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Re: Few interesting topics in Network Security please.
From: James Grace <e1photon () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:20:05 -0400
Nazier,1) BGP stands for Border Gateway Protocol. It's the main routing protocol of the Internet.
2) Iperf is a great tool that tests the throughput of connections(ie: "How fast is this connection? Oh yeah! iperf will tell me!")
3) mrtg/cricket is a neat tool for gathering information from managed systems, like routers and switches. Cricket can be found here:http://cricket.sourceforge.net/
4) Pcap is a library for capturing packets. Ethereal, tcpdump, wireshark all use a form of pcap library.
James Grace Network Engineer Center for Internet Augmented Research and Assessment Florida International University, Miami, Fl
On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Cassiem, Nazier A wrote:
Hi James, As a new comer to IT security,please outline what these do/mean : gp modeling, iperf, mrtg/cricket, and pcap. Thanks in advance Nazier -----Original Message-----From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com ] On Behalf Of James GraceSent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:03 PM To: Rivest, Philippe Cc: Jon.Kibler () aset com; KishoreKumar Bairi; security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Few interesting topics in Network Security please. I am a big fan of teaching/learning: bgp modeling, iperf, mrtg/cricket, and pcap. James Grace Network EngineerCenter for Internet Augmented Research and Assessment Florida International University, Miami, FlOn Apr 28, 2008, at 11:10 AM, Rivest, Philippe wrote:I would strongly consider matching Wireshark and a MITM attack subject(Appz id: Cain & Abel). I cant belive how no body knows what MITM is and how one would use this technique to steal info. It is really important. Also, show some consideration to IP spoofing. I would not spend days on these 2 subject, but a few demo & details would greatly open the eyes of fresh IT eyes :) Merci Philippe Rivest, Certified Ethical Hacker Analyste en sécurité de l'information Métro Richelieu 450-662-3300x3115 ►Avant d'imprimer, demandez-vous si c'est nécessaire! ►Before printing, ask yourself if you really need to! -----Message d'origine----- De : listbounce () securityfocus com[mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] De la part de Jon Kibler Envoyé: lundi 28 avril 2008 10:24 À : KishoreKumar Bairi Cc : security-basics () securityfocus com Objet : Re: Few interesting topics in Network Security please. KishoreKumar Bairi wrote:Hi all, I am a student. Who is doing project under a professor. In our university from next year a new course on NETWORKING is going to be started. My task is to design "lab experiments" for that course. Can you please suggest few experimental ideas, that will help a newbie in Networking field. Note: "Network Security" is also included.Three things that students are not getting in network courses that areCRITICAL to the real world: 1) Low level understanding of protocols 2) Routing 3) Packet filtering Some tools I would recommend as absolute requirements for the course: wireshark nmap traceroute ping arping hping dsniff gobbler ettercap hunt yersina firewalk iptables snort (if you get into IDS) quagga (for routing) If you get into protocol errors / DOS: jolt land nestea smurf fraggle Hope this helps! Jon Kibler -- Jon R. Kibler Chief Technical Officer Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc. Charleston, SC USA o: 843-849-8214 c: 843-224-2494 s: 843-564-4224 ================================================== Filtered by: TRUSTEM.COM's Email Filtering Service http://www.trustem.com/ No Spam. No Viruses. Just Good Clean Email.
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