Exam 11: Network Management and Security

The ____ module converts the server's keyboard, video, and mouse signals for transport over Cat 5 UTP cable and provides interfacing for USB and PS/2 mice.

A proxy-service firewall provides a combination of packet-filtering and proxy-service in one unit, requiring the most amount of inspection time per packet.

A denial-of-service attack (DOS attack) is characterized by an attempt to prevent legitimate users of a service from using that service.

List five disaster recovery safeguards that can be used to help guarantee a relatively quick and painless recovery in the event that a disaster occurs.

A(n) ____________________ allows you to connect the keyboard, video, and mouse signals from two or more computers to a single keyboard, video monitor, and mouse.

A(n) ____________________ device is a network device that you can manage via a network connection, either through an ordinary browser or through special management software that comes with the device.

A ____ is software that has been written to enter a computer system and corrupt the files on the hard drive.

A ____ is a partitioning of the ports on a VLAN-capable switch into LAN groups whose traffic is isolated from each other.

What is a firewall?

List and describe five areas to consider in User Management.

A(n) ____ combines traffic sniffing with analysis techniques.

A(n) ____________________ is a program that replicates itself, but does not necessarily infect other programs.

A ____ uses a special switch (typically utilizing Fibre Channel technology) to connect servers and storage devices on their own physical network.

____ hardening involves the use of routers, firewalls, IDS systems, and fault tolerance to help provide a protected and highly-available network.

____ hardening involves disabling non-essential protocols and services, installing up-to-date service packs, patches, and hotfixes, and properly establishing access control permissions.

A(n) ____ is a stand-alone hardware unit that connects to the network or a software program running on a network host, collecting statistical information about the network performance.

List and describe the different types of hardening.

Integrity of information is achieved through encryption.

Network security begins with the security measures in place on the server.

____ is a technology where high-capacity file storage is directly connected to the network.