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Network and Packet Analysis

 

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Course Outline

Module 00: TCP/IP Review
• OSI vs Internet Model
• Data Packaging on the Internet
• Physical and Logical Addresses
• Services and Ports
• Domain Name System
• Routing

Module 01: The Protocols
• Link Layer
     – Ethernet
     – Address Resolution Protocol
• Network Layer
     – Internet Protocol
     – Internet Control Message Protocol
• Transport Layer
     – Transmission Control Protocol
     – User Datagram Protocol
• Application Layer
     – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
     – Domain Name System
     – Hypertext Transport Protocol
     – Secure Shell
     – Telnet
     – File Transfer Protocol
     – Secure Sockets Layer/Transport
     – Layer Security

Module 02: Basic tcpdump
• Wireshark vs tcpdump
• Capture and read files
• Command line options
• Filters: hosts, ports and protocols

Module 03: Advanced tcpdump
• Advanced expressions and primitives
• Qualifiers
• Expression combinations
• Header filtering

Module 04: Network Baselines
• What is a baseline?
• Types of baselines
• Creation of baselines
• Capture placement

Module 05: Traffic Analysis Lab
• In-depth hands-on analysis of normal, abnormal and suspicious network traffic

Module 06: Practical Excercise
• An all day team exercise to analyze network traffic for anomalous activity and provide a detailed analysis of findings