Ping Sweeps and Port Scans January 11‚ 2013 Freddie Jackson DeVry University This report is to provide insight on nefarious computer activities called ping sweeps and port scans as a request from management. I will identify them‚ explain what they are use for‚ how they are used and how to stop them from attacking a network. Finally I will discuss how they can be eliminated as security risk. The information in this report is designed to increase the understanding and knowledge of these two
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Ping sweeps and Port scans are a great security tool for businesses. Ping sweeps are used to find someone on the end of a network and Port scans are then used to find a way into that end of the network. Once a perpetrator gets in there is no telling what harm could be done. These techniques can also be used for troubleshooting issues that can arise inside the company. It is in the company’s best interest to be aware of ping sweeps and port scans to help from devastating consequences later on. A
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SEC280 March 10‚2011 Ping Sweeps and Port Scans: Should we worry? Ping Sweeps and Port Scans are the two most common network probes that serve as important clues in sensing invasion or intrusion that can harm a network. Network probes are not actual intrusions‚ although‚ they could be potential causes of actual intrusions. Port scans and ping sweeps can lead to an intrusion of companies network system‚ however‚ with today’s technological advancements‚ these activities can be detected
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Ping Sweeps and Port Scans Recently‚ it was brought to my attention that there are concerns about some activities on the network that can be considered less than trustworthy. Specifically‚ the concerns are regarding network traffic called ping sweeps and port scans. I’m putting together this paper to explain how ping sweeps and port scans impact our network traffic. First we must understand what these two things do before we can understand how they are used to impact a network. I’ll start
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Threat Assessment of Ping Sweeps and Port Scans Ping sweeps and port scans are two techniques that a malicious computer user such as a hacker can utilize to compromise an Enterprise networks security and gain access to their proprietary data. For example‚ private email messages can be forwarded to a rogue destination email address: Done by installing a virus program into a user’s email client through a discovered active computers open TCP/IP IMAP port (port number 143) that is not being currently
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Ping Sweeps and Port Scans The use of computers in this generation has been a necessity. A lot of companies depend on computers to operate their business which is why it is essential to learn the different threats that other people could use to attack their business. New technologies are on the rise these days and the knowledge that people have about computers can be accessed easily on the internet. Different kind of hackers can get access to people’s computers easily with the necessary knowledge
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problem between their hub and our internet connection. Port Scans are usually used after a Ping screen has been successful finding a computer that is on. If a “Hacker” is using this device‚ they are trying to get access to the system to steal or harm the system in some way. Network administrators also use a Port Scan to see what ports are open on which computers to see if there is a security risk within their systems. IP companies will access a port that is open to see if they there is a good internet
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Volume 2 No. 2‚ February 2012 ISSN 2223-4985 International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research ©2012 ICT Journal. All rights reserved http://www.esjournals.org Cloud Computing for Academic Environment Ajith Singh. N1‚ M. Hemalatha2 2 Department of Computer Science‚ Karpagam University‚ Coimbatore‚ India Department of Software Systems & Research‚ Karpagam University‚ Coimbatore‚ India 1 ABSTRACT In traditional computing‚ we install software programs on
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catalysts of progress. That’s why the 4th district officials in which the said municipality belongs are proposing a RoRo port located on it’s northern tip barangay‚ Maya‚ which directly faces the sprawling beach of Malapascua Island and the neigbooring provinces like Leyte. Currently‚ Fourth district Rep. Benhur Salimbangon continues to fund the completion of the roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) port in Maya‚ Daanbantayan which was initiated by the provincial government. Garcia proposed P50 million for this project
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opportunities and threats that might impact its business. An internal scan of the organization is needed to examine the organizations strengths and weaknesses. An organization should gather information from the community it conducts business and interview the leaders of the groups or use surveys. An external scan of the organization is the opportunities and threats that are outside the organization. When conducting an environmental scan‚ a variety of methods should be used to collect data‚ including publications
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