Block 4 Networking Flashcards

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Hub

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Operates at the physical layer and does not separate collision domains

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Repeater

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Operates at the physical layer and boosts signals, twisted pair max length of 100m

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Modem

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Operates at the physical layer and converts from analog to digital

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4
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Media converter

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Operates at the physical layer and allows connection between different media types

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5
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NIC

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Network Interface Controller, allows physical and data link layer connections

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Bridge

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Operates in the data link layer, reduces amount of traffic on a LAN by dividing collision domains

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Switch

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Operates at the data link layer, each port is a collision domain

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Wireless access point

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Allows wireless access to wired network

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Router

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Operates at the network layer, connects two or more networks by forwarding packets between them, breaks up broadcast domains

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10
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How do routers select the best path for network packets

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Using it’s routing table

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Firewall

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Operates between the network and transport layers, allows monitoring and control of network traffic

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How do firewalls work?

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They act on pre-determined rules to enable a barrier between trusted and untrusted connections and devices

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13
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What are the layers in the OSI model?

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Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, Application

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What are the layers in the old TCP/IP Model?

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Link, Internet, Transport, Application

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What are the layers in the new TCP/IP model?

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Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Application

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16
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What is the PDU of the application layer?

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Data

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17
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What is the PDU of the transport layer?

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Segment (TCP), Datagram (UDP)

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What is the PDU of the network layer?

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Packet or IP Datagram

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19
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What is the PDU of the data link layer?

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Frame

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20
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What is the PDU of the physical layer?

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Bit

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21
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What are some application layer protocols and services?

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HTTP/S, POP3, SMTP, DNS, FTP, Telnet, SSH

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22
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What are some transport layer protocols and services?

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TCP, UDP

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23
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What are some network layer protocols and services?

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IP, ARP, ICMP, IPv4/Ipv6

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What are some application/presentation/session layer devices?

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Clients, servers, application layer security appliances

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25
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What devices operates between the transport and network layers?

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Firewall

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26
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What are some network layer devices?

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Router, multilayer switch

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27
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What are some data link layer devices?

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Switch, bridge, wireless AP

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28
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What device operates between the data link and physical layer?

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The NIC (Network Interface Controller)

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29
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What are some physical layer devices?

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Hub, modem, repeater, cables, media converters

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30
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What are the different network topologies?

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Bus, ring, star, mesh, hybrid

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31
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In a bus topology how many nodes will a failure affect?

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All of them

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32
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Are rings unidirectional or bidirectional?

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They can be both but if it’s unidirectional a secondary link is needed for redundancy

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33
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What two devices can be used to set up a star topology?

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Switch and hub

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34
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If a star topology is set up using a switch it’s a logical what?

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Star

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35
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If a star topology is set up using a hub it’s a logical what?

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Bus

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36
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What are the advantages of a mesh topology?

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Extremely reliable, provides redundancy and fault tolerance between devices

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37
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What are the disadvantages of a mesh topology?

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High administrative overhead, full mesh requires exponentially more cabling

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38
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What are the advantages of a hybrid topology?

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Flexible, reliable, increased fault tolerance, easy to expand, network faults can be easily diagnosed and corrected without affecting the rest of the network

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39
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What are the disadvantages of a hybrid topology?

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Difficult to manage and expensive

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40
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Circuit-Switched Network

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A sequence of links between two nodes is determined ahead of the actual communication, data is sent as a stream of bits

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Packet Switched Network

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Routers determine packet addressing, processes digital signals and routes information through multiple pathways

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42
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In which type of network does each data unit know the entire path address which is provided by the source?

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Circuit switched

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43
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Resource reservation is a feature of what type of network?

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Circuit switched

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44
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In which type of network does each data unit know only the final destination address and the path is determined by routers?

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Packet switched

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45
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Virtual Circuit

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The process of providing a connection oriented service between two hosts over a packet-switched network (TCP)

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46
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Supernetting

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Routing protocols can summarize address of several networks into one

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47
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What are some advantages of supernetting?

