ITN 262 NETWORK, COMMUNICATION, SECURITY
AND AUTHENTICATION
denial of service - Answers - An attack that blocks access to a system by other users is
called
False - Answers - True or False? Elliptic curve cryptography uses the equation for
encryption
True - Answers - True or False? The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is stronger
than the Data Encryption Standard (DES)
Rotor Machine - Answers - The Enigma was:
running a disk wipe program
reformatting the hard drive
deleting personal files and emptying the trash
physically damaging the hard drive so it can't be read - Answers - You can clean data
from a hard drive by:
The following are properties of persistent key storage except: - Answers - it uses volatile
storage
Volume encryption risks include - Answers - leaking the plaintext
untrustworthy encryption
Symmetric - Answers - An encryption algorithm that uses the same key for both
encryption and decryption is
False - Answers - True or False? SSL works on top of IPsec and applies security to an
orderly stream of bytes moving between a client and server.
The following are best practices or proper recommendations for choosing an encryption
algorithm except - Answers - Use DES if it all possible
False - Answers - True or False? Two users can construct a shared secret by sharing
Diffie-Hellman private keys
Transport Layer Security (TLS) - Answers - Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) has been
replaced by:
