Network Security

Question 1

What is Network Security?

Answer 1

How you are protecting your network from other networks

Question 2

**What is a Firewall?

Answer 2

a mechanism for inspecting and restricting access of data packets to and from one network to another based on a set of rules

Question 3

Are Firewalls hardware or software?

Answer 3

can be either

Question 4

**What does a firewall do?

Answer 4

Controls ingress and egress of data packets

Question 5

What is the fundamental approach to crafting a firewall?

Answer 5

Make a rule set to deny all traffic except that which is necessary

Question 6

What is an Intrusion Detection Device (IDD)?

Answer 6

Device that examines network packets for suspicious or unauthorized behavior

Looks at the Contents in a data packet

IDD’s allow the security team to examine packets that must be allowed inside

Question 7

What is a Honeypot?

Answer 7

Fake resources to study malware and hackers

Computers designed to draw hackers and other attackers, usually built for research and decoy purposes

Question 8

What are Honeynets?

Answer 8

complete networks built for the same purpose as honeypots