An overview of a TCP/IP internals and its security strengths and weaknesses.

Presented at Black Hat USA 1998, July 30, 1998, 12:20 p.m. (80 minutes)

An overview of a TCP/IP, it's strengths and weaknesses. Attendees will learn many currently popular Internet Network based attacks and how site can protect themselves from such attacks. Common service attacks will also be discussed including those relating to WWW and various buffer overflow attacks. Teardrop/Land/IP Spoofing/Smurf Attacks/Route-Redirections and others will be covered.


Presenters:

  • Peter Shipley
    Mr. Shipley Is an independent consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area with nearly thirteen years experience in the Computer Security field. Mr. Shipley is one of the few individuals who is well known and respected in the professional world as well as the underground and hacker community. He has extensive experience in system and network security as well as programming and project design. Past and current clients include TRW, DHL, Claris, USPS, Wells Fargo, and KPMG. In the past Mr. Shipley has designed Intranet banking applications for Wells Fargo, Firewall design and testing for and, WWW server configuration and design for DHL. Mr. Shipley's specialties are third party penetration testing and firewall review, computer risk assessment, and security training. Mr. Shipley also performs post intrusion analysis as well as expert witness testimony. Mr. Shipley is currently concentrating his efforts on completing several research projects.

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