Kevin Mitnick was probably one of the most famous hackers in the history.
In 1994, he successfully launched an attack on Shimomura's computer,
by exploiting the vulnerabilities in the TCP protocol
and the trusted relationship between
two of Shimomura's computers. The attack
triggered a dramatic showdown between the two people, and
it eventually led to the arrest of Kevin Mitnick. The showdown
was turned into books and Hollywood movies later.
The attack is now known as the Mitnick attack, which is a special type of
TCP session hijacking attack.
The objective of this lab is to recreate the classic Mitnick attack, so students can gain the first-hand experience on such an attack. We will emulate the settings that was originally on Shimomura's computers, and then launch the Mitnick attack to create a forged TCP session between two of Shimomura's computers. If the attack is successful, we should be able to run any command on Shimomura's computer.
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