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What is a TCP Port: Different Between TCP and UDP Ports

NW Kings

How does the TCP port work? TCP ports operate at the transport layer of the Internet Protocol Suite. When a device wants to communicate with another device, it requires an IP address and a port number to establish a connection. What is the role of IP address and port number?

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AWS Route 53 BGP Hijack: What Kentik Saw

Kentik

In simple terms, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the protocol that routes traffic on the Internet. They can then announce the routes (groups of IP addresses) that they own from their ASN. During a BGP route hijack, an attacker advertises IP prefixes from an ASN that is not the normal originator.

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Where is Network Security headed in 2020?

CATO Networks

NGFW also supports the creation of custom application definitions to enable identification of specific apps based on TCP/UDP port, IP address, or domain. Catos IPS uses metadata from network traffic flows and third-party data feeds in conjunction with machine learning algorithms to detect suspicious network activity.

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Advanced Network Security Technologies

CATO Networks

NGFWs can drill down beyond IP addresses, TCP/UDP ports, and network protocols to enforce policies based on packet content. Faster containment of threats Once a live threat is verified, automatic containment actions such as disconnecting affected endpoints and blocking malicious domains or IP addresses.