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Shrinks the routing table, improvers routing performance, quicker to send

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Discontiguous Network

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Two networks of the same classful networks are separated by a different network address

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49
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What is a limitation of older routing protocols?

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The do not support discontiguous networks

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50
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What are the steps in Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM)?

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  • Order host requirements from largest to smallest
  • Determine number of host bits needed
  • Create smallest subnet needed for that host requirement
  • Continue until all host requirements are met
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51
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What are some features of IPv4 that don’t exist in IPv6?

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Subnet masks, network address, and broadcast address

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52
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What are the first 48 bits of an IPv6 address reserved for?

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Networking/routing (usually from ISP)

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53
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What are bits 49-64 of an IPv6 address used for?

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Subnets

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54
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What are the last 64 bits of an IPv6 address used for?

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Hosts

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55
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In IPv6 once you determine the number of subnet bits you need what number do you add that to to get the mask?

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48

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56
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Who developed the TCP/IP network model?

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Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)

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57
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Who developed the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model?

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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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58
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When was the TCP/IP model adopted?

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The 1990s

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59
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Who developed the TCP/IP model?

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It was a DoD led effort

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60
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What does TCP/IP use to define standardization protocols?

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Request for Comments (RFC)

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61
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What is a Protocol Data Unit (PDU)?

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Its a generic term for a unit of information being transmitted at a specific layer

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62
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What do application layer protocols do?

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Provide services to the application software running on a computer, defines how programs interface with transport layer, functions include identifying communication partners, determining resource availability, and synchronizing communication

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63
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What is the DHCP protocol used for?

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Assigning IP addresses

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64
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What ports does DHCP usually use?

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UDP port 67 (client to server, broadcast)
UDP port 68 (server to client, unicast)

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What will the server assign in DHCP?

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IP address, lease, subnet mask, default gateway and possibly other options

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DHCP uses what process?

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Discover, Offer, Request, Acknowledge (DORA)

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67
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What is the Discover step in the DORA process?

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Sent by the DHCP client to find a DHCP server (broadcast)

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What is the Offer step in the DORA process?

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Sent by the DHCP server to offer IP address and other parameters (unicast)

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69
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How do DHCP servers detect conflicts?

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By using pings. They ping the address and if someone is using it the server receives a response

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What is the Request step in the DORA process?

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Reply from a client to the server accepting the offer. Contains server ID option so all DHCP servers know an offer was accepted (broadcast)

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What is the Acknowledge step in the DORA process?

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Sent by the DHCP server to acknowledge final phase and deliver DHCP lease information (unicast). Client will ARP new IP to verify it doesn’t overlap another

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72
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DNS

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  • TCP/UDP - port 53
  • Hierarchical naming system
  • Translates domain names into IP addresses
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73
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True/False DNS is a world wide service?

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True

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74
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HTTP

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  • TCP 80 [8008, 8080]
  • Protocol for the internet
  • Request/response
  • In between client and server may be several intermediaries
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75
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What does HTTP use for reliability?

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TCP

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76
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How are servers identified in http?

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URIs and URLs

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77
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HTTPS

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  • TCP 443
  • URI/URL scheme used to indicate a secure HTTP connection
  • Encrypts with digital certificate
  • If NTP is not synchronized cert signing can fail
  • Self signed certs provide confidentiality but don’t confirm identity
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78
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

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  • Default data TCP 20
  • Control TCP 21
  • Does not encrypt or protect data in transit
  • Does not guarantee identity of sender or receiver
  • Does provide authentication options
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79
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TFTP

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  • UDP port 69
  • Very basic form of FTP
  • Can only read and write files (or mail) from/to server
  • No provisions for user authentication
  • Typically used for storage and retrieval of Cisco IOS and Catalyst switch configuration files
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TELNET

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  • Used for remote terminal connection
  • TCP port 23
  • Non secure
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SSH

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  • Used for remote terminal connection
  • TCP port 22
  • Encrypted remote access
82
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NTP

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  • UDP port 123
  • Synchronize computer clock times in a network
  • can use radio and satellite systems
83
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Transport Layer Services

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Provides services to higher layer protocols and communication session management between hosts

84
Q

What are the transport layer services?

