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Network Protocols for Security: ICMP

In this lab, you'll practice creating network traffic and inspecting the behavior of ICMP traffic. When you're finished, you'll have a fundamental understanding on how to find anomalies within ICMP.

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(35 reviews)
Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 2h 5m
Published
Clock icon Sep 17, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Analyzing ICMP Messages

    In this challenge, you'll send some simple ICMP messages and begin to analyze the protocol behavior.

  3. Challenge

    Types, Codes, and Errors

    This challenge will have you taking a closer look at the types, codes, and how ICMP handles error messaging.

  4. Challenge

    Detecting ICMP Tunneling

    This challenge takes a look at a malicious ICMP tunneling example and explores how to detect the activity.

  5. Challenge

    The Final Challenge

    The last challenge of this lab and your last chance to experience the environment before clicking Next and ending this small little world that flittered into existence just for you.

Brandon is a Sr. Security Author at Pluralsight. Prior Experience with Elastic and FL Air National Guard includes threat hunting, security analytics, and incident response.

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