Chapter 2
Types of Attacks
Chapter Objectives
After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:
Describe the most common network attacks, including session hacking, virus attacks, Trojan horses, denial of service, and buffer overflow.
Explain how these attacks are executed.
Identify basic defenses against those attacks.
Configure a system to prevent denial of service attacks.
Configure a system to defend against Trojan horse attacks.
Configure a system to defend against buffer overflow attacks.
Introduction
Chapter 1, “Introduction to Network Security,” introduced some general dangers to computer systems and provided an overview of network security. This chapter examines specific types of attacks ...
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