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RE: Packet Payload
From: "Matt Davis" <mattdavis () mytek net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:25:19 -0500
Chris, You're right on with what you're saying. The majority of times we catch security threats by watch the packet data, the stuff the firewall will miss! Also by watching every type of logs we can see. Chris the biggest hurdle to over come isn't protecting the network it's the educating factor! Having to educate important people the necessary need! Matt -----Original Message----- From: xelerated [mailto:xelerated () gmail com] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:32 AM To: pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: Packet Payload Im posrting this to the pen-test group, rather than firewall or IDS because it covers many areas. Id like to see what the pro's think about capturing and storing packet payloads from firewalls, ids, etc... everything rather than just loggin the incidents. Im trying to explain to my management how useful the payloads could be if we were ever to really need them, say from a forensics point of view. To give another example, one time I was seeing lots of firewall drops, I could tell what ports, src and dest. but no packet data. To everyone involved it looked like a worm trying to spread. Well in the end it wasnt, infact is was something that was nice to know about, but it was not hostile traffic. But if I had been able to see the payloads i could have seen the data request and known from the start what it was, or was not. What would be really great, is a whitepaper covering this, or enough info/facts that I could throw one together. thanks! Chris C|EH, CISSP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps? Cenzic Hailstorm finds vulnerabilities fast. Click the link to buy it, try it or download Hailstorm for FREE. http://www.cenzic.com/products_services/download_hailstorm.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps? Cenzic Hailstorm finds vulnerabilities fast. Click the link to buy it, try it or download Hailstorm for FREE. http://www.cenzic.com/products_services/download_hailstorm.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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