A serious vulnerability in the TCP implementation in Linux systems can be used identify hosts communicating over the protocol and attack that traffic. A serious vulnerability in the TCP implementation ...
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Some days you can't win for losing. In 2012, Linux implemented a new TCP/IP networking standard, RFC 5961, Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks, to improve security. In the process, ...
Security researchers have uncovered a new trojan that targets Linux devices that is capable of transforming infected machines into proxy servers and relay malicious traffic, hiding the true origin of ...
The Hierarchical Token Buckets (HTB) queuing discipline, part of the Linux set of traffic control functions, is a mechanism that provides QoS capabilities and is useful for fine-tuning TCP traffic ...
MontaVista Software has signed a new customer, Peek Traffic, which will use the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's embedded Linux software to run traffic signal controllers designed for European ...