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Essay Instructions: 1. Select 3-4 research papers which discuss detection, prevention, or mitigation techniques for DoS (denial of service) or DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks:

a. The research papers must be published by a peer reviewed journal or be published in conference proceedings (e.g., IEEE, ACM, IBM Systems Journal, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), etc.).
b. You must not choose papers or research works from magazines or periodicals that are not research-oriented (e.g., Wikipedia, SANS, etc.).
c. Briefly explain your rationale for selecting a specific research paper.

2. Summarize each research paper and identify a combined total of three different detection, mitigation, or prevention techniques described in EACH of the papers you selected. For example: you can have a) one detection + two prevention methods, OR b) one detection + two mitigation methods, OR c) one detection + one prevention + one mitigation

Futher Instructions:
1. Describe how each technique works. Clearly describe (in detail using your own words), how each technique works. Assume that you are explaining the author’s technique to someone with a fairly strong fundamental knowledge in network and security (e.g., a first year computer science graduate student) and assume the student has no knowledge of the author’s research (never read the article before). Discuss each technique or method using the following questions:

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a. Is the proposed technique a promising, practical approach which can be effectively implemented into an existing platform? Clearly explain your answer.
b. What are the strengths and weaknesses (limitations) of this technique?

2. Make sure there are No IPR (Intellectual Property Right) issues. This requires the following:
a. Re-draw all figures and tables.
b. Summarize all concepts using your own words.
c. Do not copy any part of text or unmodified figures (short quotes are acceptable.)
d. Cite references as needed using APA format.
3.
4. To support your claims or statements, you may cite/reference non-peer reviewed papers and journals (including white papers, SANs documents, etc.; do not have to be academic papers or articles, however, no Wikipedia or blogs).

Submission Guidelines
• Print format: MS Word or PDF format.
• The general structure of your research paper:
1. Name and Title
2. Brief Intro
3. Background (if needed)
4. Main Sections
5. Conclusion (if needed)
6. References
• The paper length: 6 double space pages (good, solid content which is factual, relevant, and concise), not including the cover page and reference page(s).
• Follow the APA format.
This paper will be submitted to turnitin.com.
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Essay Instructions: This research is to analyze the state of art Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS) for their current and future complex capabilities and researching a complete defense strategy that use a complete flexible combination of DDOS defense mechanisms based on their strengths and weaknesses. The proposed defense strategy will then be used to develop an in-the-cloud defense system targeted at large scale attacks using the powerful computer resources of Cloud Computing.

This research is divided into 2 sections:
In the first section of this research, I will conduct an analysis on the anatomy of increasing intensity, complexity, and sophistication large-scale DDoS attacks targeting Internet Service Providers. DDoS attacks are challenging to defend against, not only because of their magnitude, but also because of the variety of attacks they bring to bear.

In the second section of this research, I have proposed to develop a complete DDoS Defense Strategy using the power of cloud computing which provides attack prevention, detection, source identification and reaction against all types of DDOS attacks. The proposed strategy will use a complete flexible combination of DDOS defense mechanisms. As most of the current available defense mechanisms are only effective in resolving some types of DDOS attacks and with significant rate of false positives, thus the proposed defense strategy will be a combination of various defense mechanisms that based on their strengths and weaknesses in a flexible manner according to the various behaviors of DDOS attacks.

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Essay Instructions: Project title: Do the Dictionary, Brute force and Hybrid attacks still in use nowadays or they do not exist anymore?

Introduction (3900 words, 13 pages)
{{ Hello there, I think I have to thank you because you are going to do this work for me. Secondly, I need to remind you that is my dissertation and it’s really important to me, and this is the first part of it (the introduction) and sure the following is going to be the rest of my project, so please take care of it and I wish I can stick with same writer.
All I want to say that, the introduction will be divided into 8 chapters but the first chapter is the most important one. I have written the main idea and please try to rewrite it. And about the reference please try to take from books and journal papers and I will write some of them :
? Spitzner, Lance. foreword by Marcus J. Ranum. (2003) Honeypot: Tracking Hackers. US: Pearson Education, Inc.
? Provos, Niels. and Holz, Thorsten. (2008) Virtual Honeypot: Pearson Education, Inc.
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1. Chapter 1: Introduction about what I am going to do exactly (show that I will use Honeypot to prove the title [Project title: Do the Dictionary, Brute force and Hybrid attacks still in use nowadays or they do not exist anymore]).
Please try to rewrite this as a chapter 1:
2. {{ Abstract:

IT Security instantly becomes an issue for anyone who connects their system to the Internet, either via a corporate network, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) from home or wireless device that can be used virtually anywhere when there are wireless access points. Security threats range from hacking intrusions, denial of service attacks to computer worms, viruses and more. We must understand that intrusion to a network or system can never be eliminated but however, can be reduced. Computer crimes are always increasing. Countermeasures are developed to detect or prevent attacks - most of these measures are based on known facts, known attack patterns – as in the military, it is important to know who your enemy is, what kind of strategy he uses, what tools he uses and what he is aiming for – by knowing attack strategies, countermeasures can be improved and vulnerabilities can be fixed.

