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Learning Network Forensics

By : Samir Datt
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Learning Network Forensics

By: Samir Datt

Overview of this book

We live in a highly networked world. Every digital device—phone, tablet, or computer is connected to each other, in one way or another. In this new age of connected networks, there is network crime. Network forensics is the brave new frontier of digital investigation and information security professionals to extend their abilities to catch miscreants on the network. The book starts with an introduction to the world of network forensics and investigations. You will begin by getting an understanding of how to gather both physical and virtual evidence, intercepting and analyzing network data, wireless data packets, investigating intrusions, and so on. You will further explore the technology, tools, and investigating methods using malware forensics, network tunneling, and behaviors. By the end of the book, you will gain a complete understanding of how to successfully close a case.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Learning Network Forensics
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Understanding wireless protection and security


Before we move onto forensic investigation of wireless security breaches, we need to understand the various facets of wireless protection and the elements of security therein.

Let's start with a bit of a walk down memory lane.

Wired equivalent privacy

During September, 1999, the WEP security algorithm was created. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), as the name suggests, was supposed to be as secure as wired Ethernet networks. At one point of time, it was the most used security algorithm. This was due to the fact that it was backwards compatible and was the first choice in the early router control options.

The early versions of WEP were particularly weak as the US Government had restrictions on the export of cryptographic technology that used greater than 64-bit encryption. This led the manufacturers to restrict themselves to the 64-bit encryption.

Once the US Government lifted the restrictions, 128-bit and 256-bit encryptions were introduced. However...