COURSE INTRODUCTION

GOALS OF THE COURSE

• HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR TROUBLESHOOTING

• SHOW GENERAL TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO ALL TRACES
• SHOW SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES FOR SEVERAL COMMON CLASSES OF
PROBLEM
• SIDE BENEFIT: SHOW YOU HOW TO USE WIRESHARK AND OTHER TOOLS
TO IMPROVE YOUR NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE
 END RESULT

IMPROVED TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS HELP YOU EXPAND YOUR OVERALL

UNDERSTANDING OF NETWORKING WHICH WILL HELP IN ALL APPLICATIONS
OF NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE, FROM SOCKET PROGRAMMING TO
HACKING.
 BRIAN HILL
CISSP, MCSE, MCSA, MCT, CCNP, CCDP
 EXPERIENCE

• OVER 30 YEARS OF COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

• OVER 20 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING EXPERIENCE
• WIRESHARK USER SINCE THE LATE 1990’S
• PUBLISHED AUTHOR
• INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE DATES BACK TO 1998
• CO-AUTHOR OF A DARPA SPONSORED DIGITAL TUTOR
 PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE

• ENCAPSULATION
• ETHERNET ADDRESSING
• IPV4 ADDRESSING
• IPV4 ROUTING BASICS
• ARP
• TCP FUNDAMENTALS
 CAVEAT ON TERMINOLOGY

I WILL USE THE TERM PACKET TO REFER TO FORMATTED UNITS OF DATA AT

ALL LAYERS OF THE NETWORKING STACK.