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Monday, July 20, 2009

Security Attacks / Threats

Active attacks

Active attacks: Involve some modification of the data stream or the creation of a false stream

Goal: to obtain authorization
Categories: masquerade, replay, modification of messages & denial of service

Passive attacks

Passive attacks: eavesdropping or monitoring the transmissions
Goal: to obtain information that is being transmitted
Types: release of message contents & traffic analysis

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