In order to do that, we have to do something which can allow us to learn from hacker’s activities. One of these methods is Traps and Deceptive measures. Traps and Deceptive measures are measures that appear to be real systems, services, environments, and so forth, but they're not. Honeypot is a good example of Traps and Deceptive measures.

A Honeypot is a trap set to detect, deflect, or in some manner counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information systems. Generally it consists of a computer, data, or a network site that appears to be part of a network but which is actually isolated, unprotected, and monitored, and which seems to contain information or a resource that would be of value to attackers.

In this project, as it been shown from the title I would like to prove that different kinds of login’s penetrated methods are still in use or the other way around. In order to prove that, these steps must be followed. First of all, design a vulnerable website and turn a personal PC to web server (easy to monitor), and then put the website on the internet. Secondly, extracting the information from the log file of the system and any other monitoring tools that can be used in the system, then the analysis stage which is going to be like comparing the results. Finally, the decision must be taken depending on the results.


3. The overall aims of the project are to gain a full understanding of traps and deceptive measures using Honeypot as an example. By doing that in a real environment.
4. Target objectives: the project will deliver the following documents
? A literature review of IT security and Deceptive measures.
? A literature review of Honeypot.
? A literature review of Dictionary, Brute force and Hybrid attacks.
? The designing of a website (the vulnerable website).
? Compare and contrast between different results.
5. Tasks: the following tasks will be carried out
? Studying and understanding, Traps and Deceptive measures, and different kinds of Honeypot, and finally the legal issues of it.
? Designing a website, setting up a web server in my own laptop, and finally configuration of the router, firewall to open port 80 to allow people from outside to access my website.
6. Milestones for the tasks will be as the following
? Four weeks to study, understand, read about the topic and find some good resources.
? Two weeks to design a website and make a configuration for the router and the firewall, and I may ask the ISP Company to open port 80.
? Six weeks to write the final dissertation.
7. Recourse requirements
? Laptop.
? Direct internet connection, otherwise I need to do Port Forwarding to open port 80.
? Software for designing the website (Dreamweaver as an example).
? Software for forwarding port 80 (PF as an example).
? Domain name.
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2. Chapter 2: What is the Honeypot?
(Define the term Honeypot + General idea about Honeypot).


3. Chapter 3: Different kinds of Honeypot:
Two main classifications:
1. Depend on purpose:
i. Research Honeypot.
ii. Production Honeypot.
2. Depend on interaction:
i. Low-interaction.
ii. Medium-interaction.
iii. High-interaction.

3. Chapter 4: How it works.

4. Chapter 5: The benefits of implementing Honeypot.

5. Chapter 6: Taking Website Honeypot as an example.


6. Chapter 7: Legal issues.

7. Chapter 8: Definition and historical background about these terms, Dictionary, Brute force and Hybrid attacks.

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Essay Instructions: Below information is just for guidance. Please feel free to add whatever about the general subject.





INTRODUCTION
I. Information Systems Security is the number 1 goal of organizations today, especially when planning a new infrastructure. IT security experts have their hands full when planning.

A. Types of information systems
1. Computers, printers, etc.
2. The network itself.
II. Identify the threats and vulnerabilities of the environment

? Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
? Spyware and adware.
? Zero-day attacks, also called zero-hour attacks.
? Hacker attacks
? Denial of service attack
? Data interception and theft
BODY
I. Discuss some to the best practices to ensure a secure network, and system infrastructure as well as insights on the various components of a stable network. Basic components of most infrastructure include:

? Workstations
? Servers
? Printers
? Firewalls
? Switches
? Routers
II. Designing a Security plan for your Network Infrastructure.
? Planning your infrastructure
? Putting together a good team
? Compliance
CONCLUSION
I. The security/ IT team for an organization is responsible both for designing and implementing the security plan for the network optimizing it for future securities
II. With proper planning and implementation securing the network infrastructure will in the long run save the organization money.