Firewalls Security

Evading Firewalls

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IP Address Spoofing One effective way an attacker can evade a firewall is to appear as something else, such as a trusted host. Using spoofing to modify address information, the attacker can make the source of an attack appear to come from someplace else rather than the malicious party. Source Routing Using this technique, the … Read more

What’s That Firewall Running?

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To determine a type of firewall and even a brand, you can use your experience with port scanning and tools to build information about the firewall your target is running. By identifying certain ports, you can link the results to a specific firewall and from that point determine the type of attack or process to … Read more