Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks

FOREWORD
by Solar Designer

INTRODUCTION

PART I: THE SOURCE
On the problems that surface long before one sends any information over the network

CHAPTER 1: I CAN HEAR YOU TYPING
Where we investigate how your keystrokes can be monitored from far, far away

CHAPTER 2: EXTRA EFFORTS NEVER GO UNNOTICED
Where we learn how to build a wooden computer and how to obtain information from watching a real computer run

CHAPTER 3: TEN HEADS OF THE HYDRA
Where we explore several other tempting scenarios that occur very early on in the process of communications

CHAPTER 4: WORKING FOR THE COMMON GOOD
Where a question of how the computer may determine the intent of its user is raised and left unanswered

PART II: SAFE HARBOR
On the threats that lurk in between the computer and the Internet

CHAPTER 5: BLINKENLIGHTS
Where we conclude that pretty can also be deadly, and we learn to read from LEDs

CHAPTER 6: ECHOES OF THE PAST
Where, on the example of a curious Ethernet flaw, we learn that it is good to speak precisely

CHAPTER 7: SECURE IN SWITCHED NETWORKS
Or, why Ethernet LANs cannot be quite fixed, no matter how hard we try

CHAPTER 8: US VERSUS THEM
What else can happen in the local perimeter of \"our\" network? Quite a bit!

PART III: OUT IN THE WILD
Once you are on the Internet, it gets dirty

CHAPTER 9: FOREIGN ACCENT
Passive fingerprinting: subtle differences in how we behave can help others tell who we are

CHAPTER 10: ADVANCED SHEEP-COUNTING STRATEGIES
Where we dissect the ancient art of determining network architecture and computer\'s whereabouts

CHAPTER 11: IN RECOGNITION OF ANOMALIES
Or what can be learned from subtle imperfections of network traffic

CHAPTER 12: STACK DATA LEAKS
Where you will find yet another short story on where to find what we did not intend to send out at all

CHAPTER 13: SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Or how to disappear with grace

CHAPTER 14: CLIENT IDENTIFICATION: PAPERS, PLEASE!
Seeing through a thin disguise may come in handy on many occasions

CHAPTER 15: THE BENEFITS OF BEING A VICTIM
In which we conclude that approaching life with due optimism may help us track down the attacker

PART IV: THE BIG PICTURE
Our legal department advised us not to say \"the network is the computer\" here

CHAPTER 16: PARASITIC COMPUTING, OR HOW PENNIES ADD UP
Where the old truth that having an army of minions is better than doing the job yourself is once again confirmed

CHAPTER 17: TOPOLOGY OF THE NETWORK
On how the knowledge of the world around us may help track down rogue attackers

CHAPTER 18: WATCHING THE VOID
When looking down the abyss, what does not kill us makes us stronger

CLOSING WORDS
Where the book is about to conclude

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES

INDEX