Chp 19 Virtualization, Cloud computing, and network services

Question 1

Hypervisor

Answer 1

Same thing as a VMM.
also used to describe the type of virtualization
Type 1 native ( Virtual computer on the physical hardware)
Type 2 Hosted ( on top of a host operating system )

Question 2

VMM

Answer 2

Virtual Machine Manager

Question 3

Emulation

Answer 3

A full reproduction of a different OS and hardware created by an emulation app to run ROM’s

Question 4

SaaS

Answer 4

Software as a Service

Software that can be hosted on a server and accessed through a web browser.

Question 5

PaaS

Answer 5

Platform as a Service

Hardware and software tools provided over the internet

Question 6

IaaS

Answer 6

Infrastructure as a Service

Storage, network, and networking services, virtualization, and servers.

Question 7

Cloud computing

Public

Answer 7

service is available to any organization

Question 8

Cloud computing

Private

Answer 8

Available only to dedicated customers

Question 9

Cloud computing

Hybrid

Answer 9

combines Public and Private

Question 10

Cloud computing

Community

Answer 10

Hybrid between different organizations

Question 11

Web Server

Answer 11

Handles requests sent via HTTP or HTTPS.

Provides web pages requested by users.

Question 12

File Server

Answer 12

Shared storage on a network

Question 13

Print Server

Answer 13

Provides shared printing services on a network.

Question 14

DHCP Server

Answer 14

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Automatically assigns IP addresses

Question 15

DNS Server

Answer 15

Domain Name System

Translates domain names into IP addresses

Question 16

Proxy Server

Answer 16

Intermediary between a client and antohehr network

Question 17

Mail Server

Answer 17

Sends or receives email on a network.

SMTP or POP3

Question 18

Authentication Server

Answer 18

usedto examine and verify or deny credentials of every users attempted login

Question 19

UTM

Answer 19

Unified threat management
Provide firewall, remote access, and VPN support, web traffic filtering with antimalware and network intrusion prevention.

Question 20

IDS

Answer 20

Intrusion Detection System
Catches things a Firewall might miss.
Doesn’t block anything only detects.
Rarely used, but its features are used in UTM

Question 21

IPS

Answer 21

Intrusion Prevention System
and IDS that blocks attacks.
Rarely used, but its features are used in UTM

Question 22

Legacy system

Answer 22

Outdated OS, programming language, applications, or hardware

Question 23

Embedded system

Answer 23

Dedicated computing devices used for specific tasks