Chapter 32Intrusion Detection

You might want to consider this chapter to be an introduction to intrusion detection tools because it is a very large topic, and a complete discussion of this topic is beyond the scope of this book. Intrusion detection incorporates a collection of tools and commands that are designed to allow you to determine if your system or network has been compromised.

The goal of this chapter is to introduce some of these tools, including repurposing tools that you have learned in previous chapters. With the knowledge that you gain in this chapter, you can begin the process of creating an intrusion detection procedure that is customized to your environment.

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will ...

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