From the course: Data-Driven Network Security Essentials
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Application data
From the course: Data-Driven Network Security Essentials
Application data
- Remember, software applications that communicate through the internet are the senders and receivers of data in a network packet. They are the users of the packet delivery service provided by a network infrastructure, including operating systems, switches, and routers. And these applications are also referred to as network applications. Keeping track of the heaLth and status of a network application is a critical aspect of network security because ensuring its proper operation by mitigating threats is the ultimate goal of network security. A popular mechanism used to collect this kind of information is logging done by the network application itself. Logging includes producing error messages and alerts when there is a catastrophic anomaly like a system crash, as well as a less severe event such as a failed login attempt. Logging can also be used for routine monitoring. For example, you can design your server program to generate log entries, also known as heartbeats, every once in a…
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