Networking and the Internet

Protection and Cures

Dr. M. Tanvir Afzal

 Protection and Cures

What can be done!

 Prevention is better than cure!

 Firewall
 Spam Filters
 Proxy Servers
 Auditing Software
 Antivirus Software

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Firewall
 Installed at the gateway of
organization’s intranet.
 Blocking messages coming from
unknown regions (terminating DOS
attacks)
 Blocking incoming messages having
origin address of the region – Spoofing.

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 Protection and Cures

Firewall
 Can protect individual computer
rather than network.
 If a computer is not a server, then all
access to server applications and
ports should be blocked. This is one
of the way to enter into the system.

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Firewall – Spam Filters

 Specific Firewalls to block unwanted
emails.
 Sophisticated technique to distinguish
b/w desirable and spam emails.

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Proxy Servers
 Acts as intermediary between a client
and a server with the goal of shielding
the client from adverse actions of the
server.
 Server does not have an opportunity to
learn about clients, their internal
intranet structures.

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Proxy Servers

 Can establish a proxy server for a

particular kind of service (FTP,
HTTP, Telnet etc).
 Another advantage is, like: FTP proxy
server could check all incoming files
for the presence of known viruses and
block all infected files.
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 Protection and Cures

Auditing Software
 Deduction of sudden increase in
message traffic
 Monitor activities of systems
firewalls.
 Detection of irregularities

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Antivirus Software
 used to detect and remove the presence of
known viruses and other infections.
 Still not a guarantee for safety.
 User should not open emails from
unknown sources.
 Do not respond to pop-up adds.
 Remove computer from internet when
you do not need it
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 Summary

Protection and
Cures
 Firewall
 Spam Filters
 Proxy Servers
 Auditing Software
 Antivirus Software

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