Chapter Review Questions


You can find the answers to the following questions in Appendix A, "Answers to Chapter Review Questions."

1:

What restrictions are typically placed on clients inside a corporate network, in terms of what Internet-based servers they are allowed to use?

2:

What restrictions are typically placed on clients on the Internet who want to connect to servers inside a corporate network, assuming that corporation uses a firewall?

3:

How does a firewall figure out the IP address of a host that is trying to initiate a new TCP connection?

4:

How does a firewall figure out what application protocol is being used?

5:

What term does a firewall typically use to refer to the corporate network?

6:

What term does a firewall typically use to refer to a small LAN that is less secure than the internal corporate network, but more secure than the Internet connection?

7:

Consider the following statement: "Firewalls let packets go from the corporate network to the Internet, but they do not let packets go from the Internet back to the corporate network." State whether you agree or disagree, and explain why.

8:

What does IDS stand for?

9:

Comparing network-based IDS devices and firewalls, which one is typically in the path through which packets are forwarded?

10:

Define "signature" in terms of use with IDS and anti-virus software.

11:

Which two TCP/IP applications most often allow the transfer of files to a computer, with those files possibly containing a computer virus?




Computer Networking first-step
Computer Networking First-Step
ISBN: 1587201011
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 173
Authors: Wendell Odom

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