The Tao of Network Security Monitoring : Beyond Intrusion Detection by Richard Bejtlich (2004, Trade Paperback)

Addison Wesley Professional

0321246772

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Richard Bejtlich

Tao of Network Security Monitoring : Beyond Intrusion Detection

Trade Paperback

English

2004

Textbook

832 Pages

9in

2in

9.4in

77.8 Oz

Tk5105.59.B44 2004

Foreword. Preface. About the Author. About the Contributors. I. INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK SECURITY MONITORING. 1. The Security Process. What Is Security? What Is Risk? A Case Study on Risk. Security Principles: Characteristics of the Intruder. Security Principles: Phases of Compromise. Security Principles: Defensible Networks. Conclusion. 2. What Is Network Security Monitoring? Indications and Warnings. Collection, Analysis, and Escalation. Detecting and Responding to Intrusions. Why Do IDS Deployments Often Fail? Outsiders versus Insiders: What Is NSM''s Focus? Security Principles: Detection. Security Principles: Limitations. What NSM Is Not. NSM in Action. Conclusion. 3. Deployment Considerations. Threat Models and Monitoring Zones. Accessing Traffic in Each Zone. Wireless Monitoring. Sensor Architecture. Sensor Management. Conclusion. II. NETWORK SECURITY MONITORING PRODUCTS. 4. The Reference Intrusion Model. The Scenario. The Attack. Conclusion. 5. Full Content Data. A Note on Software. Libpcap. Tcpdump. Tethereal. Snort as Packet Logger. Finding Specific Parts of Packets with Tcpdump, Tethereal, and Snort. Ethereal. A Note on Commercial Full Content Collection Options. Conclusion. 6. Additional Data Analysis. Editcap and Mergecap. Tcpslice. Tcpreplay. Tcpflow. Ngrep. IPsumdump. Etherape. Netdude. P0f. Conclusion. 7. Session Data. Forms of Session Data. Cisco''s NetFlow. Fprobe. Ng_netflow. Flow-tools. sFlow and sFlow Toolkit. Argus. Tcptrace. Conclusion. 8. Statistical Data. What Is Statistical Data? Cisco Accounting. Ipcad. Ifstat. Bmon. Trafshow. Ttt. Tcpdstat. MRTG. Ntop. Conclusion. 9. Alert Data: Bro and Prelude. Bro. Prelude. Conclusion. 10. Alert Data: NSM Using Sguil. Why Sguil? So What Is Sguil? The Basic Sguil Interface. Sguil''s Answer to "Now What?" Making Decisions with Sguil. Sguil versus the Reference Intrusion Model. Conclusion. III. NETWORK SECURITY MONITORING PROCESSES. 11. Best Practices. Assessment. Protection. Detection. Response. Back to Assessment. Conclusion. 12. Case Studies for Managers. Introduction to Hawke Helicopter Supplies. Case Study 1: Emergency Network Security Monitoring. Case Study 2: Evaluating Managed Security Monitoring Providers. Case Study 3: Deploying an In-House NSM Solution. Conclusion. IV. Network Security Monitoring People. 13. Analyst Training Program. Weapons and Tactics. Telecommunications. System Administration. Scripting and Programming. Management and Policy. Training in Action. Periodicals and Web Sites. Case Study: Staying Current with Tools. Conclusion. 14. Discovering DNS. Normal Port 53 Traffic. Suspicious Port 53 Traffic. Malicious Port 53 Traffic. Conclusion. 15. Harnessing the Power of Session Data. The Session Scenario. Session Data from the Wireless Segment. Session Data from the DMZ Segment. Session Data from the VLANs. Session Data from the External Segment. Conclusion. 16. Packet Monkey Heaven. Truncated TCP Options. SCAN FIN. Chained Covert Channels. Conclusion. V. THE INTRUDER VERSUS NETWORK SECURITY MONITORING. 17. Tools for Attacking Network Security Monitoring. Packit. IP Sorcery. Fragroute. LFT. Xprobe2. Cisco IOS Denial of Service. Solaris Sadmin Exploitation Attempt. Microsoft RPC Exploitation. Conclusion. 18. Tactics for Attacking Network Security Monitoring. Promote Anonymity. Evade Detection. Appear Normal. Degrade or Deny Collection. Self-Inflicted Problems in NSM. Conclusion. Epilogue The Future of Network Security Monitoring. Remote Packet Capture and Centralized Analysis. Integration of Vulnerability Assessment Products. Anomaly Detection. NSM Beyond the Gateway. Conclusion. VI. APPENDIXES. Appendix A: Protocol Header Reference. Appendix B: Intellectual History of Network Security Monitoring. Appendix C: Protocol Anomaly Detection. Index.

2005

Scholarly & Professional

Networking / Vendor Specific, Security / Networking

2004-007857

005.8

22

Yes

Computers