Attacking Network Protocols: A Hacker's Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation

By: James Forshaw

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Synopsis: Attacking Network Protocols is a deep dive into network protocol security from James Forshaw, one of the world&’s leading bug hunters. This comprehensive guide looks at networking from an attacker&’s perspective to help you discover, exploit, and ultimately protect vulnerabilities.You&’ll start with a rundown of networking basics and protocol traffic capture before moving on to static and dynamic protocol analysis, common protocol structures, cryptography, and protocol security. Then you&’ll turn your focus to finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, with an overview of common bug classes, fuzzing, debugging, and exhaustion attacks. Learn how to:- Capture, manipulate, and replay packets- Develop tools to dissect traffic and reverse engineer code to understand the inner workings of a network protocol- Discover and exploit vulnerabilities such as memory corruptions, authentication bypasses, and denials of service- Use capture and analysis tools like Wireshark and develop your own custom network proxies to manipulate network trafficAttacking Network Protocols is a must-have for any penetration tester, bug hunter, or developer looking to understand and discover network vulnerabilities.