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    This document discusses network security principles and threats. It outlines the three primary goals of network security which are to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It then describes the typical steps a hacker may follow, including reconnaissance, identifying applications and OS, gaining access through social engineering or credentials, escalating privileges, creating additional accounts, configuring a backdoor, and finally abusing the system. Examples of security threats mentioned include Trojan horses, packet captures, key loggers, brute forces, dictionary attacks, DoS, DDoS, TCP SYN floods, ICMP attacks, and physical attacks on a system's environment.

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    Network Security Overview

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    Network Security

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    This document discusses network security principles and threats. It outlines the three primary goals of network security which are to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It then describes the typical steps a hacker may follow, including reconnaissance, identifying applications and OS, gaining access through social engineering or credentials, escalating privileges, creating additional accounts, configuring a backdoor, and finally abusing the system. Examples of security threats mentioned include Trojan horses, packet captures, key loggers, brute forces, dictionary attacks, DoS, DDoS, TCP SYN floods, ICMP attacks, and physical attacks on a system's environment.

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    Chapter - 1: Understanding Network Security Principles: Why Network Security Is Necessary. Types of Threats

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    This document discusses network security principles and threats. It outlines the three primary goals of network security which are to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It then describes the typical steps a hacker may follow, including reconnaissance, identifying applications and OS, gaining access through social engineering or credentials, escalating privileges, creating additional accounts, configuring a backdoor, and finally abusing the system. Examples of security threats mentioned include Trojan horses, packet captures, key loggers, brute forces, dictionary attacks, DoS, DDoS, TCP SYN floods, ICMP attacks, and physical attacks on a system's environment.

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    CHAPTER 1:

    Understanding Network Security Principles:


    Why network security is Necessary.
    Types o T!reats:
    Internal Threats
    External Threats
    Three Primary Goals of Network Security:
    Steps which a Hacker will typically follow :
    1) Perform Reconnaissance !oot " printin# )
    $) %&entify 'pplication an& (S on the system.
    )) Gain 'ccess to the system throu#h social en#ineerin#.
    *) +o# in throu#h the o,taine& user cre&entials an& escalate his
    pri-ile#es.
    .) /reate a&&itional username an& passwor&s ,y some utilities or tools.
    0) /onfi#ure a ,ack&oor.
    1) !inally : 2se the system

    34amples: Tro5an Horses6 Packet captures6 7ey lo##ers6 8rute !orces 6
    9ictionary attack.
    1) 9(S :
    $) 99(S :
    )) T/P S:N/ !loo& 'ttacks :
    *) %/;P 'ttacks :
    .) 3lectrical &istur,ances :

    0) 'ttacks on system physical en-ironment

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