To understand how to attack corporate networks, it is essential that you learn some important networking terminology.
Networking fundamentals
Network topologies
The schematic description of a network is called a topology. It refers to the layout of the different devices in a network. The arrangement of the network components can be either physical or logical. There are many network topologies: bus, mesh, star, ring, tree, and hybrid.
Bus topology
A bus topology represents a layout where all the networking components are connected using a central connection, which is sometimes...