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<div>I have a former student now working with IBM in this area who has offered to present to my current students on this topic and with some 'proprietory' industry tools of the trade. <br>
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<b>Kent Beveridge</b>
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On 04/07/2012, at 11:14 AM, "Kevork Krozian" <<a href="mailto:kevork@edulists.com.au">kevork@edulists.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Hi folks,</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>I am working on a few network security activities at the moment. I have</span><br>
<span>come across a number of tools that are designed for network, wireless and</span><br>
<span>server security testing, probing and checking. These are relevant to a</span><br>
<span>number of KKs such as:</span><br>
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<span>Outcome 42</span><br>
<span>KK5 - criteria and techniques for testing the security of networked</span><br>
<span>environments</span><br>
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<span>Outcome 41</span><br>
<span> KK19 - security measures designed to protect the integrity and security</span><br>
<span>of data and information.</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Outcome 31</span><br>
<span> KK8 - the functions, technical underpinnings and sources of worms,</span><br>
<span>Trojans and spyware that intentionally threaten the security of networks</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span> The tools include the following:</span><br>
<span>1. Superscan - detects open (layer 4 of the OSI) TCP and UDP ports on a</span><br>
<span>target host</span><br>
<span>2. Microsoft Baseline Security Scanner MBSA - carries out security health</span><br>
<span>check on Windows clients and servers with fixes.</span><br>
<span>3. Password crackers , sniffers, protocol inspectors, vulnerability</span><br>
<span>scanners , Exploits, Man in the Middle attack simulator ( Ettercap ),</span><br>
<span>wireless crackers etc - <a href="http://sectools.org/">http://sectools.org/</a></span><br>
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<span> In fact <a href="http://sectools.org/">http://sectools.org/</a> is quite amazing in analyzing the top 125</span><br>
<span>security tools each year. Wireshark the protocol analyzer tool is in</span><br>
<span>first place. It is free and quite remarkable in the way it peels back</span><br>
<span>the contents of each layer</span><br>
<span>Aircrack-ng is the number 1 wireless security auditing software able to</span><br>
<span>crack 802.11 (only a,b,g ) WEP and WPA-PSK keys once enough packets have</span><br>
<span>been scanned.</span><br>
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<span> There is also intruder detection (IDS) and intruder prevention</span><br>
<span>(IPS)software that detects an attempt to scan a router's ports and</span><br>
<span>vunlerabilities. An example of this is with Cisco routers that have IDS</span><br>
<span>and IPS capabilities.</span><br>
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<span>Also keep in mind attacks do not only happen from external sources,</span><br>
<span>therefore internally, networks have to be protected as well. Internal</span><br>
<span>attacks can be from a variety of sources including introduction of</span><br>
<span>devices, files, open wireless access points, rogue employees etc.</span><br>
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<span>Feel free to use or discard.</span><br>
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<span>Take Care</span><br>
<span>Kevork</span><br>
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