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Hardening Cisco Routers
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When asking about Information Security (InfoSec), most people immediately think about stolen credit cards, defaced web sites, and teenage hackers with names like B@D@pple. An InfoSec professional might extend the list to items like firewalls, Vir- tual Private Networks (VPN)s, penetration testing, and risk analysis. What is almost never listed is router security—network security, yes, but never specifically router security. The distinction is important.
Network security is most often thought of as something that protects machines on a network. To do this, companies put up firewalls, configure VPNs, and install intru- sion detection systems. Router security, however, involves protecting the network itself by hardening or securing the routers. Specifically, it addresses preventing attackers from:
• Using routers to gain information about your network for use in an attack (infor- mation leakage) • Disabling your routers (and therefore your network) • Reconfiguring your routers • Using your routers to launch further internal attacks • Using your routers to launch further external attacks
Thomas Akin - Personal Name
0-596-00166-5
NONE
Information Technology
English
2002
1-191
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