Network Protocols for Security: HTTP
In this course, you'll practice creating network traffic and inspecting the behavior of web traffic. When you're finished, you'll have a fundamental understanding on how to find anomalies within HTTP.
What you'll learn
Understanding how network protocols operate is an implied skill required to be successful in cyber security. In this course, Network Protocols for Security: HTTP, you’ll learn to analyze HTTP network traffic. First, you’ll explore some Apache web logs to understand the various fields in HTTP conversations. Next, you’ll discover how to analyze anomalies by inspecting the user agent field. Finally, you’ll learn another capability of HTTP by looking at an attacker’s perspective. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of HTTP needed to find anomalies and malicious activity amongst network traffic.
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About the author
Brandon DeVault is a Security Researcher focused on threat hunting at CrowdStrike. He is also a member of the Florida Air National Guard with a variety of offensive and defensive experience. Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Brandon worked full-time as an author with Pluralsight and at Elastic, creating and delivering security content. He also worked with Special Operations Command, where he had two deployments to Afghanistan on deployable communications teams. His experience spans incident response... more