Network Security Analysis

• Main Authors: Hassan, Aamir, Mohammad, Fida
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data– och Elektroteknik (IDE) 2010
• Subjects: Network Security Analysis
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-4002

Security  is  the second step after  that a successful network has been deployed. There are many  types  of  attacks  that  could  potentially  harm  the  network  and  an  administrator should  carefully  document  and  plan  the  weak  areas,  where  the  network  could  be compromised. Attackers use special tools and techniques to find out all the possible ways of defeating the network security.  This  thesis  addresses  all  the  possible  tools  and  techniques  that  attackers  use  to compromise the network. The purpose for exploring these tools will help an administrator to find the security holes before an attacker can. All of these tools in this thesis are only for the forensic purpose. Securing routers and switches in the best possible way is another goal. We in this part try to identify important ways of securing these devices, along with their limitations, and then determine the best possible way. The solution will be checked with network vulnerable  tools  to get  the  results.  It  is  important  to note  that most  of  the attention  in  network  security  is  given  to  the  router,  but  far  less  attention  is  given  to securing a switch. This  thesis will also address some more ways of securing a switch, if there is no router in the network.  === The opponent for the thesis was Yan Wang and the presentation time was 60 minutes.