<p>Security is the second step after that a successful network has been deployed. There are many types of attacks that could potentially harm the network and an administrator should carefully document and plan the weak areas, where the network could be compromised. Attackers use special tools and techniques to find out all the possible ways of defeating the network security. This thesis addresses all the possible tools and techniques that attackers use to compromise the network. The purpose for exploring these tools will help an administrator to find the security holes before an attacker can. All of these tools in this thesis are only for the forensic purpose. Securing routers and switches in the best possible way is another goal. We in this part try to identify important ways of securing these devices, along with their limitations, and then determine the best possible way. The solution will be checked with network vulnerable tools to get the results. It is important to note that most of the attention in network security is given to the router, but far less attention is given to securing a switch. This thesis will also address some more ways of securing a switch, if there is no router in the network. </p> / The opponent for the thesis was Yan Wang and the presentation time was 60 minutes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hh-4002 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Hassan, Aamir, Mohammad, Fida |
| Publisher | Halmstad University, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering (IDE), Halmstad University, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering (IDE) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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