...ISSC340 Week 3 Assignment (3% of Grade) Lesson 3 Review: Networking and the Internet The purpose of this activity is to reinforce what you have learned so far about local area networks technologies. 1. What is an extranet? (Minimum word count: 30) An extranet is an internal network that allows users to share information without making it public. It is similar to a business library that allows only employees to have view the content. 2. Describe the function of a firewall. (Minimum word count: 70) The function of a firewall is to control the flow of information between the internet and private networks. The function of a firewall within a network is similar to a barrier door or gate. It serves as the first line of defense and assists in preventing network attacks. Another way to think of a firewall would be a security guard or metal detector. As information is passed to and from different networks, the firewall is inspecting and looking out for suspicious content. 3. Which tunneling protocols are commonly used by VPNs? (Minimum word count: 25) The four most commonly used tunneling types for VPN’s are L2TP, IPSec, PPTP, and SSL. L2TP is layer to tunneling protocol and does not provide encryption, IPSec is another an encryption and authentication method that is very time consuming and expensive. PPTP is point to point tunneling and the most supported by VPN. And SSL is secure socket layering and does require software installation. 4. Describe a differential backup...
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...Assignment 2 Identifying Potential Risk, Response and Recovery Karen Raglin Professor West Networking Security Fundamentals March 3, 2013 I previously identified several types of attacks, threats and vulnerabilities that exist with your multilayered network. You have requested that I develop a strategy to deal with these risks as well as a plan to mitigate each risk to reduce the impact that each will have on your organization. With any network organization you want to make sure that you keep on top of vulnerabilities of anything that reaches out to the internet. Computers and servers that touch the internet are ones that must be scanned. As a company you have to make sure that you configure the security settings for the operating system, internet browser and security software. As a company you also want to set personal security policies for online behavior. There also needs to be an antivirus installed on the network like Norton or Symantec which blocks threats targeting the vulnerabilities. Your firewall, which is your first line of defense, is susceptible to two common types of attacks. First there are attacks against the firewall itself with the purpose of the attacker being to take control of the firewalls functionality and then launching a DoS attack. The second type of attack against firewalls is an attack on the LAN side of the firewall. These attacks circumvent the rules and policies of the firewall to gain access to the devices that are supposed to be...
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...Unit 9 Assignment 1: List phases of a computer Attack Reconnaissance and Probing The primary attach would be pretending to be friendly to a user by simply starting with a story or a joke to a co-worker, to get some type of information, then a search through different means (google, social sites, etc.) Method of access 1. The primary target is to use some type of phishing, spear or pharming type of trick to get information (use a birthday, anniversary, etc.). I could pose as an outside contractor that just happen to have lost its private key accidentally and need to access the system through one of the company computers connected to the network. 2. Using social engineering by offering to send the postcard by email (attachment) containing the invitations to the manager’s birthday party and the need to confirm their attendance by replaying back through their email addresses. Opening the attachment by the users would place some type of spyware to get habits and web activities. 3. Eventually I could land with some valuable information that would affect the individual’s privacy and confidentiality. Then I could have gain access to the system. Next phase of attack: • Use hping/2 to test the firewall, hping offers an IP spoofing scan while monitoring a target’s response to seduce discovery information such as distinguishing between different firewall policies and active services. • I would use Nessus Security Scanner with a tool providing a Scripting Language (NASL)...
