By Stacy Prowell, Rob Kraus, Mike Borkin

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Modulation is the process of encoding a digital signal into an analog signal. Demodulation is the reverse of modulation and used to encode an analog signal into a ­digital signal. As with many innovations, private and public entities looked for ways to use the technology to save money. NYNEX was the regional telephone company for New England that resulted from the breakup of Bell Telephone in the mid-1980s. Like many companies, NYNEX saw the value in the idea of using modems to allow technicians to remotely connect to their systems for maintenance purposes.

Nessus also has the option of using one plug-in at a time to reduce the attack fingerprint and the chances of the malicious activities being detected. 1 There are many options for configuration within the Nessus scans, including some options for performing DoS attacks. Refer to Chapter 1, “Denial of Service,” for more information on how DoS attacks can cripple networks or even countries. In most cases, the use of DoS attacks is not recommended against production systems unless the specific intent is to verify whether or not a DoS condition is possible for a specific application.

If an attacker is able to connect to a router via a poorly secured modem and successfully authenticate, there are many type of attacks that can be performed that may reduce the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the network and the data that passes through it. If an attacker has appropriate access, he or she may set new passwords for the router, essentially hijacking the device. Administrators may have a difficult time reclaiming administrative access to the router, depending on whether or not physical access to the router is required to regain control.

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