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quick buy | add to cart | subscription Neural networks in games
No 11/2005 (11) Artificial intelligence
Maciej Gorywoda
Artificial neural networks (for the remainder of this article referred to simply as neural networks) are an area of studies in artificial intelligence that aims to imitate the way the human brain works. Neural networks are frequently used as decision-making systems. In this article Maciej will focus on a different application. Neural networks mimic the way the human brain works. Since the brain controls the body, why not use a neural network to control a robot, a probe or some kind of an agent in a simulated environment.

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quick buy | add to cart | subscription Port knocking from the inside out
No 11/2005 (6) VPN Discovery 6/2005
Martin Krzywinski
Leaving a port open to the public is like an invitation for an intruder. Unfortunately, most services such as HTTP or SMTP need to be open for everyone to see. However, some of the more critical services may be accessible only when required. Here's where port knocking comes in.

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quick buy | add to cart | subscription Total control – low-level network access
No 11/2005 (6) VPN Discovery 6/2005
Konrad Malewski
Developing applications that directly access layers of the ISO/OSI model can be a difficult task, frequently requiring non-standard packet formatting. Help is at hand, however, in the form of the WinPcap and libnet libraries, which put the programmer in total control of the content being sent out into the network.

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quick buy | add to cart | subscription Attacks on layer two of the OSI model
No 11/2005 (6) VPN Discovery 6/2005
Alfredo Andr�s, David Barroso
Layer two of OSI model is one of the weakest links when trying to assure network security in an organization. It is also one of the most commonly ignored, because there aren't many public implementations of layer two attacks. However, a successful attack on layer two can be just as dangerous as any other.

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No 01/2006 (7) Haking Wi-Fi 1/2006
Guillaume Lehembre
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) is one of today’s leading wireless technologies. However, one configuration aspect all too often goes unnoticed: security. Let's have a closer look at the level of security of encryption methods used in modern Wi-Fi implementations.

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quick buy | add to cart | subscription Detouring network firewalls
No 01/2006 (7) Haking Wi-Fi 1/2006
Oliver Karow
Firewalls also have their weaknesses and detouring them, both due to misconfiguration and due to product weaknesses, is possible. Oliver describe how an intruder can gain access to a system by detouring a firewall.

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No 01/2006 (7) Haking Wi-Fi 1/2006
Piotr Sobolewski
SendIP makes it possible to prepare and send network packets using the NTP, BGP, RIP, RIPng, TCP, UDP and ICMP protocols, as well as raw IPv4 and IPv6 packets with user-supplied parameters and arbitrary data.

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quick buy | add to cart | subscription Voice over IP security - SIP and RTP protocols
No 09/2005 (5) Anatomy of pharming - how your money is stolen 5/2005
Tobias Glemser, Reto Lorenz
We provide a detailed overview of protocols used in Voice over IP (VoIP) transmissions, particularly of the SIP protocol. Then we take a look at seven most common, most effective and best-described methods of attacking VoIP, and how these methods can be applied in practice.

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