1.6 Networks Under Attack

Question 1

‘packet sniffing’ meaning

Answer 1

network interface reads all packets passing by

can pick up sensitive info, like passwords

Question 2

‘IP spoofing’ meaning

Answer 2

injecting packets with a false source address (sending the receiver fake packets)

Question 3

DoS meaning

Answer 3

Denial of Service

attackers overwhelm a network device with fake traffic to make it unavailable to legitimate traffic