Chapter 5 Student 12

Question 1

When talking to your boss, he stated that he wants to be able to have a server that has control over network traffic. He wants to limit Internet availability, and have control over the internal LAN. What type of server is your boss talking about? Pg 150

Answer 1

Proxy Server

Question 2

Your boss has a proxy server installed, he wants to make the proxy remember your information whenever you go on the Internet. What type of proxy is your boss talking about? Pg 151

Answer 2

Web Proxy Server

Question 3

Now that you have a proxy installed on the network, your boss wants to install some sort of security. He is not sure if he wants software directly in the server or using an encryption gateway. What are the advantages of using an encryption gateway? Pg 151

Answer 3

Encryption gateways more choice of encryption options. The offloading of processes from other devices, which will keep your network equipment free from any extra security processes.

Question 4

You are looking for a device that can scan emails for spam, and block URLs or IP addresses. What is the name of this device? Pg 152

Answer 4

Content Filtering appliance

Question 5

You co worker needs a device that he can connect to a phone line so he can transmit to another network. What is the name of the device? Pg 152

Answer 5

Analog Modem

Question 6

Your COO came into your department with new network guidelines for Internet use. He wants things like streaming performance reduced by %30, and intranet performance increased by %15. What device could you use to perform this task? Pg 153

Answer 6

Packet Shaper

Question 7

The company you work for has multiple employees all over the world that need access to our server while they are not in the office. What device can be used in order to manage this function? Pg 153

Answer 7

VPN Concentrator

Question 8

You have a very large star topology network with a hub in the middle. You start to notice network performance issues (LAN traffic congestion). So you end up adding a switch, directly connected to the hub, and move some of your computers to the switch. The network improves. What technique did you just perform? Pg 155

Answer 8

Network Segmentation

Question 9

T or F, in general, it is good to add routers to your network to maintain network performance. Pg 156

Answer 9

True

Question 10

T or F, Dynamic DNS automatically registers names, because this feature is on you cannot enter hosts manually. Pg 150

Answer 10

False