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Chapter 11: Securing TCP/IP Flashcards

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What is nonrepudiation?

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-data is same as originally sent, came from source I think it should have come from.

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What is authentication?

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-verifcy whoever accesses the data is the person I want to access it.

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What is authorization?

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-what a person who accesses the data can do with the data.

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What is a cipher?

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-general term for a way to encrypt data.

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What is an algorithm?

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mathematical formula underlies the cipher.

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What is a complete algorithm?

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cipher and implementation of the cipher.

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What is ciphertext?

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result from running cleartext through a key.

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what is a symmetric key algorithm?

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uses same key to encrypt and decrypt

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What is asymmetric key algorithm?

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-different keys for encryption.

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What is a block cipher?

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encrypt data in single chuncks

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What is a stream cipher?

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-encrypts data a single bit at a time.

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Describe DES.

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Data encryption standard

  • grandaddy of all TCP/IP symmetric-key algorithms.
  • 64 bit block and 56-bit key.
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Describe AES.

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Advanced Encryption Standard

  • block cipher
  • 128-bit block size
  • 128, 192, 256-bit key size.
  • used in applications from file encryption to wireless networking, to web sites.
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what is public-key cryptography?

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-keys can exchange securely

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What is RSA?

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Rivest Shamier Adleman

  • improvement to Diffre-Hellman public-key cryptography
  • enables secure digital signature.
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Describe the encryption at the different levels at OSI.

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  • Level 1: no common encryption
  • level 2: scramble all data in ethernet frame except mac address info.
  • layer 3: IPSEC: software that encrypts everything inside packet.
  • layer 4: TCP/UDP do not offer encryption.
  • layer 5: and 6: not comon for encryption.
  • layer 7: SSL/TLS
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How is non-repudiation implemented?

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  • most cryptographic hash function

- results in checksum or digest.

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Describe MD5

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Message-Digest Algorithm version 5

  • some SMTP servers use this
  • most popular hash function.
  • CRAM-MD5: tool for server authentication.
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Describe SHA

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Secure Hash algorithm

-sha-1 and sha-2

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What is a digital signature?

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  • generated by sender to message and private key

- person with matching publick key verifies it came from intended sender.

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What is PKI?

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Public-key infrastructure

-certificate: standardized type of digital signature that includes signature of a third party.

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Describe PGP.

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Pretty Good Privacy

  • web of trust
  • group of peers that trust each other.
  • email encryption: you get a certificate.
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Decribe GPG>

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GNU privacy guard

-alternate to PGP

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What is an ACL?

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Access control list.

-defined list of permissions specify that an authenticated user may perform on a shared resource.

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What are three ACL access models?

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  • mandatory access control(MAC): every resource assigned a label.
  • Discretionary access control(DAC): resource owner assigns access.
  • Role-based access control(RBAC): most popular model and is an access based on role(group).
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What is PPP?

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Point to point protocol.
-an authentication standard where 2 devices connect, authenticate with name/password, negotiate network protocol.

-RFC 1661: defines how PPP works.

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What are the phases of PPP?

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  • Link Dead; Link control protocol gets connection going
  • link establishment
  • Authentication: username/password
  • Network layer protocol: negotiate layer 3 protocol. Network control protocol(NCP) makes proper connection.
  • Termination.
28
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Describe PAP

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Password authentication Protocol

-transmits username password in plaintext.

29
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Describe CHAP

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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

  • more secure authentication routine
  • hashes based on shared secret.
30
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Describe MS-CHAPv2.

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  • most common authentication for dial up.

- most security.

31
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What are three parts of AAA?

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-authentication, authorization, and accounting.

32
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Describe authentication as it relates to AAA.

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  • present credential for access

- username/passwd, security token, retinal scan, digital certificate.

33
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Describe authorization as it relates to AAA.

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  • What computer can and cannot do.

- bandwidth limits, times of day, certain applications.

34
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Describe RADIUS.

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Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service.

  • used to support ISPs with thousands of modems.
  • radius server, network access servers, systems that dial in.
35
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What does a Radius server do?

