Index

A

ACK flags, 144, 157

ACK packets, 163, 164, 170

ACK responses, 162, 170

active sniffing, 149-56

Add instruction, 84

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), 145

ADMutate tool, 103

Adobe software, 3

AES block cipher, 179

AirSnort tool, 217

algorithmic runtime, 177-78

amplification attack, 161-62

amplification network, 161

AND eax instruction, 104

AND operator, 103, 157

Application layer, 140, 141

arbitrary memory addresses, 61-71

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), 145

caches, 146, 149, 150, 151, 153

redirection, 150, 187, 212

reply messages, 145

request messages, 145, 146, 149

arpredirect.pl script, 154-56

arrays, 17

ASCII printable instructions, 101-2

ASCII printable polymorphic shellcode, 103-18

assembled print2 shellcode, 114-18

print2.asm, 112-14

printable_exploit.c, 109-11

print.asm, 107-9

assembler, defined, 9

asymmetric encryption, 180-85

asymptotic notation, 178

AT&T syntax, 84

attacks

amplification, 161-62

brute-force, 199-200, 214-15

DDoS, 162

denial of service (DoS), 160-62

dictionary, 197-99 fraggle, 162

man-in-the-middle (MiM), 186, 190, 196

offline brute-force, 214-15

smurf, 162

WEP, 214-27

Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir (FMS) attack, 217-27

IP redirection, 216-17

IV-based decryption dictionary tables, 216

keystream reuse, 215-16

offline brute-force attacks, 214-15

AWK scripting tool, 158

AWK sniffer, 157