Presented at
Black Hat USA 1999,
July 7, 1999, 2:40 p.m.
(60 minutes)
Many network managers ignore the single biggest weapon they have against hackers: the home court advantage. Intimate knowledge of one's own system and network is a huge advantage in building intrusion detection systems for networks, web sites, and fire walls. In this talk, I'll outline a couple of fun tricks that can be useful in defending your systems.
Presenters:
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Marcus Ranum
- President and CEO of Network Flight Recorder, Inc.
Marcus Ranum is CEO of Network Flight Recorder, Inc., and has been specializing in Internet security since he built the first commercial firewall product in 1989. He has acted as chief architect and implementor of several other notable security systems including the TIS firewall tool kit, TIS Gauntlet firewall, whitehouse.gov, and the Network Flight Recorder. Marcus frequently lectures on Internet security issues, and is co-author of the "Web Site Security Source book" with Avi Rubin and Dan Geer, published by John Wiley and sons.