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This document discusses ethical hacking and network defense. It defines ethical hacking as legal penetration testing performed with a company's permission to find weak points in their network security. It distinguishes ethical hackers from criminals, outlines various security certifications, and discusses the importance of having a contract when performing penetration tests to protect oneself legally. The document also presents some hands-on projects students can do to learn ethical hacking techniques and get course credit.

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Hacking

This document discusses ethical hacking and network defense. It defines ethical hacking as legal penetration testing performed with a company's permission to find weak points in their network security. It distinguishes ethical hackers from criminals, outlines various security certifications, and discusses the importance of having a contract when performing penetration tests to protect oneself legally. The document also presents some hands-on projects students can do to learn ethical hacking techniques and get course credit.

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Ethical Hacking

and Network
Defense
Contact Information
 Sam Bowne
 Email: [email protected]
 Website: samsclass.info

 All materials from this talk are already


on that website
 Download them and use them freely
Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense 2
Isn’t Hacking a Crime?

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Ethical Hacking
 Ethical hackers
 Employed by companies
to perform penetration
tests
 Penetration test
 Legal attempt to break into
a company’s network to
find its weakest link
 Tester only reports
findings, does not harm
the company
Penetration Testers
 Hackers
 Access computer system or network without
authorization
 Breaks the law; can go to prison

 Crackers
 Break into systems to steal or destroy data
 U.S. Department of Justice calls both hackers

 Ethical hacker
 Performs most of the same activities but with
owner’s permission 5
Penetration Testers

 Script kiddies or packet monkeys


 Young inexperienced hackers
 Copy codes and techniques from
knowledgeable hackers
 Experienced penetration testers use
Perl, C, Assembler, or other languages
to code exploits

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Security Credentials
 CompTIA offers Security+ certification,
a basic familiarity with security
concepts and terms

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OSSTMM Professional
Security Tester (OPST)
 Designated by the
Institute for
Security and Open
Methodologies
(ISECOM)
 Based on the Open
Source Security
Testing
Methodology
Manual (OSSTMM) 8
Certified Information
Systems Security
Professional (CISSP)

 Issued by the International Information


Systems Security Certifications
Consortium (ISC2)
 Usually more concerned with policies and
procedures than technical details
 Web site
 www.isc2.org
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

 But see Run Away From The CEH


Certification
 Link at samsclass.info 10
What You Cannot Do Legally
 Accessing a computer without permission
is illegal
 Other illegal actions
 Installing worms or viruses
 Denial of Service attacks

 Denying users access to network resources

 Possession of others’ passwords can be


a crime
 See Password theft
 Link at samsclass.info

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Get Out of Jail Free Card
 When doing a penetration test, have a
written contract giving you permission
to attack the network
 Using a contract is just good business
 Contracts may be useful in court
 Have an attorney read over your contract
before sending or signing it

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Projects
 To get credit for this session, do any one of
these:
 Project 1: Using The Metasploit Framework
to take over a vulnerable computer remotely
 Project 2: : Using Ophcrack to crack
Windows passwords with Rainbow tables
 Project 3: Using a Keylogger to record
keystrokes (including passwords)

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CNIT 123: Ethical Hacking and
Network Defense
 3-unit course
 Offered face-to-face next semester
 Face-to-face and online sections in
Spring 2008

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