1st Edition

Network Attacks and Defenses A Hands-on Approach

476 Pages 527 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

476 Pages 527 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

476 Pages
by Auerbach Publications

The attacks on computers and business networks are growing daily, and the need for security professionals who understand how malfeasants perform attacks and compromise networks is a growing requirement to counter the threat. Network security education generally lacks appropriate textbooks with detailed, hands-on exercises that include both offensive and defensive techniques. Using step-by-step... Read more

Switch’s CAM Table Poisoning Attack
Lab 1.1: Switch’s CAM Table Poisoning
Lab 1.2: Prevention of CAM Table Poisoning Attack

ARP Cache Poisoning-Based MiM and DoS Attacks
Lab 2.1: ARP Cache Poisoning Attack
Lab 2.2: DoS Attack Based on ARP Cache Poisoning
Lab 2.3: MiM Attack Based on ARP Cache Poisoning

Abnormal ARP Traffic Detection and Prevention
Lab 3.1: Abnormal ARP Traffic Detection
Lab 3.2: Abnormal ARP Traffic Prevention Using Dynamic ARP Inspection for a Non-DHCP Network Environment
Lab 3.3: Abnormal ARP Traffic Prevention Using Dynamic ARP Inspection and DHCP
Snooping for a DHCP Environment

Network Traffic Sniffing and Promiscuous Mode Detection
Lab 4.1: Promiscuous Mode Detection

IP-Based Denial-of-Service Attacks
Lab 5.1: Land Attack
Lab 5.2: SYN Flood Attack
Lab 5.3: Teardrop Attack
Lab 5.4: UDP Flood Attack
Lab 5.5: Abnormal IP Packets

Reconnaissance Traffic
Lab 6.1: IP Address Sweeping
Lab 6.2: TCP Port Scanning
Lab 6.3: Remote Operating System Identification
Lab 6.4: Traceroute

Packet Filtering and Inspection
Lab 7.1: Basic Packet Filtering
Lab 7.2: Nonstandard Services Filtering
Lab 7.3: Consistency and Efficiency Verification of Firewall Filtering Rules
Lab 7.4: Packet Content Filtering
Lab 7.5: Stateless versus Stateful Packet Filtering
Lab 7.6: Active and Passive FTP Modes

Router Security
Lab 8.1: AAA Model Basics
Lab 8.2: Secure Network Services
Lab 8.3: Packet Filtering on a Border Router

Site-to-Site VPN Tunnel Implementation against Eavesdropping Attacks
Lab 9.1: Site-to-Site VPN — First Implementation
Lab 9.2: Site-to-Site VPN — Second
Implementation

Remote Access VPN Tunnel Implementation against Eavesdropping Attacks
Lab 10.1: Remote Access VPN — First Implementation
Lab 10.2: Remote Access VPN — Second Implementation

Index

Biography

Zouheir Trabelsi and Kadhim Hayawi are with United Arab Emirates University.