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What does HMAC stand for?
What does HMAC stand for?
What is a good hash function characterized by?
What is a good hash function characterized by?
Collision resistant, preimage resistant, second preimage resistant
What does the Merkle-Damgard construction involve?
What does the Merkle-Damgard construction involve?
s_i+1 = f(s_i, B_i)
A length extension attack allows for the computation of a hash for a longer message given the hash of a shorter message.
A length extension attack allows for the computation of a hash for a longer message given the hash of a shorter message.
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What is Bleichenbacher's Attack related to?
What is Bleichenbacher's Attack related to?
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What does integrity refer to in the context of data?
What does integrity refer to in the context of data?
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What is SQL injection?
What is SQL injection?
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What does CSRF stand for?
What does CSRF stand for?
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What is XSS?
What is XSS?
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What is the same origin policy?
What is the same origin policy?
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What type of cipher is the Vigenere Cipher?
What type of cipher is the Vigenere Cipher?
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What is a rainbow table?
What is a rainbow table?
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What does TCP stand for?
What does TCP stand for?
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What does UDP stand for?
What does UDP stand for?
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What is aircrack-ng?
What is aircrack-ng?
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What does airodump-ng do?
What does airodump-ng do?
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What is nmap used for?
What is nmap used for?
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What does tcpdump do?
What does tcpdump do?
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What is Wireshark?
What is Wireshark?
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What does the command 'ssh' do?
What does the command 'ssh' do?
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What does SCP stand for?
What does SCP stand for?
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How do you break into a wireless network?
How do you break into a wireless network?
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How do you find a server on a wireless network and gain access?
How do you find a server on a wireless network and gain access?
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What command is used to disassemble a function in GDB?
What command is used to disassemble a function in GDB?
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What does ebp stand for?
What does ebp stand for?
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What does esp stand for?
What does esp stand for?
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What does eip stand for?
What does eip stand for?
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What does a stack frame contain?
What does a stack frame contain?
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What does ASLR stand for?
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Study Notes
HMAC
- Pseudo-random function combining a key and a message hash for authentication.
- Structure: H((key) || H((key) || message)).
- Provides integrity and authentication through an outer hash that masks an inner hash.
Good Hash Function
- Collision Resistant: Difficulty in finding two different inputs with the same hash output.
- Preimage Resistant: Challenging to reverse-engineer an input given its hash.
- Second Preimage Resistant: Given a specific input, finding a different input with the same hash output is hard.
Merkle-Damgård Construction
- Sequential block chaining is executed as: s_i+1 = f(s_i, B_i).
- Each computational step incorporates the previous state, allowing blocks to be added iteratively.
Length Extension Attack
- Given a hash of a message, it's possible to compute the hash for a longer message without knowing the original content.
Bleichenbacher's Attack
- RSA padding adds complexity to signature forgery.
- Involves a specific format with a specified number of FF bytes to be validated.
- If failure to validate these bytes occurs, "garbage" bytes can facilitate forgery under certain conditions.
Integrity
- The assurance that a message remains unchanged during transmission or at rest.
SQL Injection
- The insertion of malicious SQL statements into input fields can compromise database integrity.
- Prepared statements are a primary defense against this vulnerability.
CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery)
- Attack tricking users into sending requests without their knowledge to a different site.
- Implemented defense uses anti-CSRF tokens (csrf_token).
XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
- Injection of malicious JavaScript into a web application.
- Defense requires proper data sanitization before processing.
Same Origin Policy
- Security measure that restricts how documents or scripts from different origins can interact.
- Scripts from one web page can only access data from another if they share the same origin.
Vigenère Cipher
- A method utilizing repetitive Caesar ciphers based on keyword sequences.
- Breakable by analyzing repeating sequences and using letter frequency analysis to determine shifts.
Rainbow Table
- Efficient structure for cracking hashed passwords by storing initial and final hashes only.
- Utilizes reduction functions to transform hashes into new passwords sequentially.
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
- Reliable protocol ensuring ordered and error-checked data transmission.
- Generally slower than UDP due to its reliability mechanisms.
UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
- Connectionless protocol allowing faster data transmission without guaranteed delivery.
- Lacks error recovery, making it less reliable than TCP.
Aircrack-ng
- Toolset designed to crack wireless network passwords.
Aireplay-ng
- Utility for injecting wireless packets, capable of replaying captured packets and deauthenticating clients.
Airodump-ng
- Captures and dumps wireless network traffic, allowing packet filtering by specific targets.
Nmap
- Network exploration and port scanning tool to identify hosts, detect open ports, and potentially ascertain software versions.
Tcpdump
- Command-line network traffic analysis tool that captures packets for saving to a file.
Wireshark
- Graphical interface for analyzing captured network traffic from tools like Tcpdump.
SSH (Secure Shell)
- Protocol for secure remote server logins.
SCP (Secure Copy)
- Means of securely copying files between systems over an SSH connection.
Breaking into Wireless Network
- Capturing a four-way handshake via airodump-ng to utilize with aircrack-ng for password recovery.
Gaining Server Access on Wireless Network
- Employing nmap to discover hosts and open ports; using Hydra for SSH password cracking to gain entry.
GDB Commands
- Disassemble functions using
disas
. - Memory examination can be done through commands like
x/
(e.g.,x/1wx $ebp
).
EBP (Base Pointer)
- Stores the previous base pointer and points to local variables within the current stack frame.
ESP (Stack Pointer)
- Indicates the end of the current stack, managing stack operations.
EIP (Instruction Pointer)
- Points to the next instruction to execute in the program's instruction sequence.
Stack Frame
- Contains arguments, return addresses, previous base pointer, local variables, and is managed by the stack pointer.
ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization)
- Security technique that randomizes the memory address space of a process to enhance security against memory corruption attacks.
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