Internet Security
Mayur Kamat
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Network File System (NFS), was popularized by Sun to provide a shared file
system for UNIX machines. NFS, like its relative NIS, is based on a trust model
of network machines that exchange information based on account information.
Must Read. A personal favourite. DNS is most widely heard but rarely understood Internet aspect.
Also discussed are NMS and traceroute.
This article tries to depict UNIX specialities Whois and talk. Also the favourite chatting
service IRC finds mention here.
Today onwards, we shall take a look at some less heard-of services and the
threats they pose to Internet Security. Things like gopher, finger, whois,etc will find mention.
This article will mention gopher and finger and problems one can face with them.
After having a brief overview of HTTP last time, this article mentions the important security loopholes in this most widely used Internet protocol.
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol
developed for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. The
HTTP protocol is very generic and stateless, allowing systems to be built
independently of the data being transmitted. We are not going to see the working
of this protocol. That will take ages.
Last time we had a look on the FTP service. Today we see little known but widely
used NNTP and UUCP protocols. Don't know what they are? Check out then.
After a series of articles on email service vulnerabilities, we start with
File Transfer Protocol (FTP). We have already had an overview of this service. Here we
just analyze the security concerns, not the frill-n-thrills.After discussing security loopholes in the email services, this article tries to mention some steps
which may be instrumental ...
After discussing security loopholes in the email services, this article tries to mention some steps
which may be instrumental in preventing such occurence in your case.
Last time we saw the SMTP service and risks attached with it like e-mail
bombing and spamming. Today we take a look at the Post Office Protocol (POP).