Denial of Service and Session Hacking

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number

---

Overview/Description
Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service attacks are common methods used by hackers to disrupt service to networks and to corporate environments. Session hijacking is used by hackers as a method to take over sessions after a user has successfully authenticated with a server. This course examines how DoS and DDoS attacks, along with Bots and Botnets, disrupt corporate environments. And it examines session hijacking and the methods that are used to both accomplish it, and to prevent it. This course also assists students who are preparing for the EC Council's Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures (CEHv6) exam 312-50.

Target Audience
Existing or in-training IT security professionals seeking detailed security penetration testing skills

Prerequisites
A technical background with a solid understanding of networks and networking concepts, such as TCP/IP, IP Routing, and LAN Switching, as well as Windows and/or UNIX/LINUX operating systems; a general familiarity with the principles and usage of command-line, coding, and GUI-based technologies for manipulating IT operating systems

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Denial of Service and Session Hacking

categorize some typical DoS attacks

recognize how DDoS works

recognize how to use defense in depth to prevent DoS

sequence the stages of a botnet attack

recognize how to defend computers from bots

recognize how DoS and DDoS attacks work and how to counter them

identify how session hijackers can close a client's session with a server and impersonate the client

recognize the functions of the TCP/IP layers

sequence the session hijacking steps

recognize how to defend against session hijacking

recognize how session hijacking works and how it can be countered

Course Number:
sp_etih_a06_it_enus