Issc 363 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Article Review Denial of S Article Review - Denial of Service ISSC 363 Distributed Denial of Service Rouse (2013) defines distributed denial of service as œan attack in which multiple compromised computer systems attack a target, such as a server, website or other network resource, and cause a denial of service for users of the targeted resource. The illegitimate traffic denies legitimate traffic from accessing the system, gradually slowing it down and even causes the system to crash fr...

Buffer O Buffer Overflow ISSC 363 Buffer Overflow A buffer overflow is defined as the product of excessive data feed into a fixed length buffer then the buffer can actually handle. Basically, a buffer overflow is akin to pouring 10 liters of liquid into a can that can hold 6 liters. After the full capacity has been attained, the remaining fluid will spill. This problem is associated with common software coding mistakes which allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to the system. To un...

Executive S Executive Summary ISSC 363 Executive Summary A network analysis condycted was used to generate two reports, the Zenmap® GUI (Nmap) report and Nessus® reports. In the Nmap, an open Cisco Adaptive Security appliance device Port, port 22 was identified. The IP address of this device is 172.30.0.1. Further, the Nessus Vulnerability Scan Report indicated that IP hosts 172.16.20.1, 172.17.20.1, 172.18.20.1, 172.19.20.1, 172.20.20.1, 172.30.0.10 and 172.30.0.66 were vulnerable. ...

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