Chapter 14 P. 474-483

Question 1

I am commonly launched against a major company’s intranet and especially its websites. P. 474

Answer 1

DOS- Denial of Service

Question 2

When a a very large packet is sent to the remote host victim, totally flooding the victim’s buffer and causing the system to reboot or helplessly hang drown. P.474

Answer 2

Ping of Death

Question 3

I am a group of programs connected on the internet for the purpose of performance a task in a coordinated manner. P. 475

Answer 3

Botnet

Question 4

I can recognize traffic spikes and prevent them from growing larger or in some cases prevent the traffic in the first place. P. 476

Answer 4

IDS- Intrusion Detection System

Question 5

IF I cause damage to a device, what kind of an attack might I be? P. 477

Answer 5

Physical Attack

Question 6

I am a DOS attack that inundates the receiving machine with lots of packets that cause the victim to waste resources by holding connections open. P.478

Answer 6

SYN Flood

Question 7

________ are not reflected off DNS servers. P.479

Answer 7

NTTP reflection attacks.

Question 8

I contain IP address to MAC address mappings that a device has learned through the ARP process. P. 480

Answer 8

ARP cache

Question 9

When _________ span switches, the connections between the switches is between real LANs. P. 482

Answer 9

VLANs

Question 10

Not all networks have default admin accounts and passwords. (T or F) P.483

Answer 10

F