IS4560 T&D CH 13

Question 1

• An early firewall technology for Linux that controls traffic by checking packets.

Answer 1

Ipchains

Question 2

• The successor to ipchains. It introduces a more efficient method of processing packets than ipchains offers.

Answer 2

iptables

Question 3

• The core component of the operating system. It has control over all the low-level system functions such as resource management, input and output operations, and central processing unit (CPU).

Answer 3

Kernel

Question 4

• In Linux, pieces of media that contain a complete and bootable operating system.

Answer 4

Live CD

Question 5

• In a Linux system, the account that has complete and unrestricted access to all commands, files, and other system components.

Answer 5

Root user