Mumbai University > Electronics Engineering > Sem 8 > Advanced Networking Technologies

Marks: 5M

Year: May 14, Dec 13, Dec 11, May 15

• Most people think security violations come from outside their network i.e from Internet and professional hacker
• Network security is all about identifying real risks to network and making proper security decisions
• Security is like insurance policy for business -The cost of deploying features should be less than a cost of a potential security incident
• A hacker is an independent minded computer enthusiast who purposes freewheeling intellectual exploitation of computer system
• A hacker understands the internal working of a computer systems and its totally engrossed in computer programming and technology
• A cracker has same interests as hacker but illegally accesses computer systems for fun, profit and gain
• Script kiddies normally have very few skills but case a large percentage of damage done on Internet. They download prewritten tools from Internet to run attacks on networked system.