Lets say you your neighbor is envious at you for having a job.
DOS (Denial of Service): He puts glue in the locks of your car so that no
key fits or punches your tyres.
Brute force: He tries all possible key combinations on the door lock and
the starter (trying to steal and sell your car).
Packet Sniffing: He opens your mail box and reads your mail (to find out
with whom you have regular correspondence or to steal the chocolate from
your Christmas Parcel).
IP Spoofing: He sends you a letter pretending to be someone you trust (and
asks for a money transfer to a specified account).
For a more detailed description I recommend: Stephen Northcutt: Network
Intrusion Detection, An Analyst's Handbook or for the total newbie: Bruce
Schneier: Secrets and Lies, Digital Security in a Networked World.
And numerous other sources.
The farther you go the more you feel lost, like here:
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/index/11-XX.html
"Amit Vora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@Lists.GNAC.NET on 04/17/2001 12:27:10 PM
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Hi all,
I am a newbie. Can anyone tell me what are the different kind of attacks? I
know about DOS, Bruit force, IP Spoofing and Packet Sniffing. Pl. give me
more information on different attacks and how to protect against the same.
Thank you all
Regards,
Amit C. Vora
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