SNS S583 Crafting Packets
 
Course Description
This course focuses on low level network packet creation and manipulation to understand how protocols operate and how attackers abuse them. Learners explore how packets are structured transmitted and interpreted across networks, enabling deep insight into reconnaissance evasion exploitation and detection. The course emphasizes hands on experimentation to strengthen both offensive and defensive network security skills.
 
What You Will Learn
Understand packet structure across common network protocols
Manually craft packets to test network behavior and security controls
Analyze how attackers manipulate packets to evade detection
Identify weaknesses in network devices and protocol implementations
Use packet crafting to validate firewall intrusion detection and monitoring rules
Apply packet level knowledge to troubleshooting and incident investigation
 
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for network security engineers penetration testers SOC analysts incident responders threat hunters and technical professionals seeking a deeper understanding of network traffic and protocol behavior.
 
Hands On Training Experience
Learners perform extensive hands on labs crafting packets to simulate real world attack and testing scenarios. Exercises include building custom packets analyzing responses and validating how security controls process malformed or unexpected traffic.
 
Course Outcomes
Gain deep understanding of network protocol behavior at the packet level
Identify and exploit weaknesses in network filtering and detection systems
Improve defensive tuning by understanding attacker evasion techniques
Strengthen troubleshooting and investigative capabilities using packet analysis