Week 5

Question 1

Attackers place a high priority on targeting networks in their attacks.

Answer 1

Networking-Based Attacks

Question 2

This is essentially what happens in a network _____________ attack, which is a deliberate attempt to prevent authorized users from accessing a system by overwhelming that system with requests.

Answer 2

denial of service (DoS)

Question 3

A __________ attack takes advantage of the procedures for initiating a session.

Answer 3

SYN flood attack

Question 4

Some attacks are designed to intercept network communications.

Answer 4

Interception

Question 5

____________ attack by intercepting legitimate communication and forging a fictitious response to the sender.

Answer 5

Man-in-the-middle

Question 6

A ______ attack is similar to a passive man-in-the-middle attack.

Answer 6

Replay Attack

Question 7

is the act of introducing a substance that harms or destroys a functional living organism.

Answer 7

Poisoning

Question 8

TCP/IP requires that logical IP addresses be assigned to each host on a network.

Answer 8

ARP Poisoning

Question 9

The predecessor to today’s Internet was a network known as ARPAnet.

Answer 9

DNS Poisoning

Question 10

Access rights are privileges to access hardware and software resources that are granted to users.

Answer 10

Attacks on Access Rights

Question 11

Operating systems and many applications have the ability to restrict a user’s privileges in accessing its specific functions.

Answer 11

Privilege Escalation

Question 12

is defined as a relation with a property so that if a relation exists between A and B, and there is also a relation between B and C, then there is a relation between A and C.

Answer 12

Transitive Access