurity SteelApp Web App Firewall Trustwave Web Application Firewall…
List of DNS interrogation websites: DNSstuff Toolbox Network-Tools.com DNS Query Utility DIG DNS Lookup Tool DNS Check DomainTools One of the most popular is DIG. List of DNS Interrogation websites DNSstuff Toolbox Network-Tools.com Network Tools: The Trusted Free Online…