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Network Security First-Step, Second Edition
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Network Security First-Step, Second Edition

by Thomas M. Thomas, Donald Stoddard
December 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
552 pages
13h 30m
English
Cisco Press
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The Process of an Attack

An attacker can attempt to gain access to or exploit a system in many ways. This system can be as simple as a home computer connected to the Internet through a DSL connection, or a complex corporate network. Regardless of the kind of system an attacker targets, they typically employ the same fundamental steps:

1. Reconnaissance via social engineering or other methods

2. Footprinting/fingerprinting

3. Scanning (passive or active)

4. Enumeration

5. Gaining access

6. Escalating

7. Creating backdoors and covering tracks (cleanup)

The following sections discuss these steps in detail. You need to understand the concepts of what attackers might do in each step, and their goals, so you can detect and thwart their attacks.

Reconnaissance ...

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