NetStat

Mathematical statistics is the collection, organization, and presentation of data to be used in solving problems. When you analyze statistics, you are going to use probability to fix issues. For example, in a room of 23 people, there is a 50 percent probability that two of those people share the same birthday. In cybersecurity, a birthday attack is a type of cryptographic attack that exploits the math behind the birthday statistic. This attack can be used to find collisions in a hash function. In our world of networking, learning your network statistics can be quite valuable.

NetStat is a network utility tool that displays networking connections (incoming and outgoing), routing tables, and some other details such as protocol statistics. It will help you gauge the amount of network traffic and diagnose slow network speeds. Sounds simple, yes? From a cybersecurity standpoint, how quickly can you tell which ports are open for incoming connections? What ports are currently in use...