Deck 5: TCP/IP Vulnerabilities

Question 1

TCP is responsible for safe and reliable data transfer between host computers.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The OSI Model and the TCP/IP Model are entirely aligned.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

IP packets often arrive out of sequence because they are not all taking the same route in sequence.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

TCP uses a connectionless design,meaning the participants in a TCP session must initially create a connection.

Question 5

During the development of TCP/IP in the 1980s, security was a priority.

Question 6

____ is the common language of networked computers and makes transferring information fast and efficient.

A)TCP/IP
B)IPX
C)X)25
D)RIP

Question 7

The ____ is responsible for transmitting data from the source computer to the final destination computer.

A)Transport Control Protocol (TCP)
B)Internet Protocol (IP)
C)Routing Internet Protocol (RIP)
D)Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Question 8

When a large IP packet is sent over a network, it is broken down. This process is called ____.

A)separation
B)division
C)breaking
D)fragmentation

Question 9

The ____ timer waits for FIN packets. Its default value is 10 minutes.

A)TIME_WAIT
B)KEEP_ALIVE
C)FIN_WAIT
D)Connection establishment

Question 10

____ is a collection of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards that define an architecture at the Internet Protocol (IP) layer that protects IP traffic by using various security services.

A)RIP
B)IPSec
C)TCP/IP
D)ARP

Question 11

____________________ is a suite of protocols that underlie the Internet. The TCP/IP suite comprises many protocols and applications that focus on two main objectives.

Question 12

A(n) ____________________ attack is an assault on a network that floods it with so many additional requests that regular traffic is either slowed or completely interrupted.

Question 13

____________________ is the process of enclosing higher-level protocol information in lower-level protocol information.

Question 14

_________________________ is the theoretical time when the number of unallocated IP addresses equals zero.

Question 15

A(n) ____________________ attack takes advantage of the way that most hosts implement the TCP three-way handshake.

Question 16

What are the TCP flags?

Question 17

Explain how to setup a TCP connection.

Question 18

Explain how to release a TCP connection.