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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

85
Q

What is the difference between TCP and UDP?

A

Stateful vs Stateless or Connection Oriented vs Connectionless

86
Q

What are the two functions of TCP?

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  1. Flow control provided by sliding windows
  2. Reliability provided by sequence numbers and acknowledgments
87
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What does TCP guarantee?

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  • Delivery of data
  • Guarantees packets will be delivered in the same order in which they were sent
88
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What are some features of TCP?

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  • Breaks messages into segments
  • Resends anything that is not received
  • Reassembles messages from the segments
  • TCP supplies a virtual circuit between end-user applications
89
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What are the first 16 bits of a TCP header?

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Source port

90
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What are bits 16 to 31 of a TCP header?

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Destination port

91
Q

What are bits 32 to 63 or a TCP header?

A

Sequence number

92
Q

What are bits 64 to 95 of a TCP header?

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Acknowledgment number

93
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What are bits 112 to 127 of a TCP header?

A

Window size

94
Q

What are bits 128 to 143 of a TCP header?

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Checksum

95
Q

How does TCP synchronize?

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  • Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN)
  • SYN (for synchronize) control bit
  • ACK (for acknowledge) control bit
  • Three was handshake
96
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TCP Window Size

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  • Flow control mechanism
  • # of messages transmitted before ack needed
  • More efficient use of bandwidth
97
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User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

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Message based connectionless protocol, non-guaranteed datagram delivery

98
Q

What is the UDP header length?

A

64

99
Q

What are the first 16 bits of the UDP header?

A

Source port

100
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What are bits 16 to 31 of the UDP header?

A

Destination port

101
Q

What are bits 32 to 47 of the UDP header?

A

Length

102
Q

What are bits 48 to 63 of a UDP header?

A

Checksum

103
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What must be depended on for reliability when using UDP?

A

Upper layer protocols

104
Q

What are some protocols that use UDP?

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TFTP, SNMP, DNS client requests

105
Q

What allows multiple programs to share one connection simultaneously?

A

Ports

106
Q

What identifies which specific services/applications are available for clients to connect to and use?

A

Open TCP/UDP ports

107
Q

What is port 80 normally used for?

A

HTTP using TCP

108
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What is port 443 normally used for?

A

HTTPS using TCP

109
Q

What is port 22 normally used for?

A

SSH using TCP

110
Q

What is sockets purpose?

A

They’re used to track different concurrent network sessions

111
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What do sockets consist of?

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IP address, Transport protocol (TCP or UDP), and port number (source and destination)

112
Q

What is the range of well known/system ports?

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0-1023

113
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What organization are the well known/system ports controlled by?

A

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

114
Q

What is the range of user/registered ports?

A

1024-49151

115
Q

What is the range for dynamic/ephemeral ports?

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49152-65535

116
Q

OS’s Windows XP and older can only use dynamic ports up to what number?

A

5000

117
Q

What is it called when different layers work together on the same system?

A

Adjacent-layer interaction

118
Q

What is it called when one system communicates with the same layer on a different system?

A

Same-layer interaction

119
Q

What is the main protocol of the network layer?

A

Internet protocol (IP)

120
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What are common protocols of the network layer?

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IPv4, IPv6, ARP, ICMP

121
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Are IP packets related to each other?

A

No they are treated as independent units without any relation to any other unit of data

122
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A
122
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What is data encapsulated at the network layer called?

A

IP payload

123
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What are the maximum and minimum lengths of an IP header?

A

60 bytes max, 20 bytes min

124
Q

What are the two main parts of an IPv6 packet?

A

The header and the payload

125
Q

How long is an IPv6 header?

A

The first 40 bytes

126
Q

What is the first thing in an IPv6 header?

A

A 4 bit tag indicating the version

127
Q

What are bits 4-11 of an IPv6 header?