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...CHaPTer Firewall Fundamentals 2 T O SOME NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS, A FIREWALL is the key component of their infrastructure’s security. To others, a fi rewall is a hassle and a barrier to accomplishing essential tasks. In most cases, the negative view of fi rewalls stems from a basic misunderstanding of the nature of fi rewalls and how they work. This chapter will help dispel this confusion. This chapter clearly defi nes the fundamentals of fi rewalls. These include what a fi rewall is, what a fi rewall does, how it performs these tasks, why fi rewalls are necessary, the various fi rewall types, and fi ltering mechanisms. Once you understand these fundamentals of fi rewalls, you will able to look beyond the unschooled opinions, common mythology, and marketing hype surrounding them, and the crucial benefi ts of effective fi rewall architecture will become clear. Like any tool, fi rewalls are useful in solving a variety of particular problems and in supporting essential network security. Chapter 2 Topics This chapter will cover the following topics and concepts: • What a fi rewall is • Why you need a fi rewall • How fi rewalls work and what they do • What the basics of TCP/IP are • What the types of fi rewalls are • What ingress and egress fi ltering is • What the types of fi rewall fi ltering are • What the difference between software and hardware fi rewalls is • What dual-homed and triple-homed fi rewalls...
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...|Security and Confidentiality On the Internet | |You have to create a report on Security and Confidentiality on the Internet. Find 10 appropriate websites on the Internet on this topic and | |list them below. These websites will be used throughout your assignment: | |[1 X 10 = 10 Marks] | | | |1. www.livinginternet.com/tindex_s.htm | |2. www.jmir.org/2002/2/e12/ | |3. www.aib.ie/personal/home/Security-Policy | |4. www.fetac.ie/doc/WelcomeServlet?DocId=0901df9e80001f99 | |5. www.globalmednet.net/privacy.html | |6. technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780167(v=ws...
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...CHAPTER Firewall Fundamentals 2 T o some network administrators, a firewall is the key component of their infrastructure’s security. To others, a firewall is a hassle and a barrier to accomplishing essential tasks. In most cases, the negative view of firewalls stems from a basic misunderstanding of the nature of firewalls and how they work. This chapter will help dispel this confusion. This chapter clearly defines the fundamentals of firewalls. These include what a firewall is, what a firewall does, how it performs these tasks, why firewalls are necessary, the various firewall types, and filtering mechanisms. Once you understand these fundamentals of firewalls, you will be able to look beyond the unschooled opinions, common mythology, and marketing hype surrounding them, and the crucial benefits of effective firewall architecture will become clear. Like any tool, firewalls are useful in solving a variety of problems and in supporting essential network security. Chapter 2 Topics This chapter covers the following topics and concepts: • What a firewall is • Why you need a firewall • How firewalls work and what they do • What the basics of TCP/IP are • What the types of firewalls are • What ingress and egress filtering is • What the types of firewall filtering are • What the difference between software and hardware firewalls is • What dual-homed and triple-homed firewalls are • What the best placement of a firewall is 43 Chapter 2 Goals When you complete...
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...CS 487 Firewalls and Network Defense slide 1 Firewalls Idea: separate local network from the Internet Trusted hosts and networks Firewall Intranet DMZ Router Demilitarized Zone: publicly accessible servers and networks slide 2 Castle and Moat Analogy More like the moat around a castle than a firewall • Restricts access from the outside • Restricts outbound connections, too (!!) – Important: filter out undesirable activity from internal hosts! slide 3 Conceptually.. • System to enhance of protection a local system or network of systems from networkbased security threats • All this while affording access to the outside world via WAN`s or the Internet • Deployed because of assumptions about different networks slide 4 Operationally... • A policy that dictates what traffic to allow, what to block, why this is done, and what to do if things break • Log connections and refused attempts • Periodic Auditing necessary for any successful deployment slide 5 Firewall Locations in the Network Between internal LAN and external network At the gateways of sensitive subnetworks within the organizational LAN • Payroll’s network must be protected separately within the corporate network On end-user machines • “Personal firewall” • Microsoft’s Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) comes standard with Windows XP slide 6 Firewall Types Packet- or session-filtering router (filter) Proxy gateway • All incoming traffic...
