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Thread: Test your computer forensics-knowledge

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    Test your computer forensics-knowledge

    Project Honeynet has challenged you to make sence of an, at first sight, meaningless bunch of UDP packets.

    The Challenge:
    On the evening of Feb 15th, three different members of the Honeynet Research Alliance received a flurry of strange UDP packets, that at first look seemed to have no apparent purpose. This month's Scan of the Month challenge is to understand the purpose of these packets (...)
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    Sound's fun.....
    What is UDP?
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    Gawd

    UDP is a protocol used in the TCP/IP family. TCP uses a three way handshake between clients to ensure each datagram reaches its destination correctly. UDP does not have a simmilar handshake. This results in a less reliable connection, but since there's less overhead it's considerably faster. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for example, uses TCP. TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) uses UDP.
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    Good definition, but I think he was joking when he asked that question...

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    Has anyone worked on this much? I've looked at it quite a bit, but I must just be dumb when it comes to UDP. Could anyone give me a pointer in the right direction? I don't want the answer, just a hint if that's possible.

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    yeah im with str34m3r, i cant make much sense of it either.

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    Lightbulb Here are some hints

    [gloworange]I got it! I got it! I got it![/gloworange]

    Hints to the others:
    1) UDP is a commonly used protocol for gaming.
    2) Think Gaming Server
    3) Think Unreal (hehehehe)

    Life is exciting in the computer world when you read between the lines

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    Well since the actual dates of this passed last month, I'd simply say I'd rely upon the info of those that looked at the logs and I am not in the project but if one takes that info and posts then tosses into that factor building a profile of events in total. This need to boast then the answer to the UDP's lay in the hint.
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    Re: Here are some hints

    Originally posted here by jpisanic
    [gloworange]I got it! I got it! I got it![/gloworange]

    Hints to the others:
    1) UDP is a commonly used protocol for gaming.
    2) Think Gaming Server
    3) Think Unreal (hehehehe)

    Life is exciting in the computer world when you read between the lines

    CyberNetNinja

    Jesus is about Life, Reality and Relationship. Christianity is not a religion!

    Hum, this has nothing to do with the packets in the challenge... I don't know how you arrived at that conlcusion...

    BTW, for those interested, the anwser has been posted on the site...

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    Thanxs for tha challenge!

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