DB_chapter 13 sequence 4

Question 1

Your friend forgot their password and now their account is locked out. What are the two possibilities that they can get their account back working correctly? Pg 453

Answer 1

Have an administrator unlock the account, or if the program unlocks itself after a preset period.

Question 2

You have a security policy set where each person on the network has to reset their passwords every 30 days. Why would someone do something so evil? Pg 454

Answer 2

Because over time passwords are likely to be cracked. So by changing them periodically keeps the hackers guessing.

Question 3

You work for a Top Secret company. In order to get in you have to scan your fingerprint and insert a smart card. This is known as ________________ ________________. Pg 455

Answer 3

Multifactor Authentication, or two factor authentication.

Question 4

Your at work and you just got an email with an attachment from Bob. Before you click the attachment, you check the certificate to see if it is a legitimate email. The certificate says that it is verified, so there should be no harm in opening the attachment. What type of User authentication method was just performed? Pg 455-456

Answer 4

Public Key Infrastructure or PKI

Question 5

T or F. Kerberos uses synchronization to keep all of the users up to date with the Authentication server. If you only have one server, and it goes down, then then no one will be able to log into the network. Pg 457

Answer 5

True

Question 6

You are helping someone with password security. They said that they’d like to use their license plate backwards as a password. What should your recommendation be to that request? Pg 451

Answer 6

No. They need something more complex like using special characters and at a length of at least 8-15 characters.