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GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)

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Question 1 Fill in the blank

Fill in the blank with the appropriate term.
___________ is a technique used to make sure that incoming packets are actually from the networks that they claim to be from.

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Accepted answer: INGRESSFILTERING

Question 2 Fill in the blank

Fill in the blank with the appropriate term.
___________is the practice of monitoring and potentially restricting the flow of information outbound from one network to another

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Accepted answer: EGRESSFILTERING

Question 3 Fill in the blank

Fill in the blank with the appropriate facts regarding IP version 6 (IPv6).

IP addressing version 6 uses_____ -bit address. Its____IP address assigned to a single host allows the host to send and receive data.

A. IP addressing version 6 uses 128 -bit address. Its unicast IP address assigned to a single host allows
the host to send and receive data.

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Accepted answer: A

Question 4 Drag & drop

DRAG DROP

You work as a Network Administrator for McRobert Inc. The company's Windows 2000-based network is configured with Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. You are configuring intrusion detection on the server. You want to get notified when a TCP SYN packet is sent with a spoofed source IP address and port number that match the destination IP address and port number. Mark the alert that you will enable on the Intrusion Detection tab page of the IP Packet Filters Properties dialog box to accomplish the task.

Point and Shoot:

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Question 5 Single choice

John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned a project to test the security of www.we-are-secure.com. John wants to redirect all TCP port 80 traffic to UDP port 40, so that he can bypass the firewall of the We-are-secure server.

Which of the following tools will John use to accomplish his task?

  1. A

    PsExec

  2. B

    PsList

  3. C

    Fpipe

  4. D

    Cain

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Correct answer: C

Question 6 Multiple choice

Which of the following statements are true about an IPv6 network? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

  1. A

    For interoperability, IPv4 addresses use the last 32 bits of IPv6 addresses.

  2. B

    It increases the number of available IP addresses.

  3. C

    It provides improved authentication and security.

  4. D

    It uses 128-bit addresses.

  5. E

    It uses longer subnet masks than those used in IPv4.

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Correct answers: A, B, C, D

Question 7 Single choice

Which of the following methods is used by forensic investigators to acquire an image over the network in a secure manner?

  1. A

    Linux Live CD

  2. B

    DOS boot disk

  3. C

    Secure Authentication for EnCase (SAFE)

  4. D

    EnCase with a hardware write blocker

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Correct answer: C

Question 8 Single choice

Mark works as a Network administrator for SecureEnet Inc. His system runs on Mac OS X. He wants to boot his system from the Network Interface Controller (NIC).

Which of the following snag keys will Mark use to perform the required function?

  1. A

    D

  2. B

    N

  3. C

    Z

  4. D

    C

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Correct answer: B

Question 9 Single choice

Sandra, a novice computer user, works on Windows environment. She experiences some problem regarding bad sectors formed in a hard disk of her computer. She wants to run CHKDSK command to check the hard disk for bad sectors and to fix the errors, if any, occurred.

Which of the following switches will she use with CHKDSK command to accomplish the task?

  1. A

    CHKDSK /I

  2. B

    CHKDSK /R /F

  3. C

    CHKDSK /C /L

  4. D

    CHKDSK /V /X

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Correct answer: B

Question 10 Single choice

You work as a Network Administrator for Tech Perfect Inc. Your company has a Windows 2000- based network. You want to verify the connectivity of a host in the network.

Which of the following utilities will you use?

  1. A

    PING

  2. B

    TELNET

  3. C

    NETSTAT

  4. D

    TRACERT

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Correct answer: A