Ping Sweeps and Port Scans

Ping Sweep and Port Scans

Student 's Name

Course Code , Semester , Year

Tutor

9 January 2008

Thesis

Information system threats are central to developments in information systems and should be viewed positively

Introduction

The emergence of computers effectively led to a change in the approach to business operations . Information technology led to the development of a completely different approach to operations and is cited as a key driver to globalization which is central to the high level of competition being experienced in different industries . High levels of

br competition have led to an increase in the need for security since information is central to identification of opportunities and development of innovative approaches to operation . The internet as an information superhighway is especially laced with all kinds of security threats . Protocols are continuously being developed to try and ensure high levels of security however the threats have managed to stay abreast due to the diversity they exhibit

Ping Sweep

There are different modes used by an attacker to gain and interfere with the operations of a system . However , most attacks require a system to be active and therefore implement a mechanism to detect the activity of a system . Ping is one such technique that has found use in by both black and white hat hackers . The first step in the hackers ' manual is to determine the activity of a network and its connection status to the internet after which codes are subjected to the system to try and gain its control (Kurtz...