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...CHaPTer Firewall Fundamentals 2 T O SOME NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS, A FIREWALL is the key component of their infrastructure’s security. To others, a fi rewall is a hassle and a barrier to accomplishing essential tasks. In most cases, the negative view of fi rewalls stems from a basic misunderstanding of the nature of fi rewalls and how they work. This chapter will help dispel this confusion. This chapter clearly defi nes the fundamentals of fi rewalls. These include what a fi rewall is, what a fi rewall does, how it performs these tasks, why fi rewalls are necessary, the various fi rewall types, and fi ltering mechanisms. Once you understand these fundamentals of fi rewalls, you will able to look beyond the unschooled opinions, common mythology, and marketing hype surrounding them, and the crucial benefi ts of effective fi rewall architecture will become clear. Like any tool, fi rewalls are useful in solving a variety of particular problems and in supporting essential network security. Chapter 2 Topics This chapter will cover the following topics and concepts: • What a fi rewall is • Why you need a fi rewall • How fi rewalls work and what they do • What the basics of TCP/IP are • What the types of fi rewalls are • What ingress and egress fi ltering is • What the types of fi rewall fi ltering are • What the difference between software and hardware fi rewalls is • What dual-homed and triple-homed fi rewalls...
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...Running head: Best Practice Guide Best Practice Guide for a DDoS Attack WGU – LOT2 Hacking Task 2 Abstract This paper will accompany a PowerPoint presentation about best practices for preventing a DDoS attack. This will be the best practice guide and will be mentioning and elaborating all of the points in the slideshow. Best Practice Guide for a DDoS Attack It is important to have a plan in place when dealing with a DDoS attack. This guide will serve as the best practice guide for the university. Outlined will be some of the best practices to help prevent a DDoS attack and will be followed by the university. The first thing that the university needs to do is create a response plan and practice the plan over and over. The worst thing that could happen is a DDoS attack starts to occur and nobody knows what to do or what their role is in stopping this attack. A team must be formulated and assignments can be broken down between team members to divide and conquer this attack. It is better to have five different people working on five different tasks or ways to stop the attack instead of five people working on one. The best way to understand the attack is to attack yourself and find the weak spots. Performing a vulnerability assessment on your network will give you a better understanding how your networks functions and where you can find single points of failure. Redundancy is being able to still continue working...
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...1230 Client server Topics • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) for Wired and Wireless Networks • The Open Systems Interconnections (OSI) Model • IP Addressing • Firewalls TCP/IP for Wired and Wireless Networks[1] TCP/IP is an open-standard communications protocol suite that is the standard for communicating on the Internet • TCP and IP (two different protocols) contain all the fundamental mechanisms needed to support any and all types of networked communications • TCP/IP was developed as part of the ARPAnet project in the 1960’s (the early development of the current Internet) • TCP/IP became a unifying and reliable element that enabled interoperability across incompatible systems • One of TCP/IP's most basic yet critical functions is its preparation of application data for transmission across a network. • TCP/IP accepts data of virtually any size from applications (typically in the form of a file) and chops it up into smaller, more manageable chunks called segments (segmentation) • In communicating, TCP handles flow control, IP handles addressing • Being a suite of different protocols, TCP/IP includes such protocols as DNS, DHCP, http, ftp, POP3, SMTP and TELNET. Other TCP protocols may be found at http://www.protocols.com/pbook/tcpip1.htm The Open Systems Interconnections (OSI) Model The most common way to illustrate the communication...
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...Project Overview In completing each assignment, you build the sections of an Information Security Policy. Final Project Timeline You should budget your time wisely and work on your project throughout the course. As outlined below, the assignments in the course are designed to assist you in creating your final project Information Security Policy. If you complete your course activities and use the feedback provided by the instructor, you will be on the right track to successfully complete your final project of creating an Information Security Policy. □ Week One: Introduction Review the two company profiles provided in your syllabus and select the one you will use for your final project company. You design the Information Security Policy for this company throughout the course. Once you have decided which company you are using, it may not be changed; therefore, considerable thought should be put into this decision. Next, decide which type of information security policy—program-level, program-framework, issue-specific, or system-specific—is appropriate for your final project company. Assignment: Final Project Information Security Policy: Introduction Complete and submit Appendix C. Note. Section 1 Introduction of Appendix C corresponds to Section 2 of Appendix B in the final compilation due in Week Nine. In completing Appendix C, provide an overview of your final project company, describe the type of security policy that is appropriate...
