1.) Know how NetWitness/Wireshark investigator work
Investigator provides security operations staff, auditors, and fraud and forensics investigators the power to perform unprecedented free-form contextual analysis of raw network data captured and reconstructed
2.) Know what type of information can be detected from a packet header
Control Information
3.) Know how TCP established a connection
To establish a connection, TCP uses a three-way handshake. Before a client attempts to connect with a server, the server must first bind to and listen at a port to open it up for connections: this is called a passive open. Once the passive open is established, a client may initiate an active open. To establish a connection, the three-way (or 3-step) handshake occurs:
a. SYN: The active open is performed by the client sending a SYN to the server. The client sets the segment's sequence number to a random value .
b. SYN-ACK: In response, the server replies with a SYN-ACK. The acknowledgment number is set to one more than the received sequence number, and the sequence number that the server chooses for the packet is another random number.
c. ACK: Finally, the client sends an ACK back to the server. The sequence number is set to the received acknowledgement value, and the acknowledgement number is set to one more than the received sequence number
4.) Know what a connection oriented protocol is
A network communication mode in telecommunications and computer networking, where a communication session or a semi-permanent connection is established before any useful data can be transferred, and where a stream of data is delivered in the same order as it was sent
5.) Know what promiscuous mode is
Is a mode for a wired network interface controller (NIC) or wireless network interface controller (WNIC) that causes the controller to pass all traffic it receives to the central processing unit (CPU) rather than passing only the frames that the controller is