Assigment

5.1 Provide a brief definition of network access control.

5.2 What is an EAP?

5.3 List and briefly define four EAP authentication methods.

5.4 What is EAPOL?

5.5 What is the function of IEEE 802.1X?

5.6 Define cloud computing.

5.7 List and briefly define three cloud service models.

5.8 What is the cloud computing reference architecture?

5.9 Describe some of the main cloud-specific security threats.

6.2 What protocols comprise TLS?

6.3 What is the difference between a TLS connection and a TLS session?

6.4 List and briefly define the parameters that define a TLS session state.

6.5 List and briefly define the parameters that define a TLS session connection.

6.6 What services are provided by the TLS Record Protocol?

6.7 What steps are involved in the TLS Record Protocol transmission?

6.8 What is the purpose of HTTPS?

6.9 For what applications is SSH useful?

6.10 List and briefly define the SSH protocols.

7.1 What is the basic building block of an 802.11 WLAN?

7.2 Define an extended service set.

7.3 List and briefly define IEEE 802.11 services.

7.4 Is a distribution system a wireless network?

7.5 How is the concept of an association related to that of mobility?

7.6 What security areas are addressed by IEEE 802.11i?

7.7 Briefly describe the five IEEE 802.11i phases of operation.

7.8 What is the difference between TKIP and CCMP?

8.1 What is the difference between RFC 5321 and RFC 5322?

8.2 What are the SMTP and MIME standards?

8.3 What is the difference between a MIME content type and a MIME transfer encoding?

8.4 Briefly explain base64 encoding.

8.5 Why is base64 conversion useful for an e-mail application?

8.6 What is S/MIME?

8.7 What are the four principal services provided by S/MIME?

8.8 What is the utility of a detached signature?

8.9 What is DKIM?

9.1 Give examples of applications of IPsec.

9.2 What services are provided by IPsec?

9.3 What parameters identify an SA and what parameters characterize the nature of a particular SA?

9.4 What is the difference between transport mode and tunnel mode?

9.5 What is a replay attack?

9.6 Why does ESP include a padding field?

9.7 What are the basic approaches to bundling SAs?

9.8 What are the roles of the Oakley key determination protocol and ISAKMP in IPsec?