Network Monitoring

Question 1

Packet sniffing

Answer 1

The process of intercepting network packets in their entirety for analysis

Question 2

Promiscuous mode

Answer 2

A type of computer networking operational mode in which all network data packets can be accessed and viewed by all network adapters operating in this mode

Question 3

Port mirroring

Answer 3

Allows the switch to take all packets from a specified port, port range, or entire VLAN and mirror the packets to a specified switch port

Question 4

Monitor mode

Answer 4

Allows us to scan across channels to see all wireless traffic being sent by APs and clients

Question 5

Intrusion détection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)

Answer 5

IDS or IPS systems operate by monitoring network traffic and analysing it

Question 6

NIDS

Answer 6

Network intrusion detection system
The detection system would be deployed somewhere on a network where it can monitor traffic for a network segment or subnet