Network Defense and Countermeasures: Principles and Practices, 4th Edition

Chapter 15

Techniques Used by Attackers

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

• Understand the basic techniques used by hackers.

• Be able to formulate strategies to defend against common attacks.

• Understand how to use some hacking tools.

Introduction

This book is about network defense. However, I am a strong proponent of the idea that you should “know your enemy.” Put another way, how can you truly defend against attacks if you do not understand those attacks? I often advise network security students to become familiar with at least the basics of hacking techniques. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to the basics. No, reading this chapter won’t make you ...