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CISSP Telecom And Network Security
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1. Standard that outlines wireless personal area network (WPAN) technologies.
802.15
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT)
Service Set ID (SSID)
2. VPN protocol that works at the data link layer - can only run in IP networks - and provides encryption and encapsulation. This is Microsoft's VPN solution.
Commonly used in Internet.
Token Ring (802.5)
Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
Screened Host Firewall
3. Type of LAN and MAN technology - usually used for backbones - that uses token-passing technology and has redundant rings in case the primary ring goes down.
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
Multistation Access Unit (MAU)
Repeaters
Multilevel Switching
4. Type of network device that is the simplest type of connectivity because it only repeats and amplifies electric signals between cable segments. Works at the physical layer.
Repeaters
Simplex: One direction.
Network Address Translator (NAT)
Trunk Lines
5. SMTP server that is configured for sending email from any source to and destination.
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Open Relay
802.16
High Level Data Link Control (HLDC)
6. VPN protocol that works at the network layer - handles multiple connections - provides secure authentication and encryption. Tunnel mode option (payload and header encrypted) - or transport mode (only payload is encrypted).
Application Proxy vs. Circuit Level
Stateful Firewall
IPSec
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
7. Wireless communication that distributes individual signals across the allocated frequencies.
OSI Layer 3: Network Layer
Spread Spectrum
Dedicated Links
Blue Boxing
8. OSI layer that provides routing - addressing - and fragmentation of packets. This layer can determine alternative routes to avoid network congestion. Protocols that use this layer are IP - ICMP - RIP - OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) - BGP (Border Ga
Multi-protocol Label Switching
OSI Layer 3: Network Layer
Bridge
Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
9. New variant to traditional email spam on VoIP networks.
Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT)
T1
Blue Boxing
Open Relay
10. Layer 3 - layer 4 - and other layer switches have more enhanced functionality than layer 2 switches. Combines switching and routing technologies - packet inspection - traffic prioritization - and quality of service (QoS).
Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Multilevel Switching
Open System Authentication (OSA)
802.16
11. Network cabling that is placed in these types of areas must meet a specific fire rating. These cables typically have a jacked cover made of fluoropolymers.
SPIM
Plenum-rated Cables
LLC (Logical Link Control - 802.2)
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
12. Type of wireless security standard that uses AES in CBC mode.
IGMP
Bluejacking
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU)
CBC-MAC Protocol (CCMP)
13. The process of simulating a 2600Hz frequency tone - which allowed attackers to gain free long distance phone service.
Trunk Lines
Cable Modem
Token Ring (802.5)
Blue Boxing
14. Type of firewall that lies between the perimeter router and and LAN.
Proxy Firewall Strengths
Circuit Level Proxy Firewall
Screened Host Firewall
Star Topology
15. Problems: Requires more expense in cabling and extra effort to track down cable faults.
Mesh Topology
802.11i
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
OSI Layer 3: Network Layer
16. Created because it was clear that available IP addresses were running out. Provides flexibility to increase or decrease the IP classes sizes as necessary.
Noise
Router
Classless inter-domain routing (CIDR)
X.25
17. Protocol based on the first version - however this version allows for fixed bandwidth to be allocated for specific applications.
FDDI-2
Blue Boxing
Bus Topology
Definition of Protocol
18. Type of network layout that is a large geographical region connecting more that one LAN.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
SPIM
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Switched Virtual Circuit (SVC)
19. If the packet header information is used to determine destinations rather than the routes configured into the router. Packets with this information should be dropped.
Remote Access Servers
Multistation Access Unit (MAU)
Source Routing
Trunk Lines
20. Protocol stack used instead of TCP/IP on wireless devices. The "gap" in this protocol involves translating its secure traffic to SSL or TLS - which is typically done by a 3rd party.
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
IGMP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
Dedicated Links
21. More complexity and drastically increases the difficultly of access control. Many different devices - services - and users make it difficult to know which entities to trust and to what degree.
Cable Modem
Distributed Environment Challenge
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
22. A technique that allows multiple layers of nesting. Example - IPSec tunnel can originate or terminate at a different IPSec site along the way.
T1
Iterated Association
Simplex: One direction.
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU)
23. Type of authentication protocol that provides a framework to enable may types of authentication techniques to be used during PPP connections. It extends the possibilities to one-time passwords - token cards - biometrics - Kerberos - and digital certi
SOCKS Firewall
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
24. Type of backbone network that joins together LAN to other LANs and WANs to LANs - etc. Typically known as Synchronous Optical Networks (SONETS) or FDDI rings.
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
Isochronous Communication Processes
Bluejacking
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
25. Protocol where all computers compete for the shard network cable - listen to learn when they can transmit data - susceptible to data collisions. Used by Ethernet.
Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD)
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
DOS attacks from flooding
Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
26. Altering an ARP table so an IP address is mapped to a different MAC address. Results in traffic being routed to an attacker's computer.
