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ONR 2004-2005
The Office of Navel Research Network Team
actively listened to network traffic to fingerprint transmitted data
packets that could potentially affect the availability of resources
within the ONR Local Area Network (LAN) segment. Network traffic was
examined using ethereal graphical user interface to identify and
analyze Transmission Control and User Datagram Protocol packets to
and from end-user hosts and Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)
campus intranet servers. Captured packet frames were decoded to see
if a problem exists with a packet. Capture statements were created
to find out what traffic is crossing the network, identify
unauthorized protocols, and identify the top talkers.
During the 2004 – 2005 Network Research Program the ONR Network Team
limited its research and discovery phase to understanding the
various methods to observe, capture, identify, analyze, and decode
packets within a packet switched Local Area Network. To further the
analysis of packet capturing the ONR Network Research Team will
expand its research and discovery during the 2005 - 2006 program to
develop a network diagram to determine the best place to capture
traffic for analysis campus wide monitoring during different times
of the day instead of once a day two times a week during ONR
mentoring sessions.
The development of an active packet monitoring network team can help
the ONR network mentoring program strengthen the capabilities of the
team members, help the ECSU Math and Computer Science department
develop a new course to its program, and/or turnover over the
research to the ECSU IT department for them to develop an network
analysis vulnerability prevention program using packet analyzers and
sniffers.
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