Hack Proofing your E-commerce Site: The Only Way to Stop a Hacker Is to Think Like One
Secure your e-commerce site by thinking like a hacker.
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Appendix A: Cisco Solutions for Content Delivery
Introduction
In the past, it was said that a company's receptionist was the window into a company; they were the first contact people had with the company. Imagine that the receptionist receives more telephone calls than can be handled calls would be dropped, customers would get frustrated, and money would be lost. Today's reality is that your Web site has become that window into your company. Similarly, if your Web site gets too many hits, the same thing would happen hits would be dropped, customers would get frustrated, and money would be lost.
As the World Wide Web grows and companies expand their presence on the Internet, so the demand increases for scaling Internet traffic, and in particular Web traffic. Cisco Systems has developed a family of products, collectively known as Content Delivery Devices that allow you to scale Internet traffic to very large volumes.
Although Cisco's Content Delivery Devices are not the only products that can assist you in scaling your Internet traffic, they are amongst the most innovative and most widely used. By giving you insight into the security features of these products as well as their application and implementation, this appendix explains the options available to you in order to secure your systems from hackers.
Cisco Systems publishes a list of Internet Security Advisories, as well as a list of advisories for vulnerabilities that affect their products. You can find this list at www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/advisory.html.
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