Exam 11: Securing Your Network

Which type of attack refers to the use of human interaction to gain access to a system or to do damage.

A rogue Web site is one that performs unlawful activity or that puts the user who accesses it at risk.

Identify four network hardening techniques.

Match each term with the correct statement below. -software that reports back information-to an attacker or an advertiser,for example-about that computer user's activities.

A proxy can enhance performance through caching and filter communications.

Which of the following is used to interfere with normal access to network resources by flooding a network with useless information?

A border ____ is a firewall that is configured with security policies to control the traffic that is permitted to cross a border in either direction.

Identify four tasks that can be fulfilled by a proxy server.

A(n)____ is information that a Web server stores on a client computer,such as the client's preferences when accessing a particular Web site,or where the client has been on the Web site.

A DoS attack that floods a host with packets from many bogus source addresses is a form of ____________________.

Match each term with the correct statement below. -used between network computers to verify the authenticity of the communication.

A(n)____________________ is a computer that is located between a computer on an internal network and a computer on an external network with which the internal computer is communicating.

Provide a general description for how routers are used in border security.

Match each term with the correct statement below. -a portion of a network that exists between two or more networks that have different security measures in place

How does a buffer attack work?

What are the advantages of using Network Address Translation (NAT)?

Which protocol secures IP at the Network layer by using secure communications and encryptions standards?

Identify five border points that the strongest border security is designed to protect.

A set of filtering rules,called a ____,is applied to packets through the use of IPTables.

A(n)____ is a program that is relayed by a disk or a file and has the ability to replicate throughout a system,but does not create new files.