Edexcel 1CP2 4.2.1: Network security
The free BugBot lessons that teach this point, a robot to try it on, and the past-paper questions that test it.
What it covers
Some attacks go straight at the network and its computers. This lesson covers the ones on the exam: guessing passwords by brute force, flooding a service until it falls over, listening in on data as it travels, and tricking a database with SQL injection. You will build a detector that spots a flood of requests.
- Brute force
- Denial of service
- Data interception
- SQL injection
- Detecting a flood
Or do it in the simulator, with tasks that mark themselves
Lessons that teach it
- F11.4 Network attacks Cyber security
Brute force, denial of service, data interception and SQL injection, and detecting a flood. - F11.7 Defending a network Cyber security
Firewalls, anti-malware, access levels, updates, backups, penetration testing and policies. - F11.9 Project: secure the robot Cyber security
Authenticate with a password, decrypt an encrypted command, and act on it.
Try it on a robot
The task from F11.4 Network attacks, running here. Change the program and press Run.
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