ISM SSP

1) The Record Protocol within SSL provides:

• a. message confidentiality

• b. authentication of entities

• c. transaction's non-repudiation

• d. message integrity

2) Which one of the following protocols can be used for creating VPN tunnels?

• a. SSL

• b. OCSP

• c. IPSec

• d. PPTP

3) Which of the following affirmations about the SSL protocol are true?

• a. it requires changing the TCP IP stack

• b. it can only he used for securing the web traffic

• c. is a third level protocol

• d. it uses digital certificates for parties authentication

4) Which of the main advantages of virtual private networks (VPN) in comparison with frame relay based networks, leased lines or dial-up?

• a. increasing security level

• b. lower installation and operation costs

• c. higher transfer rates

• d. higher availability for network services

5) What are the main advantages of the web of trust model used by PGP to establish trust in a public key:

• a. transitivity of trust relationships

• b. avoids the necessity of key revocation if the key was compromised

• c. high scalability

• d. doesn't need a third trustful entity

6) Which of the following protocols can he used for the centralized management of users’ credentials?

• a. RADIUS

• b. ARP

• c. ICMP

• d. TACACS+

• e. LDAP

7) S/MIME provides protection against:

• a. virus multiplication

• b. e-mail addresses substitution

• c. denial-of-service attacks

• d. unauthorized message alteration

8) Which of the following technologies uses two factors for the authentication of its users?

• a. RSA SecurID

• b. NTLM

• c. LDAP

• d. ISAKMP/Oakley

9) SSL can be used for protecting the following traffic:

• a. FTP

• b. SMTP

• c. LDAP

• d. ICMP

10) Who developed the X.509 standard, describing the digital certificates syntax?

• a. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• b. RSA Laboratories

• c. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

• d. International Standards Organization (ISQ)