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Photos: Adobe Illustrator CS3 review
Reviews Illustrator's new Color Guide lets you quickly and creatively explore colour combinations (1) and remap existing vector artwork colours (2). Like the Scissors tool, the new Eraser lets you brush swathes through vector objects, seamlessly turning...
[March 27, 2007, 13:06]
Characterizing Achievable Rates In Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks With Orthogonal Channels
White Papers The authors classify wireless networks with orthogonal channels into two types, half duplex and full duplex, and consider the problem of jointly routing the flows and scheduling transmissions to achieve a given rate vector.
[December 13, 2006, 0:00]
XRoads Networks - White Paper: Vector Routing
White Papers The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of XRoads Networks' patent-pending Vector Routing technology that is built into its XRoads Edge product line. Vector Routing is designed to provide two fundamental services, load balancing...
[October 24, 2007, 1:00]
On Providing Soft-QoS In Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
White Papers This paper presents a soft-QoS scheme for wireless networks based on the well-known ad-hoc distance vector (AODV) routing algorithm. The paper shows how AODV may be easily modified to support (in a statistical sense) QoS provisioning over multihop...
[November 30, 2005, 0:00]
Towards An Information Theory Of Large Networks: An Achievable Rate Region
White Papers This paper studies communication networks of arbitrary size and topology and communicating over a general vector discrete memoryless channel. The paper proposes an information-theoretic constructive scheme for obtaining an achievable rate region in...
[December 13, 2006, 0:00]
The Spyware Plague: No Cure For The Enterprise
White Papers Though deceptive ads are the most common vector for spyware infection, free Internet downloads - particularly those found on P2P networks - and booby-trapped Web sites are also frequently occurring sources.
[April 14, 2006, 1:01]
Internet Connectivity For Ad Hoc Mobile Networks
White Papers This paper presents a method for enabling the cooperation of Mobile IP and the Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol, such that mobile nodes that are not within direct transmission range of a foreign agent can still obtain...
[August 13, 2007, 8:20]
A Machine Learning Approach To TCP Throughput Prediction
White Papers The author's method is based on Support Vector Regression modeling that uses a combination of prior file transfers and measurements of simple path properties. TCP throughput prediction is an important capability in wide area overlay and multi-homed...
[December 20, 2007, 0:01]
Resource Biased Path Selection In Heterogeneous Mobile Networks
White Papers The Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol is modified and the performance validated in both a testbed and simulation. In wireless ad hoc networks heterogeneity is inherent; each node has different characteristics, resources and...
[August 13, 2007, 8:09]
OSPF Design Guide
White Papers The OSPF protocol is based on link-state technology which is a departure from the Bellman-Ford vector based algorithms used in traditional Internet routing protocols such as RIP. This paper examines how OSPF works and how it can be used to design...
[May 5, 2006, 1:00]
PARMA: A PHY/MAC Aware Routing Metric For Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks With Multi-Rate Radios
White Papers This paper studies a specific PHY/MAC aware routing metric working with distance vector routing protocols taking DSDV as an example. The simulation results presented in this paper show that routing metrics which only consider the number of hops can...
[April 12, 2005, 5:53]
Soft Computing Models For Network Intrusion Detection Systems
White Papers Among the several soft computing paradigms, it investigated fuzzy rule-based classifiers, decision trees, support vector machines, linear genetic programming and an ensemble method to model fast and efficient intrusion detection systems.
[July 11, 2008, 1:20]
Soft Computing Models For Network Intrusion Detection Systems
White Papers Among the several soft computing paradigms, the paper investigated fuzzy rule-based classifiers, decision trees, support vector machines, linear genetic programming and an ensemble method to model fast and efficient intrusion detection systems.
[July 11, 2008, 1:20]
Address Aggregation In Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
White Papers This paper specifically describe the work necessary to implement address aggregation in the Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector routing protocol (AODV). Current Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) routing protocols operate with networks as flat address...
[August 13, 2007, 15:14]
Gnutella Worm Finds New Way To Squirm Into PCs
News As a proof-of-concept worm, it could open up peer-to-peer networks as another vector for computer viruses to spread. The computer worm was likely created to prove that viruses can spread among computers connected to peer-to-peer networks.
[February 27, 2001, 10:22]
Cray Supercomputer Will Draw Power From Sun
News Years ago, Cray Research focused on making "vector" supercomputers, a type popular among weapons designers, intelligence agencies and automotive engineers. But business faltered, and SGI bought the struggling company in 1996, laying off most of the...
[March 29, 2001, 10:06]
Data Theft Tops IT Security Agenda
News If voice is overlaid onto a data network, it can potentially open up a whole new attack vector for hackers. Corporate IT professionals are concerned about data theft and regulatory compliance, but threats to their VoIP networks provoke less fear.
[April 19, 2007, 17:08]
Java-based Streaming '10 Times Faster Than MPEG-4'
News Baptised MVQ (which stands for Motion Vector Quantization), the technology enables extremely light video decoding that requires a low processing power at the receiving end, making it suitable for wireless devices.
[February 20, 2002, 12:36]
JavaScript Attack Maps Secure Networks
News SPI Dynamics deserves credit for a clever attack vector and a solid demonstration of the issue. This technique can scan networks protected behind firewalls such as corporate networks. Your browser can be used to hack internal networks," said...
[July 31, 2006, 9:00]
Beware Your 'evil Twin' review
Reviews Unfortunately, the ad also illustrates a new vector for criminal hackers (crackers): impersonating access points in public wireless hot spots to steal personal information by overpowering the legitimate signals.
[January 31, 2005, 13:50]
