Evading Firewalls, IDS, and Honeypots

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C programs are especially susceptible to buffer overflow attacks.
Buffer overflows occur when a program puts more data into a buffer than it can hold.
A heap is a memory space that is dynamically allocated. Heap-based buffer overflows are different from stack-based buffer overflows in that the stack-based buffer overflow depends on overflowing a fixed length buffer.
A range of software products can be used to defend against buffer overflows, including Return Address Defender (RAD), StackGuard, and Immunix.

Part I: Exam Preparation

The Business Aspects of Penetration Testing

The Technical Foundations of Hacking

Footprinting and Scanning

Enumeration and System Hacking

Linux and Automated Security Assessment Tools

Trojans and Backdoors

Sniffers, Session Hijacking, and Denial of Service

Web Server Hacking, Web Applications, and Database Attacks

Wireless Technologies, Security, and Attacks

IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots

Buffer Overflows, Viruses, and Worms

Cryptographic Attacks and Defenses

Physical Security and Social Engineering

Part II: Final Review

Part III: Appendixes

Appendix A. Using the ExamGear Special Edition Software