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...Security Topics * Local Security * Physical Security * Firewall * Authentication * Encryption * Wireless Security * Viruses * Physical Security video 5.01 * Lock and control access to serves * Lock server and computer cases * Use audible alarms * Create administrative alerts * Locate servers room in high traffic area * Store backup tapes in secure area * Lock users operating system * Physically destroy old hard drive Authentication Policies * CMOS passwords * Username and password * Smart card and pin * Key fob * Biometric CMOS passwords Power-on Password * Supervisor’s password * User password * Full access * Liminted access * View only access * No access * Hard Drive Password * Protects data even if HD is stolen * Password required each time the system boots Reset CMOS password * Acess CMOS settings * Reset jumper * Remove/replace CMOS battery Create strong password * Six or more chraractors * Passphrase * Upper and lower case letters * Mix in numbers and symbols * Don’t use * Consecutive letters * Consecutive numbers * Consecutive keys Kerberos * Authentication method used by windows to encrypt passwords * Passwords are case sensitive This video shows the proper way to secure servers and...
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...Week 5 Individual Final Assignment Galo Figueroa NTC / 362 October 26th, 2017 Eric Winch Week 5 Individual Final Assignment I will begin by explaining the network’s current characteristics and components. KFF is comprised of three geographic locations in San Diego County, California. Their home office is located in La Jolla. The two other locations are in Del Mar and Encinitas. They have an OC 1 SONET using a T3 dedicated line connecting all three stores. This requires a fiber optic physical connection between stores since a T3 is equivalent to 28 T1 lines. This dedicated network is leased from the ISP and is guaranteed a continuous uninterrupted connection. This type of connection allows for a total of about 44736 Kbps and has 672 channels. KFF is using a 25Mbps connection to the internet. All three KFF locations are using a linear bus topology using 100base T Ethernet, which means that Ethernet is used and allows for data transfer rates of up to 100Mbps. The file server, workstations and all equipment previously mentioned are connected to a linear cable. This type of LAN network has disadvantages that outweigh the advantages. One major disadvantage is that the entire network is disabled if there is a break in the main cable, and locating the break can prove to be difficult. Another disadvantage is that the more devices are added, the less efficient it becomes. This outdated design broadcasts data which uses up important bandwidth that can be used for better purposes...
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...Configuration Guide ACTIONTEC MI424-WR Rev. D Firmware v4.0.16.1.56.0.10.14.4 Contents Overview of MI424-WR 3 Minimum System Requirements 3 Network Address Translation (NAT) 4 What is NAT? 4 How Does NAT Work? 4 NAT Configuration for MI424-WR 5 1. Log into router 5 2. Configure NAT 5 Packet Filtering for MI424-WR 6 What is Packet Filtering 6 Overview of MI424-WR The Actiontec MI424-WR Wireless Router is a multifunctional network device in a single box. It not only has a basic routing feature set that includes VPN, NAT, and DHCP services, it also includes some advanced features such as QoS. The MI424-WR is also a 4-port Fast Ethernet switch providing full duplex speeds of up to 100Mbits. In addition to its wired connections, it also serves as a wireless access point using wireless B and G protocols, including basic and advanced encryption methods such as WEP and WPA2. Finally, the MI424-WR additionally provides other enterprise-level security services. There is a fully customizable firewall with Intrusion Detection, DoS protection, DMZ Hosting, and Stateful Packet Inspection. With this multitude of features, the MI424-WR has been designed to be the central point of any SOHO network. Minimum System Requirements * Broadband Internet service via a RJ-45 or Coax Connection * (Any DSL modem, Cable modem or Network that uses Ethernet or Coax) * Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS 9+, OS 10+, Linux, Unix * PC with an available...
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