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Comptia Security +: Network Security
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1. Ping flooding - ping of death - smurf - fraggle - SYN flood - land - teardrop - email flood
IP spoofing
DNS spoofing
DoS attacks
session hijacking
2. A sniffer mode used to capture traffic addressed to/from another machine on the network
promiscuous
website spoofing
behavior based
firewalls
3. Capture and analyze network traffic - also known as packet analyzer - sniffer - network analyzer
replay
NIDS
protocol analyzer
fraggle
4. A packet filtering firewall works at this layer of the OSI model
split horizon DNS
network
switch
blind
5. User / registered ports
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repeater
NIPS
application
6. A method - used by switches and email servers - of delivering messages which are temporarily held by an intermediary before being sent to their final destination
store and forward
allow by default
ARP
firewalls
7. An application layer gateway works at this layer of the OSI model
application
broadcast domain
router
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8. A variation of a smurf attack using UDP
VLAN
fraggle
NIDS
packet filter
9. Protocol used to map an known IP address to its corresponding media access control (MAC) address
broadcast domain
packet filter
DMZ
ARP
10. Unauthenticated connections - creating the potential for a successful connection as an anonymous user
fraggle
NIDS
null session
coaxial
11. Known as thicknet - 10mbps - limited to 500 meters
10Base5
port address translation
proxy server
blind
12. Head of a packet contains...
source - destination - protocol
port address translation
proxy
tcp/ip hijacking
13. A logical connection point allowing computers and software to communicate and exchange data
port
proxy
firewall architectures
dual homed
14. Collection on honeypots
honeynet
ARP poisoning
firewall architectures
firewalls
15. A pool of public IP addresses is shared by a collection of private IP addresses
firewalls
dynamic NAT
informed
subnet
16. A firewall that checks all layers of a packet including content - verifying an expected response to a current communication session - also call a deep packet inspection
stateful inspection
man in the middle
router
subnet
17. A logical group of computers connected via a switch/hub that share the same network prefix in their IP address
HIDS
cat3
subnet
NAT
18. One process on every system - use local system resources - detect attacks that NIDS misses - examine data after decrypted - can be OS specific - more expensive
ping of death
subnet
dual homed
HIDS
19. A flaw in TCP/IP to verify that a packet really comes from the addess indicated in the IP header leads to this attack
dynamic NAT
IP spoofing
website spoofing
zone transfer
20. Blocks all traffic from passing through the firewall except for traffic that is explicitly allowed - also known as restrictive access - best practice
deny by default
fraggle
fiber optic
static NAT
21. A decoy system - intentionally left exposed to attract/distract attackers - logs and monitors attacker activities
false positive
informed
fiber optic
honeypot
22. Packet filtering - proxies - stateful inspection
firewalls
NIPS
passive
smurf
23. IP spoofing attack where the attacker can only send packets and has to guess about replies
DoS attacks
content filter
blind
router
24. Crashing a computer by sending oversized packets (over 64 bytes) that it doesn't know how to handle
ping of death
screened host
NIDS
active
25. A level 3 firewall that remembers / tracks network connections - maintains a state table - distinguish which side of a firewall a connection was initiated - higher security
IP spoofing
stateful inspection
informed
false positive
26. Malicious activity not reported or detected
screened subnet
active
NIDS
false negative
27. Attack where an attacker intercepts traffic and tricks parties at either end into believing they are communicating with each other
switch
man in the middle
twisted pair
website spoofing
28. A server that sits between an intranet and it's Internet connection - masking all IP addresses
proxy server
null session
DNS spoofing
NIDS network connections
29. A group of hosts on logical network segment that communicate as if they were attached to the same broadcast domain - regardless of their physical location
defense in depth
ARP poisoning
VLAN
cat5
30. Malicious insiders - connections that bypass the firewall (i.e. IM) - encrypted traffic/tunneling - social engineering - physical access are missed by ___________
DMZ
firewalls
zone transfer
website spoofing
31. Most common DMZ implementation using three firewall interfaces (internet - intranet - DMZ)
static NAT
application
active
multiple interface firewall
32. Level 1 firewall that looks at the head of a packet - (not content) - operates rapidly - application independent - either allow or deny packets
packet filter
cat3
stateful inspection
informed
33. Generate random TCP sequence numbers and encrypt traffic countermeasure what attacks
DMZ
man in the middle and replay
1024 - 49 -151
protocol
34. A locked down/hardened host on the public side of the firewall highly exposed to attacks (i.e. web server - email server)
bastion host
static NAT
multi homed
replay
35. Evolved from IDS - monitors network traffic - detects and responds to attack on network
subnet
NIPS
NIDS
promiscuous
36. A complete transfer of all DNS zone information from one server to another
zone transfer
honeypot
stateful inspection
firewalls
37. Examines content passing through and makes a decision on the data based on a set of criteria - normal uses email filtering and web browsing
router
0 - 1023
content filter
ARP
38. Take control of a session between a server and client - the users gets kicked off the session while the attacker inserts himself into the session by sending a reset request to the client
extranet
informed
session hijacking
tcp/ip hijacking
39. Connects two or more subnets - determines the best path to forward packets based on packet header and forwarding table information
screened subnet
broadcast domain
deny by default
router
40. Cable designed for transmission at higher speeds (100Mbps - 2Gbps) and longer distances (2km) - expensive -eliminates signal tapping
active
cat3
private
fiber optic
41. Session hijacking countermeasure
risk mitigation
coaxial
encrypt session key
application gateway
42. Allows all traffic except traffic that is specifically denied - also known as permissive access
IP spoofing
ARP
allow by default
fraggle
43. Bastion host - dual homed firewall - multi homed firewall - screened host - screened subnet
ping flooding
firewall architectures
dual homed
dynamic NAT
44. IDS that relies on usage patterns and baseline operation - can ID new vulnerability - high rate of false alarms
smurf
source - destination - protocol
SYN flood
behavior based
45. IP - email - website - DNS - and ARP
multiple interface firewall
spoofing attacks
port address translation
NIDS network connections
46. Firewall that intercepts and inspects messages before delivering them - placed between trusted and untrusted networks - degrade network traffic - also know as application gateway
honeynet
teardrop
protocol
proxy
47. Variation of the SYN flood where SYN packets are spoofed to have the same source and destination IP address and port
proxy
passive
land attack
smurf
48. An attacker redirects traffic by falsifying the IP address requested by ARP request
ARP poisoning
multi homed
firewalls
10Base5
49. Multiple network defense components are placed throughout the organizations assets and the network is properly segmented
split horizon DNS
application
allow by default
defense in depth
50. Connects devices together to form a subnet - packet forwarding is based on MAC addresses - works at the data link layer of the OSI
NIDS network connections
switch
proxy
store and forward
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