Subnetting Cheat Charts

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

I won't get into a whole subnetting lesson here but, if you already know subnetting, then you'll know exactly what these charts are and what they mean.I find them very helpful to have around. It saves lots of precious time. Class A Subnetting# bits Subnet Mask CIDR # Subnets # Hosts Nets * Hosts2 255.192.0.0 /10 2 4194302 83886043 255.224.0.0 /11 6 2097150 125829004 255.240.0.0 /12 14 1048574 146800365 255.248.0.0 /13 30 524286 157285806 255.252.0.0 /14 62 262142 162528047 255.254.0.0 /15 126 131070 165148208 255.255.0.0 /16 254 65534 166456369 255.255.128.0 /17 510 32766 1671066010 255.255.192.0 /18 1022 16382 1674240411 255.255.224.0 /19 2046 8190 1675674012 255.255.240.0 /20 4094 4094 1676083613 255.255.248.0 /21 8190 2046 1675674014 255.255.252.0 /22 16382 1022 1674240415 255.255.254.0 /23 32766 510 1671066016 255.255.255.0 /24 65534 254 1664563617 255.255.255.128 /25 131070 126 1651482018 255.255.255.192 /26 262142 62 1625280419 255.255.255.224 /27 524286 30 1572858020 255.255.255.240 /28 1048574 14 1468003621 255.255.255.248 /29 2097150 6 1258290022 255.255.255.252 /30 4194302 2 8388604Class B Subnetting# ...

Antivirus software too inconsistent

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Anti-virus technologies are inconsistent when it comes to identifying attacks such as worms, phishing and botnets.That's according to a report from the University of Michigan's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and network security company Arbor Networks, antivirus products are inconsistent at best when it comes to identifying attacks such ...

Dismantling a Botnet

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The arrest of Robert Soloway, the so-called "Spam King" who commanded a botnet of zombies that reportedly sent out billions of spam email messages every day, is a case study in just how difficult killing a botnet can be. His capture does not equate to the release of thousands of ...

Drive-by Web Attack Could Hit Home Routers

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, do so now.That's what researchers at Symantec and Indiana University are saying, after publishing the results of tests that show how attackers could take over your home router using malicious JavaScript code.For the attack to work, the bad guys ...

Microsoft develops new tunneling protocol

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Microsoft is working on a new tunneling protocol for Vista and Longhorn that will provide secure network access from anywhere on the Net.The Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) creates a VPN tunnel that travels over Secure-HTTP, eliminating issues associated VPN connections based on the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) or Layer ...