Chapter 12. Sniffers, Session Hijacking, and Denial of Service Attacks
THIS CHAPTER FOCUSES ON three broad types of network attacks: sniffers, session hijacking, and denial of service (DoS) attacks. Each of these is a dangerous tool in the hands of a skilled attacker, so you must have a thorough understanding of each one.
The first discussion in this chapter is on the topic of sniffing, or observing communications on the network in either a passive or an active mode. With sniffing you can see what is being transmitted on the network unprotected and potentially intercept sensitive information to use against the network or system owner. Sniffers are designed to go after and compromise the confidentiality of data as it flows across the network, capturing ...
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