Network Attacks and Defenses: A Hands-on Approach

Many organizations have developed e-infrastructure platforms using ad-hoc methods and isolated techniques that can leave systems vulnerable to malicious attacks. It is a growing challenge for organizations to provide adequate security for proprietary information. Security professionals are not well trained for the types challenges posed by hackers. This book provides hands-on experience of network attacks and defenses and supplies readers with online access to all of the necessary software. It includes coverage of abnormal ARP traffic, IP based DoS attacks, reconnaissance traffic, CAM table poisoning attacks, and network traffic filtering.