Encryption Technologies

One answer to the problem of users needing easier key management is an encrypted and password-protected file known as a ____________.

• Difficult certification

• Digital certification

• Digital Certificate

• Difficult Certificate

An organization

that issues and maintains digital certificates is known as a ____________.

• CA - Certificate Authority

• CA - Canadian Authority

• CA - Certification of Authorization

• CA - Creative Association

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is _______________.

• a public key encryption system that can

  verify the authenticity of an e-mail sender and encrypt e-mail data in transmission

• a public key encryption system that can protect the files on your hard drive

• a public key encryption system that can ensure data privacy in the cloud

• a private key encryption system that can

  verify the authenticity of an e-mail sender and encrypt e-mail data in transmission

Which of the following is NOT one of the uses of PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)?

• Encrypting emails

• Encrypting files on storage devices (e.g a hard drive)

• Other applications e.g IP telephony

• Encrypting web traffic

What does SSL stand for?

• Secure Sockets Layer

• Security Sockets Landed

• Secure Sockets Ltd

• Secured Sockets Ltd

When someone purchases items online from amazon.com or some other website, what is the name of the software which is using encryption behind the scenes to protect their order information?

• PGP - Pretty Good Privacy

• SSL - Secure Sockets Layer

• SSH - Secure Shell

• SHL - Secure Hiding Layer

When Web page URLs begin with the prefix HTTPS (which stands for

HTTP over Secure Sockets Layer or HTTP Secure), they require that their data be transferred

from server to client and vice versa using SSL encryption.

• True

• False

The updated version of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is known as ________.

• SSSL - Super Secure Sockets Layer

• USSL - Ultra Secure Sockets Layer

• TLS - Transport Layer Security

• STLS - Secure Transport Layer Security

Which of the following is NOT one which SSH guards against?

• IP Spoofing

• DNS Spoofing

• Brute Force Attack

• Unauthorized access to a host

What is the name of the utility which allows someone to securely log on to a host, execute

commands on that host, and copy files to or from that host?

• SSH - Secure Shell

• SSL - Secure Sockets Layer

• Telnet

• TLS - Transport Layer Security