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Ethical Hacking: Sniffing

by Dale Meredith

Sniffing is a skill that attackers use to monitor and capture data that is passing through a network. This course will teach you the skills required to successfully gather data from a target as well as the information needed for the CEH 312-50 exam.

What you'll learn

Once an attacker makes their way into your infrastructure the first thing they do is begin looking around for what data is being transmitted. In this course, Ethical Hacking: Sniffing, you’ll learn the skills needed to perform various sniffing attacks on any given network. First, you’ll explore the overall concepts of what sniffing is designed to do. Next, you’ll discover various spoofing and sniffing techniques to compromise switches and other network devices. Finally, you’ll learn how to detect sniffing attacks and how to protect your organization from these types of attacks. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of sniffing attacks needed for the CEH 312-50 exam.

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About the author

Dale Meredith has been a Certified Ethical Hacker/Instructor EC-Council for the past 15 years, and Microsoft Certified Trainer for over 20 years. Dale also has an additional 7 years of senior IT management experience and worked as a CTO for a popular ISP provider. Dale's expertise is in explaining difficult concepts and ensuring his students have an actionable knowledge of the course material. Straddling the line of fun and function, Dale's instruction is memorable and entertaining. Dale's knowl... more

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