Lesson 5: Network Protocols Flashcards

1
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The process of running an algorithm and comparing it to the stored result.

A

Checksum

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2
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The time it takes a router to send an update of its routing table to all routers directly connected to it.

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Convergence

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3
Q

An attempt by hackers to make a target IP address unavailable to its intended users by launching continuous ping requests from numerous computers so frequently that the target computer’s network capacity is overloaded and brought down.

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Denial of Service (DoS) Attack

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4
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The simplest type of routing protocol that simply informs its neighbors of it’s routing table.

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Distance Vector Routing Protocol

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5
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A type of routing that occurs when a protocol dynamically creates its own routing tables and keeps them updated.

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Dynamic Routing

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6
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Routing protocols which use the distance vector metrics-based method of determining best routes,while using the link state method of updating the other routers in the network

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Hybrid Routing Protocol

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7
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A major protocol type used by routers to construct their routing tables. Each router constructs a map of all routers on a network and updates those routers with it’s entire network map.

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Link State Routing Protocol

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8
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Measurements used by a routing protocol to determine the best routes available to it.

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Metrics

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9
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The IP or other protocol address of the next stop along the path to the desired destination.

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Next Hop

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10
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A program used to determine whether a specific IP address can be reached on the network.

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Ping

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11
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A unique address inside the computer that is associated with a specific protocol, service, or application.

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Port Address

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12
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A predefined and widely accepted set of rules used to describe exactly how a specific task is to work in a network environment.

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Protocol

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13
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All the protocols from a protocol suite currently used to carry out specific functions of network communications within the computer.

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Protocol Stack

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14
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A group of networking protocols designed to work together to carry out all functions needed for data to be communicated across a network.

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Protocol Suite

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15
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Documents by which all networking standards and protocols are defined.

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Request for Comment (RFC)

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16
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A type of protocol that routers and other network devices can use over a network.

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Routed Protocol

17
Q

A type of protocol used by routers to compile routing tables that routed protocols move around the network.

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Routing Protocol

18
Q

Small databases that routers and other networked devices refer to, to determine which route to rake to get to a specific network location.

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Routing Table

19
Q

Routing that occurs when routing tables are manually changed or updated as new routes are needed on a network or old routes change.

A

Static Routing

20
Q

When the routers on a network remain in a converged state, it is said that they are operating in a _____ _____.

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Steady State

21
Q

A code number assigned to network user sessions or applications when using the TCP protocol to identify the transaction.

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TCP Port

22
Q

The most commonly used group of protocols designed to work together to carry out all functions needed for data to be communicated across a network.

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TCP/IP Protocol Suite

23
Q

A terminal emulation program that provides bidirectional interactive command line access to either a remote or local host.

A

TELNET (TEerminaL NETwork)

24
Q

Microsoft Windows version of traceroute.

A

Tracert

25
Q

A connectionless counterpart of TCP port.

A

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) port