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User vs network oriented application layer protocols:

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User = interact with end user
network = manage network

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Why was LDAP implemented

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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol:

Simplify access control to various applications being used on a network

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3 Different types of network architecture:

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1) Client-server
2) Peer-to-Peer
3) N-tier

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What is a daemon?

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Server software that starts when computer is started until shut down

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What is the drawback of the Client-server network architecture?

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Client always initiates communication

Fix: Peer-to-peer architecture

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What is good about P2P ( Peer-to-peer ) networks?

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No central server
Workloads shared among all nodes

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Challenges of a P2P network?

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Security + management

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What is the 4 email protocols:

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X.400
SMTP
POP3
IMAP4

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What standard does the x.400 refer to?

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ITU-T standards

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What are the different elements that could be in a X.400 header?

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C = country
A = admin management domain
P = private management domain
O = organization name
OU = organization unit
G = Given name
I = Initials
S = surname

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How does x.400 notation look like

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“I=J;S=Doe;O=acme;OU=sales;A=sapo;C=za”

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Who will this x.400 email be sent to?
“I=J;S=Doe;O=acme;OU=sales;A=sapo;C=za”

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J Doe who works at Acme in sales in south africa. sapo = south african post office

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What does smtp stand for?

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Simple mail transfer protocol

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What rfc is SMTP defined by?

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5321

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What does smtp use to handle messages?

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“agents”

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What are the 2 agents in smtp?

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MUA (mail user agent) MTA (mail transfer agent)

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What is used to transfer an email for one UA to another UA?

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1+ mta’s ( since the email needs to be transferred from one user to another )

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What is the task of the MUA in SMTP?

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Simply a piece of code that accepts a message and forwards it to a MTA ( sender )
Accept incoming mail and store in directory (receiver )

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What is the task of the MTA in SMTP?

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Find a route from sender to receiver and forward email along that route.

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How do you indicate which MTA you would prefer to use?

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Using the “preference”

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What do MTA’s add to emails they process?

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A header line “Received: “

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What is the first thing you send to the SMTP server once you have connected to it?

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HELO or EHLO ( extended hello )

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How do you indicate who the email is from in SMTP?

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MAIL FROM:

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How do you indicate who the recipient of an email is with SMTP

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RCPT TO:

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What do you send to a SMTP server when you want to send data?
DATA
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How do you end the email off with SMTP?
Single "." on its own line
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How do you terminate the connection with a SMTP/POP3 server?
QUIT
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Which port is used to communicate between MTA's?
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What is the SMTP submit port and its port number?
587. When email software speaks to 1st MTA
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What is the most common protocol used for web based email software?
POP3
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What protocols do typical email programs combine?
SMTP + POP3
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How do you enter the username on a POP3 server?
USER username
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Does POP3 need auth? What about SMTP?
SMTP = no. POP3 = yes
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How do you enter your password on a POP3 server?
PASS password
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How do you retrieve/delete the 1st message on a POP3 server?
RETR 1 or DELE 1
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What port does POP3 servers use?
110
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What does POP3 stand for?
Post office protocol version 3
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What does IMAP4 stand for?
Internet Message Access Protocol v4
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How does IMAP4 "show" messages?
When a user clicks on a email it downloads it from the server and then displays it on the computer. But it remains stored on the server
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Why is IMAP better than POP3?
POP3 permanently stores the downloaded emails, but now we want to view it on multiple devices hence IMAP4 is used more often
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Key words for an IMAP session:
LOGIN, SELECT (folder), FETCH (message, can be used with ALL, FULL, FAST), TERMINATE
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What does ALL FULL and FAST do?
ALL = everything about the email besides the body FULL = ALL + body FAST = flags + date + size but no header/email body
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What does the \deleted, \answered, \seen flags indicate?
Deleted = true if the message is deleted. same for the rest
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Port number for IMAP servers?
143
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Why were virtual terminals developed?
To connect remotely to another computer over the network
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Why is telnet bad?
Because username and password is transmitted as clear text
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what port does telnet use?
Port 23
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What do you use if you want to echo ( view ) the characters you enter on a virtual terminal?
set localecho.
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What happens if you dont "set localecho".
you wont see anything you enter ( if remote computer doesnt echo the characters )
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Problem with set localecho?
Password will be displayed as you log in
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What is a trusted virtual terminal protocol?
SSH
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Which port is SSH?
22
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commands to upload/download files with FTP?
get,put,mget,mput
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What will mput * abc * do?
upload all files with names that contain abc in the current client directory
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What does "get" correlate to on the FTP server?
RETR
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What does "put" correlate to on the FTP server?
STOR
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Does browsers contain functionality that corresponds to mget, put or mput?
No
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What was the special username used to download public files?
anonymous ( yes actually anonymous)
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What is the control connection port of FTP?
21
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What is the data connection port of FTP?
20
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What is PASV mode in FTP?
A different way to connect to FTP server. Usually data channel is from server to client ( problems with firewall ) But with pasv client connects to server with data channel
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What is the only requests a web server has to support?
GET and HEAD
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What port does HTTP use?
80
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What port does HTTPS use?
443
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At what layer does HTTPS use encryption?
HT(T)PS = transfer = transport layer = layer 4
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Best known tool to sniff traffic?
WireShark
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When sniffing traffic, which layer's packet will you sniff?
Layer 2 ( but 3-7 packets would also be included as a payload ( builds from 7 - 1)

COS 332 Chancellors (10 decks)

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