A

Traffic class

128
Q

What are bits 12-31 of an IPv6 header?

A

Flow label, used for Q0S management

129
Q

What are bits 32 to 47 of an IPv6 header?

A

Payload length

130
Q

What are bits 48 to 55 of an IPv6 header?

A

Next header

131
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What are bits 56 to 63 of an IPv6 header?

A

Hop limit

132
Q

What are bits 64 to 191 of an IPv6 header?

A

Source address

133
Q

What are bits 192 to 319 of an IPv6 header?

A

Destination address

134
Q

What are the two parts of the contents of an IPv6 packet?

A

Extension header and upper layer protocol data unit (payload)

135
Q

What are IPv6 extension headers used for?

A

To move fields that are variable length from IPv4 headers into the packet

136
Q

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

A
  • Maps a known IP address to a MAC sub-layer address
  • Allows communication on ethernet LAN
  • Determines a destination address for a packet by checking the ARP cache table
  • Sends broadcast if the destination is unknown
137
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What is local ARP?

A

Resolve an address when both host and destination share the same media or wire

138
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ICMP

A
  • Provides feedback about problems in the network
  • Usually formed from a normal IP packet that has generated an ICMP response
139
Q

How does data link encapsulation and addressing (MAC) handle errors?

A

It detects them but does not recover

140
Q

Frame Check Sequence (FCS)

A

Provides a method for receiving NIC to determine whether the frame experienced transmission errors

141
Q

What happens if the data link layer detects an error?

A

The receiver discards the frame

142
Q

What are the primary protocols of the data link layer?

A

Ethernet and PPP

143
Q

Physical Address (MAC)

A
  • Hardware address, ethernet address
  • Burned into card
  • Can’t be changed but can be spoofed
144
Q

What is the breakdown of MAC addresses?

A
  • 48 bits in length
  • First 6 hex digits identify the manufacturer or vendor - Organizational Unique Identifier (OUI)
  • Remaining 6 hex digits identify the interface serial number
145
Q

Ethernet Frame

A

Encapsulated data defined by the network access layer

146
Q

What are the parts of an ethernet frame?

A

Preamble, Start Frame Delimiter (SFD), Destination MAC, Source MAC, Type, Data and Pad, Frame Check Sequence (FCS)

147
Q

Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)

A

Defines standards for physically connected Local Area Networks (LAN)

148
Q

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

A

Prevents frame loops within a switched network

149
Q

Physical Layer

A

Encodes a signal onto a medium to transmit the frame

150
Q

What are some IEEE 802.3 media types?

A

Coaxial cable, twisted pair cable, UTP & STP, connectors & wiring schemes, fiber optic cable

151
Q

What are the types of Twisted Pair Cabling?

A

Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) and Shielded Twisted Pair (STP)

152
Q

How many pairs of copper wire are in twisted pair cable?

A

4

153
Q

Why are twisted pair cables twisted?

A

To reduce EMI

154
Q

What is the standard ending for twisted pair cable?

A

RJ-45 connectors and ports

155
Q

Straight Through Cables

A

Connects “unlike” devices

156
Q

Crossover Cables

A

Connects “like” devices

157
Q

What are the two modes of fiber?

A

Single mode fiber (SMF) and multi mode fiber (MMF)

158
Q

Which is cheaper, single mode fiber or multi mode fiber?

A

Multimode fiber

159
Q

Encapsulation

A

The process of adding headers (and sometimes trailers) around data

160
Q

De-encapsulation

A

The process of inspecting and removing headers to process data inside

161
Q

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Non-profit professional association for the advancement of technology

162
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What are the 802 categories?

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Authentication, ethernet, wireless, WPAN, Bluetooth, WMAN

163
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802.1x

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Authentication mechanism for devices wishing to connect to LAN/WLAN, provides protection for other types such as remote access and VPN

164
Q

What 802 category deals with authentication?

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802.1x

165
Q

802.3

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Ethernet, defines standard for physically connected networks, most common implementation of linear bus topology

166
Q

What 802 category deals with ethernet?

