Exam 14: The Internet Protocol

The process in which a protocol may need to divide a block received from a higher layer into multiple blocks of some smaller bounded size is called ________.

IP addresses are usually written in ________ notation,with a decimal number representing each of the octets of the 32-bit address.

A ________ consists of a set of computers that interconnect by means of a relatively unsecure network and makes use of encryption and special protocols to provide security.

IP does not guarantee that all data will be delivered or that the data that are delivered will arrive in the proper order.

In 1994 the Internet Architecture Board issued a report titled "Security in the Internet Architecture" that stated that the general consensus was that the Internet was secure and there were no areas of security concern.

IPv6 addresses are ________ bits in length.

The driving motivation for the adoption of a new version of IP was the limitation imposed by the 32-bit address field in IPv4.

The IP standard specifies that a compliant implementation must also implement ________,which provides a means for transferring messages from routers and other hosts to a host.Because these messages are transmitted in IP datagrams, their delivery is not guaranteed and their use cannot be considered reliable.

Time to Live is similar to a hop count.

The services to be provided across adjacent protocol layers are expressed in terms of ________ and parameters.

The format of the Destination Options Header is the same as that of the Hop-by-Hop Options Header.

An IS used to connect two LANs that use similar LAN protocols and acts as an address filter,picking up packets from one LAN that are intended for a destination on another LAN and passing those packets on,is a ________.

Which of the following is NOT an enhancement of IPv6 over IPv4?

A next generation IP,known as ________,provides longer address fields and more functionality than the current IP.

The source and destination address fields in the IP header each contain a 32-bit global internet address,generally consisting of a network identifier and a _______.

The effect of the ________ is to erase the portion of the host field that refers to an actual host on a subnet,leaving the network number and the subnet number.

A function performed by a receiving entity to limit the amount or rate of data that is sent by a transmitting entity is ________.

An internet consists of multiple separate networks that are interconnected by ________.

The ________ primitive is used to request transmission of a data unit.

A Class C network is defined as few networks,each with many hosts.