Test Review

Question 0

Stateful Inspection

Answer 0

Compares certain key parts of the packet to a database of trusted information

Question 1

Packet Filtering or Packet Purity

Answer 1

Analyzed against a set of filters. That make it through the filters are sent to the requesting system and others are discarded

Question 2

IP Addresses

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Blocks certain Ip addresses or a range of IP addresses

Question 3

Protocols

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Decides which if the systems can allow or have access

Question 4

Ports

Answer 4

Blocking or disabling ports of severs that are connected. Maintain the kind of data flow you want to see and close down possible entry points for hackers.

Question 5

Keywords

Answer 5

Will block any website that has to deal with certain predetermined keywords

Question 6

IP

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Internet Protocol. The main delivery system for information over the Internet

Question 7

TCP

Answer 7

A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another

Question 8

HTTP

Answer 8

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

Question 9

FTP

Answer 9

Files Transfer Protocol. Used to upload or download files

Question 10

UDP

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User Datagram Protocol. Used for information that requires no response. For example streaming audio or video

Question 11

ICMP

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Internet Control Message Protocol. Used by a router to exchange information with other routers

Question 12

SMTP

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Simple Mail Transport Protocol. Used to send text based information, email

Question 13

SNMP

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Simple Network Management Protocol. Used to collect system information from a remote computer

Question 14

Telnet

Answer 14

Used to preform commands on a remote computer

Question 15

Remote Login

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When someone connects to a computer via the Internet

Question 16

Application Backdoor

Answer 16

Hidden access that provides some level of control of the program

Question 17

SMTP Session Hijacking

Answer 17

By gaining access to a list of email addresses a person can send spam to thousands of users

Question 18

Operating Systems Bugs

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Operating systems backdoors

Question 19

E-mail bombs

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Large quantity of bulk e-mail that overwhelms and e-mail server preventing user access

Question 20

Macros

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Tools that allow a user to program repetitive tasks into the computers memory so that they can be quickly accomplished with the touch of a couple keys that the user has selected

Question 21

Spam

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Unwanted e-mail(usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

Question 22

Redirect Bombs

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Hackers can use ICMP to change the path information take by sending it a different router

Question 23

Source Routing

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Technique in which the originator of a packet can attempt to partially or completely control the path through the network to the destination.

Question 24

Proxy Server

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A server that all computers on the local network have to go through before accessing information on the Internet

Question 25

Adware

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Any software application that displays advertising banners while the program’s running. Authors may include additional code, which can be viewed thru pop-up windows or a bar that appears on the computer screen. Usually includes code that tracks a user’s personal info & passes it on to 3rd parties, without the user’s authorization or knowledge

Question 26

Alert

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Notification that a specific attack had been directed at the information system of an organization.

Question 27

Attack

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Intentional act of attempting to bypass one or more computer security controls.

Question 28

Audit Trial

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A record showing who has accessed a computer system and what operations he or she has performed during a given period of time. Useful both for maintaining security and for recovering lost translocation a

Question 29

Authenticate

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To verify the identity of a user, user device, or other entity, or the integrity of data storage, transmitted, or otherwise exposed to unauthorized modification in an information system, or to establish the validity of a transition.

Question 30

Authentication

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Security measures designed to establish the validity of a transmission, message, or originator, or a means of verifying on individual’s authorization to receive specific categories of information

Question 31

Back Door

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Hidden software or hardware mechanism used to circumvent security controls

Question 32

Back up

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A copy of data and or applications contained in the IT store on a magnetic media outside of the IT to be used in the event of IT data loss

Question 33

Blended Threat

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A computer network attack that seeks to maximize the severity of damage and speed of contagion by combining methods, for example using characteristics of both viruses and worms, while also taking advantage of vulnerabilities and computers, networks, or other physical system. In attack using a blended approach might send the virus via an email attachment, along with a Trojan horse amended any HTML file that will cause damage to the recipient computer.

Question 34

Bots

Answer 34

Remote-control Asians installed on your computer often controlled remotely via Internet relay chat once the system is infected, it becomes part of a network and is used in conjunction with other respective members to carry out the wishes of the owner or herder. These games and networks for vulnerabilities, installed various distributed denial of services tools, capture network packets, or download an executive arbitrary program. Computers or systems infected can be used to distribute spam to make a harder track and prosecute the spammers

Question 35

Broadband

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The general term used to refer to high-speed network connections typically for connections in excess of 1 Megabit Per second to be so name

Question 36

Browser/ browser settings

Answer 36

Configuration strategy to Manage The risk associated with active content while still enabling trusted sites

Question 37

Certification

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The comprehensive evaluation of the technical and non-technical security features of an IT and other safeguards, made in support of the accreditation process, that establishes the extent to which a particular design and implementation met a specified set of security requirement

Question 38

Cipher text

Answer 38

For cryptography and which the plain text is made unintelligible to anyone, who interprets it by a transformation of the information itself, based on some key

Question 39

Configuration management

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The process of keeping track of changes to the system, if needed, improving, approving them.