Network Attack & Defense

1. 1. network attack & defense##

• introduction
• network attacks
  • overview
  • port-scans
  • nessus
• summary
• references

• IBM: increases of network attacks

number of the attacks on networks of state institutions between july and august last yearly around 55 % risen

• 80% of all network attacks are committed within the firewall

of protected range ComputerWorld, Januar 2002

historical outline

• 1971 John Draper find out that a toy whistle from a Muesli box

reproduces exactly the clay/tone that a free voice grade channel opens

• 1984 in the USA are discharged the Comprehensive Crime

control act, a law that more possibilities to the secret service gives to put to credit card cheats and hackers the handicraft

• 1986 in the USA two further laws, which concern themselves

with attacks on computer systems, are adopted: The computer Fraud and electronics Communications Privacy act

• 1988 Robert Morris bring 6.000 computers in the internet with

a virus to the crash and to a punishment of $10.000 are condemned

• 1994, summer Vladimir Levin, graduate of the pc. Petersburg

Universit, steal with a Russian group of hackers 10 millions $ of the Citibank. He is arrested 1995 in London.

• 1998, 19 May members of the group of hackers of L0pht warn

of serious safety gaps. They maintain the internet in a half hour to paralyze to be able.