Security terms

Question 1

This tool regulates exactly what traffic and users are allowed to access a server.

Answer 1

Firewall

Question 2

This tool denies traffic to a user based on content, but not access to a server.

Answer 2

Content Filter

Question 3

This is a networking protocol used for managing and securing access to networks. It serves primarily as a centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) system.

Answer 3

RADIUS
(Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service)

Question 4

This is an older username and login system that uses authentication to determine access, while RADIUS combines authorization AND authentication. Like RADIUS, it handles authentication that users attempting to access network devices are authenticated against a central database. This database can be local to the TACACS+ server or integrated with existing user directories such as LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol).

Answer 4

TACACS+

Question 5

Kerberos

Answer 5

Kerberos is a computer network authentication protocol that works based on tickets to allow nodes communicating over a non-secure network to prove their identity to one another in a secure manner. Kerberos is used in Windows Active Directory domains for authentication.

Question 6

This is a computer network authentication protocol that works based on tickets to allow nodes communicating over a non-secure network to prove their identity to one another in a secure manner. It is used in Windows Active Directory domains for authentication.

Answer 6

Kerberos