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Internet Authentication Service(microsoft)
-FreeRadius(Unix/linux)
-authenticate on UDP port 1812/1813
or ports 1645/1646

36
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Describe TACACS+.

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Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus

  • single server stores ACL for all devices
  • developed by CISCO to support AAA
  • uses port 49 by default
  • can use Kerberos as part of the authentication scheme.
37
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What port does TACACS+ work on?

38
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What port does radius use?

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UDP port 1812/183 or 1645/1646

39
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Describe Kerberos.

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no connection to PPP

-authentication protocol for TCP/IP networks with clients connecting to single authenticating server

40
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What port does Kerberos use

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UDP or TCP port 88

41
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Describe a kerberos key distribution center(KDC)

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  • authentication server(AS)
  • Ticket-Granting Service(TGS)
  • after compares hash sends ticket granting ticket(TGT)
  • client sends TGT to TGS for authorization.
  • TGS sends token back to client called SID in winDNS.
42
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Descirbe EAP.

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Extensible Authentication Protocol(EAP)

  • single standard to allow two devices to authenticate.
  • a PPP wrapper that EAP-compliante applications can use to accept one of many types of authentication.
  • substantial use in wireless networks
43
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What is EAP-PSK?

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  • personal share key

- shared secret code stored on both WAP and client encrypted with AES.

44
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What is EAP-TLS?

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  • Transport layer security.
  • use of RADIUS server
  • mutual authentication, certificates on server and client.
  • only on wireless networks.
45
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What is EAP-TTLS?

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  • Tunneled TLS

- Single server-side certificate.

46
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What is EAP-MD5?

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-hashes for transfer of authentication details.

47
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What is LEAP?

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Lightweight EAP

-used by Cisco wireless products.

48
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What is 802.1x?

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EAP for ethernet networks.

  • puts EAP inside of ethernet frame.
  • port authentication NAC mechanism for networks.
49
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Describe SSH.

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Secure shell

  • use PKI in form of RSA key.
  • server sends public key, client encrypts session id, negotion encryption.
  • AES is popular, 3DES might be used.
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Describe publick keys to identify clients as it relates to SSH.

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  • non-interactive logins - turn off password logins.
  • generate pair of RSA or DSA keys
  • public key on server, public key on cient.
51
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Describe Tunnels as they relate to SSH.

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  • can tunnel for any tcpip application
  • encrypted link between two programs on separate computers.
  • freeSSHd server: any packet that enters encrypted tunnel(even unencrypted) automatically is encrypted.
52
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Describe SSL/TLS.

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netscape created SSL.

53
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Describe TLS.

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upgraed to SSL.

  • SSL limited to HTML, FTP, SMTP and few others.
  • TLS has no restrictions used in VOIP, VPNs, and webpages.
54
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Describe IPsec.

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authenticate and encryption at layer 3.

55
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What is transport mode of IPsec?

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-only payload of packet is encrypted.

56
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What is tunnel mode of IPsec?

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-entire ip packet encrypted, encapsulated inside another IP packet.

57
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What is Authentication Header(AH) of IPsec?

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-authentication

58
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What is ESP as it relates to IPsec?

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Encapsulating Security Payload.

-authenticate and encryption

59
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What is ISAKMP?

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Internet Security Association and Key management protocol.

-security associates.

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What is IKE and IKEv2 as it relates to IPSEC?

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  • Internet Key exchange: kerberized internet negotiation of keys(KINK)
  • can encrypt data with MD5, SHA.
61
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What is SCP?

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Secure copy protocol.
-transer data securely between two hosts.
doesnt have directory listing.

62
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What is SFTP?

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Secure/SSH FTP.

  • active FTP uses ports 20 and 21, creating two-session communication.
  • SSH can only handle one session per tunnel.
  • OpenSSH: group of secure programs made by OpenBSD
  • WINSCP and Filezilla clients for SFTP server.
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What is SNMP?

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-cacti.net queries SNMP

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What is LDAP?

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-Lightweight directory access protocol.

65
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What port does LDAP use?

66
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What port does NTP use?

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