Exam 6: Understanding Internet Technologies and Security

A private key infrastructure is the combination of organizations or individuals sending and receiving encrypted data, their public and private keys, and the certification authorities that issue the keys and digital certificates.

____ involves real-time transmission of video and audio between two locations.

A(n) ____ server is a computer or software application that hides an internal IP address from the outside world by substituting its own IP address for a source computer's IP address before sending outgoing email or webpage requests.

A(n) ____ is a specialized computer that can connect LAN segments, two LANs, or multiple LANs on a WAN - all transmitting at different speeds and using different protocols.

Modified Multiple Choice Which of the following are components of the TCP/IP stack set of standard Internet protocols on which communications across the Internet and many private IP networks rely?

Cloud computing involves using devices to measure biological data to identify a user. ________________________

The Shared Registration System (SRS) is managed by _________________________.

War driving a website occurs when hackers redirect a URL to an alternate website.

A client/server LAN, as shown in the accompanying figure, uses a network ____ to manage data storage, printer access, communications, Internet connections, security, and network administration.

External network security threats can include management failure to support organization-wide security awareness, inadequate security policies, and unenforced security procedures. _______________________

The ____ System is a navigation system that consists of one or more Earth-based receivers, such as those shown in the accompanying figure, that accept and analyze signals sent by small satellites orbiting approximately 11,000 miles above Earth.

Network firewalls can monitor and report suspicious network traffic, but are unable to filter out or block incoming or outgoing network traffic.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 6-2 You are the secretary to the president of a small company that makes custom furniture. The president wants to set up a website and asks you to research the domain name registration process. As you get organized to perform the task of registering a domain name, what is your first step?

A physical topology is a network's access method in the way in which data travels between nodes.

Originally, a classful routing system assigned IP addresses by classifying networks as ____ to maximize the number of available IP addresses for each network.

The two most common network access methods are ____ and token ring.

The process of translating domain names into IP addresses is called _________________________ the domain name.

Geosocial networking is a term used to describe the combination of location-based services with social networking providers.

Spoofing is the act of driving around with a laptop, antenna, and wireless card, looking for unsecured wireless networks to access.

____ provide the public and private network infrastructure for the Internet that enables wireless, cellular, and other capabilities.