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Attacks on network infrastructures can be easy to accomplish because many networks can be reached from anywhere in the world via the Internet. Examples of network infrastructure attacks include the following:

 Connecting to a network through an unsecured wireless access point attached behind a firewall

 Exploiting weaknesses in network protocols, such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

 Flooding a network with too many requests, creating denial of service (DoS) for legitimate requests

 Installing a network analyzer on a network segment and capturing packets that travel across it, revealing confidential information in cleartext