Network Security

Overview

Network security protects data during transmission and network infrastructure.

Network Protection

Firewalls

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VPNs

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Intrusion Detection Systems

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Common Network Attacks

DDoS Attacks

Volumetric Attacks: Flooding networks with traffic
Protocol Attacks: Exploiting network protocols
Application Layer Attacks: Targeting web services
Mitigation: Load balancing, traffic filtering, CDNs

Man-in-the-Middle

ARP Poisoning: Intercepting network traffic
SSL Stripping: Downgrading HTTPS to HTTP
Prevention: Certificate pinning, HTTPS enforcement

DNS Attacks

DNS Poisoning: Corrupting DNS cache
DNS Tunneling: Data exfiltration through DNS
Protection: DNSSEC, DNS monitoring