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Database System Concepts

7th Edition

ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Chapter1: Introduction

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Hi, I need to answer this question. The name of the book is "Computer Security and Penetration Testing, 2e". Thank you.

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What are some of the differences between TCP and UPD session hijacking?

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SESSION HIJACKING:

Session hijacking is basically the type of attack in which any session which is in use by any user gets attacked or hijacked by any attacker.
The session for any user starts when that user log in into any system and ends when that user log out from that.
The attacker must have the knowledge about the cookies of that sessions as this helps the attacker to hijack the session completely.
The session hijacking is seen commonly in the browser sessions and various web applications.
The attacker has to get the session key to perform the task of session hijacking.

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