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Modern Attacks on Firewalls and VPNs

Sharnecia Phillips

ISSC421 B002 SPR 18

Kenneth Williams

American Military University

18MAY18

What is a Firewall?

How is a Firewall used?

Ways a Firewall can be attacked.

Discuss IPspoofing.

Discuss Fragmentation.

Discuss Port Scanning.

Ways to prevent Firewall attacks.

What is a VPN?

How is a VPN used for?

Way a VPN can be attacked.

Discuss Session Hijacking

Discuss Viruses

Discuss Man in the Middle

Ways to prevent VPN attacks.

References

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Cisco. (2018). Firewalls and Internet Security - The Internet Protocol Journal - Volume 2, No. 2. [online] Available at: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/press/internet-protocol-journal/back-issues/table-contents-1/ipj-archive/article09186a00800c85ae.html

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Special Section: 13 ways through a firewall: What you don’t know can hurt you - ISA. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.isa.org/standards-publications/isa-publications/intech magazine/2013/april/special-section-13-ways-through firewall-what-you-dont-know-can hurt-you/

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