Exam 11: Security Topics

E-mail messages are stored in plain, unencrypted text on SMTP servers.

The OS provides its services through a well-defined ____.

____ is a set of automated methods for recognizing or verifying the identity of a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic.

____ is a network layer protocol. It performs tasks such as routing, carrying datagrams, and mapping an Internet address to a physical network address.

The SMTP server supports two common protocols for e-mail retrieval: IMAP and ____.

A ____ is a representation of the security policy of the OS.

A(n) ____________________ is the fundamental component of the computer system.

____ and segmentation can provide a way of managing main memory.

A(n) ____ firewall provides the highest level of security and provides full application layer awareness without interposing a proxy server.

What are the e-mail security problems addressed by asymmetric key encryption used in conjunction with SSL?

Briefly describe e-mail identity spoofing.

____ is the first step in providing security for databases.

A(n) ____________________ is a repository or store of data that has an internal organization using a particular format.

Describe the mail access vulnerability.

The term ____________________ is applied to a software product that manages the creation, modification, and deletion of database objects such as databases instances and users.

What are the scenarios that can result from using SMTP protocol for delivering e-mail messages?

The ____ attack enables one host to claim that it has the IP address of another. It is most effective where trusted relationships exist between machines networked using TCP/IP.

____________________ is the de facto standard for e-mail transmission.

What are the four types of separation supported by an OS?

All e-mail servers communicate with each other using ____.