Attacks and Mitigation Techniques

[m.mohanasundaram]

Hello all,

I am looking for a document or link that explains the most common type of attacks (host, network) and methods to mitigate those attacks, using Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewalls and IDS.

Thanks in advance,

Mohan

[didyap]

Your networks and data are vulnerable to any of the following types of attacks if you do not have a security plan in place.

Eavesdropping

Data Modification

Identity Spoofing (IP Address Spoofing)

Password-Based Attacks

Denial-of-Service Attack

Man-in-the-Middle Attack

Compromised-Key Attack

Sniffer Attack

Application-Layer Attack

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/cnet/cndb_ips_ddui.asp