Dedicated Links
Isochronous Communication Processes
Repeaters
ARP Poisoning
27. Wireless LAN standard that operates in a 5Ghz range - 54Mpbs - and uses OFDM spread spectrum.
Port Numbers
Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT)
802.15
802.11a
28. Network where a virtual connection that acts like a dedicated link between two systems is set up. Traffic travels in a predictable and constant manner. Example - telephone.
Synchronous Communication
Application Proxy vs. Circuit Level
Circuit Switching
Ring Topology
29. Type of cabling problem signals from one wire crossing over to another wire.
Crosstalk
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU)
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
Bus Topology
30. Type of firewall that is also know as a screening router and is accomplished by ACL's (Lines of text called rules). Traffic can be filtered by address - ports - and protocol types. 1st generation firewall - runs at the network layer.
Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT)
Shared Key Authentication (SKA)
Packet Filtering Firewall
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
31. Strengths of a type of Stateful Firewall: High security - better performance than an application firewall. Weaknesses include more complex - ___________ - if rebooted all information is lost.
IGMP
802.16
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
DOS attacks from flooding
32. Type of switch that uses tags that are assigned to each destination network. The network compares the tag with its tag information base - appends the appropriate tag - and forwards to the next switch. This increases the transmission speed - allows la
Multi-protocol Label Switching
IPSec
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
10baseT
33. Both directions - both applications can send information at a time. Session Layer Communication Modes
Full-Duplex
Layers in the TCP/IP Model
Application Proxy Firewall
Coaxial Cables
34. 4: Application - 3: Host-to-Host - 2: Internet - 1: Network Access - 3 -1 -1 -2 will map to the OSI model.
OSI Layer 7: Application
SOCKS Firewall
Layers in the TCP/IP Model
Loki Attack
35. Standard for transmitting data across the Internet. One is reliable and connection oriented. The other is unreliable and connectionless.
Definition of Protocol
Remote Access Servers
Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
TCP/IP. TCP is reliable and connection oriented - IP is unreliable and connectionless.
36. Protocol that translates IP address into a MAC address (physical Ethernet address)
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
Dynamic Packet Filtering
Coaxial Cables
37. This is a standard for fiber-optic cabling and uses self-healing network rings. This standard describes the interfaces that can be used over fiber lines and the signaling that can be employed. Works at the physical layer of the OSI model.
Crosstalk
Synchronous Optical Networks (SONETS)
ThickNet - aka 10base5.
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
38. Protocol that is best-effort - connectionless - and does not sent acknowledgements.
Bus Topology
Application Proxy vs. Circuit Level
Open System Authentication (OSA)
UDP
39. Provides high-speed access - up to 50 Mbps - to the Internet through existing cable coaxial and fiber lines. Major security concern is the fact that neighbors use the same coaxial network and can monitor each others traffic.
Cable Modem
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT)
40. Network where a dedicated virtual link is not set up - and packets can use many different dynamic paths to get to the same destination. This causes variable delays. Examples are frame relay and X.25
Ethernet (802.3)
802.11i
Packet Switching
Bastion Host
41. Standard that addresses wireless MAN technologies.
802.11
802.16
OSI Layer 5: Session Layer
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
42. Dynamically builds ACL's to allow internal systems to communicate with external systems. Once the connection is finished - the ACL is removed from the list. 4th generation firewall.
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Dynamic Packet Filtering
IPSec
DOS attacks from flooding
43. Type of host that is locked down - hardened - system. Systems installed in the DMZ (firewalls - servers) should be installed on this type of host.
Ethernet (802.3)
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
Bastion Host
802.15
44. Protocol that works at the network layer and informs hosts - routers - and devices of network or computer problems. It is the major component of the ping utility.
Synchronous Communication
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
ThickNet - aka 10base5.
UDP
45. Type of network that allows large IP ranges to be divided into smaller - logical - and easier to maintain network segments.
Plenum-rated Cables
Subnetting
VoIP
Trunk Lines
46. Type of ethernet implementation that uses twisted-pair copper wiring and transmits at 100Mbps.
10baseT
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD)
802.11b
47. Proprietary protocol that enables secondary devices to communicate with primary stations or mainframes in an IBM architecture. Developed in the mid-70's for use in a systems network architecture (SNA) environment. First synchronous - link layer - bit
Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC)
Point-To-Point (PPP)
Asynchronous Communication
OSI Layer 2: Data Link Layer
48. A Temporary circuit set up for a single connection. Set up and torn down as they are needed.
IGMP
Switched Virtual Circuit (SVC)
Ethernet (802.3)
TCP/IP. TCP is reliable and connection oriented - IP is unreliable and connectionless.
49. OSI layer that formats data into a standardized format and deals with the syntax of data - not the meaning. Example formats are ASCII - GIF - JPG - MPEG.
Distributed Environment Challenge
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
Open System Authentication (OSA)
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP )
50. Protocol that is used by remote users to authenticate over PPP lines. Sends passwords over clear text. Vulnerable to MITM attacks.
802.16
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP )
Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)