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Net Tools

March 8th, 2009 3 comments

What is Net Tools :

Net Tools is a comprehensive set of host monitoring, network scanning, security, administration tools and much more, all with a highly intuitive user interface. It’s an ideal tool for those who work in the network security, administration, training, internet forensics or law enforcement internet crimes fields. Net Tools is mainly written in Microsoft Visual Basic 6, Visual C++, Visual C# and Visual Studio .NET.

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Securing your Wireless Network

March 8th, 2009 1 comment

For a long time now, wireless internet has become a much more popular way of surfing the internet or general networks for that matter. They have, essentially, allowed people to leave their homes with their laptop, palm pilot, tablet PC, or whatever it may be, and they are able to surf they are able to have the same possibilities they could have as if they were in their office or at home. In the beginning, wireless networking seemed like a pretty simple and basic idea,. Though, yes, it is a simple concept and is very convenient…it may be fairly convenient to someone who feels like “stealing” your signal. Or better yet, someone stealing your passwords because you figured, “O, I won’t need 128-bit encryption, nobody will try to jack this shizzle.” Well, my pitiful mistaken friend, the truth is that if you’re computer is connected to a network of other computers…you are ultimately vulnerable to a number of dangerous things. Whether it be viruses, trojans, ‘hackers’, ‘crackers’, squirrels, or just nosy neighbors, you are VULNERABLE! Now you may be thinking, “Is there anything I can do to help protect myself on my wireless network?” As a matter-a-fact, yes, yes there is. There are several different methods of protecting yourself while you use a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). One of the most powerful being encryption. Whether it be WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), using 128-bit encryption, or even changing your SSID (Service Set Identifier). Any form of protection, is essentially keeping you one step closer from having your wireless signal stolen.

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