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802.3

167
Q

CSMA/CD

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  • Carrier: the network signal
  • Sense: the ability to detect
  • Multiple Access: all devices have equal access
  • Collision: what happens if devices send at once
  • Detection: how to handle collision
168
Q

How does the CSMA/CD process work?

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  • Device waits until line is free but collisions still occur
  • If a collision occurs randomly select a hold time then retransmits
169
Q

What are the different ethernet address categories?

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Unicast, broadcast, multicast

170
Q

Switch Address Learning

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  • an ethernet switch learns the MAC address of devices attached to each of its port
  • the source MAC address to a physical port mappings are stored in a MAC database (CAM table, MAC address table)
171
Q

Forward/Filter Decision

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  • Switch receives a frame
  • Consult the MAC database
  • If found the frame is sent only to that port
  • If not found the frame is flooded out all other ports
172
Q

Collision Domain

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Domain in which a frame sent by one NIC could result in a collision with a frame sent by another NIC

173
Q

Broadcast Domain

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Domain in which a broadcast frame sent by one NIC is received by all other NICs

174
Q

What are the consideration when designing a LAN?

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  • Collison/broadcast domains
  • Total devices per collision domain
  • Issue of broadcasts
  • Segment large LAN w/routers
175
Q

802.11

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Wireless, a set of MAC and physical specification for implementing Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

176
Q

What 802 category deals with wireless?

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802.11

177
Q

IPv4 Addresses

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Each source and destination address field contains a 32 bit address

178
Q

Private IP Addresses

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  • Non-routable on public networks or internet
  • 1 range per class
179
Q

What is the private IP range for Class A networks?

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10.0.0.0/8

180
Q

What is the private IP range for Class B networks?

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172.16-31.0.0/12

181
Q

What is the private IP range for Class C networks?

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192.168.0.0/16

182
Q

What are the types of special purpose IPv4 addresses?

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Loopback and APIPA

183
Q

What is a loopback address?

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  • 127.0.0.1/8
  • Represents this computer
  • Logical not physical
184
Q

What is the APIPA address?

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  • 169.254.0.0/16
  • An automatically assigned private IP address
  • Allows host communication (LAN only) when no DHCP server exists or cannot be reached
185
Q

What organization assigns classful IP addresses?

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The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

186
Q

What are the benefits of IPv6?

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  • Increase the amount of IP addresses available
  • Better security (IPSEC)
  • Network Address Translation (NAT) optional
  • Simpler header format
  • More efficient routing
  • Easier administration
187
Q

What makes up a IPv6 address?

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128 bits represented as 8 groups of 4 hex digits

188
Q

IPv6 Abbreviation

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  • Consecutive zeros replaced with :: only once
  • Leading zeros within a group can be removed
189
Q

What is the IPv6 loopback address?

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::1

190
Q

::

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Unspecified IPv6 address used for addressing purposes within software

191
Q

Types of IPv6 addresses?

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  • Classified by scopes (where they can communicate)
  • Global unicast (globally routable)
  • Unique local address (same as private address in IPv4)
  • Link local (routable within a broadcast domain)
  • Interfaces can have multiple IPv6 addresses assigned to them (1 global/1 local)
192
Q

::FFFF/96

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IPv4 embedded into IPv6

193
Q

::/128

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Unspecified (0.0.0.0 IPv4 equivalent)

194
Q

::1/128

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Loopback (127.0.0.1 IPv4 equivalent)

195
Q

FE80::/10

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Link local (169.254.0.0/16 IPv4 equivalent)

196
Q

FC00::/8, FD00::/8

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Unique local (10.0.0.0/8 IPv4 equivalent)

197
Q

2000::/3

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Global Unicast (public IP IPv4 equivalent)

198
Q

FF00::8

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Multicast (224.0.0.0/4 IPv4 equivalent)

199
Q

IPv6 Anycast

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Typically used to locate the nearest server offering a specific service (DNS, DHCP, HTTP)