Section 16 Securing Networks

Question 1

A user or administrator level account that is installed on a device by the manufacturer during production.

Answer 1

Default Accounts

Question 2

Copper, fiber optic, and coaxial cabling used as the connectivity method in a wired network.

Answer 2

Network Media

Question 3

A disturbance that can affect electrical circuits, devices, and cables due to radiation or electromagnetic.

Answer 3

Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)

Question 4

A disturbance that can effect electrical circuits, devices, and cables due to AM/FM transmissions or cell towers.

Answer 4

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)

Question 5

Occurs when a signal transmitted on one copper wire creates an undesired effect on another wire.

Answer 5

Crosstalk

Question 6

The electromagnetic field generated by a network cable or device when transmitting.

Answer 6

Data Emanation

Question 7

Secured system of cable management to ensure that the wired network remains free from eavesdropping, tapping, data emanations, and other threats.

Answer 7

Protected Distribution System (PDS)

Question 8

Uniquely identifies the network and is the name of the WAP used by the clients.

Answer 8

Service Set Identifier (SSID)

Question 9

An unauthorized WAP or Wireless Router that allows access to the secure network.

Answer 9

Rouge Access Point

Question 10

A rouge, counterfeit, and unauthorized WAP with the same SSID as your valid one.

Answer 10

Evil Twin

Question 11

Same encryption key is used by the access point and the client.

Answer 11

Pre-Shared Key

Question 12

Original 802.11 wireless security standard that claims to be as secure as a wired network.

Answer 12

Wired Equivalent Privacy

Question 13

Replacement for WEP which sues TKIP, Message Integrity Check (MIC), and RC4 encryption.

Answer 13

WiFi Protected Access (WPA)

Question 14

802.11; standard to provide better wireless security featuring AES with a 128 bit key, CCMP, and integrity checking.

Answer 14

WiFi Protected Access Version 2 (WPA 2)

Question 15

Automated encryption setup for wireless networks at a push of a button, but is severely flawed and vulnerable.

Answer 15

WiFi Protected Setup (WPS)

Question 16

Intentional radio frequency interference targeting your wireless network to cause a denial of service condition.

Answer 16

Jamming

Question 17

Creates network segment for each client when it connects to prevent them from communicating with other clients on the network.

Answer 17

AP Isolation

Question 18

Act of searching for wireless networks by driving around until you find them.

Answer 18

War Driving

Question 19

Act of physically drawing symbols in public places to denote the open, closed, and protected networks in range.

Answer 19

War Chalking

Question 20

Attack that targets an individual client connected to a network, forces it offline by deauthenticating it, and then captures the handshake when it reconnects.

Answer 20

WiFi Disassociation Attack

Question 21

Occurs when an attacker continually guesses a password until the correct one is found.

Answer 21

Brute Force Attack

Question 22

Uses AES-256 encryption with a SHA-384 hash for integrity checking.

Answer 22

WPA3 - Enterprise Mode

Question 23

A secure password-based authentication and password authenticated key agreement method.

Answer 23

Simulations Authentication of Equals (SAE)

Question 24

A feature of key agreement protocols (like SAE) that provides assurance that session keys will onto be compromised even if long term secrets used in the session keys exchange are compromised.

Answer 24

Froward Secrecy

Question 25

Devices that use a radio frequency signal to transmit identifying information about the device or token holder.

Answer 25

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Question 26

Allows two devices to transmit information when they are within close range through automated pairing and transmission.

Answer 26

Near Field Communication (NFC)