Vulnerability mapping occurs after which phase of a penetration test?
Answer(s): C
The order should be Passive information gathering, Network level discovery, Host scanning and Analysis of host scanning.
If you perform a port scan with a TCP ACK packet, what should an OPEN port return?
Answer(s): A
Open ports return RST to an ACK scan.
Steven the hacker realizes that the network administrator of company is using syskey to protect organization resources in the Windows 2000 Server. Syskey independently encrypts the hashes so that physical access to the server, tapes, or ERDs is only first step to cracking the passwords. Steven must break through the encryption used by syskey before he can attempt to brute force dictionary attacks on the hashes. Steven runs a program called “SysCracker” targeting the Windows 2000 Server machine in attempting to crack the hash used by Syskey. He needs to configure the encryption level before he can launch attach.How many bits does Syskey use for encryption?
Answer(s): D
SYSKEY is a utility that encrypts the hashed password information in a SAM database using a 128-bit encryption key.
Melissa is a virus that attacks Microsoft Windows platforms.To which category does this virus belong?
The Melissa macro virus propagates in the form of an email message containing an infected Word document as an attachment.
In an attempt to secure his wireless network, Bob implements a VPN to cover the wireless communications. Immediately after the implementation, users begin complaining about how slow the wireless network is. After benchmarking the network’s speed. Bob discovers that throughput has dropped by almost half even though the number of users has remained the same.Why does this happen in the VPN over wireless implementation?
Answer(s): B
By applying VPN the access point will have to recalculate all headers destined for client and from clients twice.
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