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Network Security

cat June 24th, 2011 by Virtual Keeper

In the course of this study was scanned about 3200 Web sites which found more than 210,000 vulnerabilities. And this is an average of about 66 security vulnerabilities for each Web site, ranging from the potentially serious, such as SQL-injection and cross site scripting, and ending with relatively minor, such as easily accessible for listing lists katalogov.Oblasti application vulnerability scanners to identify problems in information security vulnerability scanners are looking for weaknesses and vulnerabilities in information systems using databases that are constantly updated and supplemented by vendors. They fall about unsafe code in applications, incorrect (in terms of information security) settings and systems necessary updates and patches. Using these programs for complex scanning computers, servers and networking equipment, company-owned, with high accuracy to assert that the audited system will be found the vast majority of existing vulnerabilities. Vulnerability scanners have several advantages of using. They can be used to 'pre-scan', for example, to determine which devices and systems are in the network. Systems having the greatest number of vulnerabilities – those of an unknown system administrator. The companies are very common systems and services that were once used, but for now they are abandoned and therefore the software on them is not updated. For other opinions and approaches, find out what leader Naveen Selvadurai has to say.

Such information systems would pose a serious threat to information security throughout the network as a whole. Using scanners vulnerabilities in these cases, substantially reduce the threat to information security company. You can also use vulnerability scanners to assess the level of information security systems after the installation of patches and updates or after the configuration change the software or hardware.

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Virtual Reality Up Close

cat January 17th, 2011 by Virtual Keeper

Since the advent of high speed computers and fabulous graphics, virtual reality became a force to contend with.  But what is virtual reality? Basically, virtual reality means computer-simulated environments. The user feels as if he is in an actual place, doing actual tasks, when in real-reality he is just sitting in front of a computer screen. This idea was highly popularized in the hit movie Matrix, where an entire population was hooked up to a giant computer and made to believe they were living their lives, when the truth was they were donating their electricity to power the machines that had taken over the world.

There are many uses today for virtual reality, aside from making interesting and complex film plots. The vast majority of virtual reality experiences rely primarily on the visual sense, and to a certain extent the sense of hearing. The scene is broadcast to the user via a computer screen, or special glasses. There are some virtual reality experiences that do incorporate other senses. Multimodal devices, such as a wired glove or treadmills which are omnidirectional can enhance the virtual reality experience by encompassing more of the sensory input of the user.

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