Discussion
1. What do you think is the single greatest physical threat to information systems? Fire? Hurricanes? Sabotage? Terrorism? Something else? Discuss this question and provide support for your answer.
2. In no less than 250 words, describe a type of email threat and how a hacker can use it to get sensitive information. How can a network administrator prevent this type of attach from happening?
Assignment
Do the following review questions:
• What is the difference between RFC 5321 and RFC 5322?
• What are the SMTP and MIME standards?
• What is the difference between a MIME content type and a MIME transfer encoding?
• Briefly explain base64 encoding.
• Why is base64 conversion useful for an e-mail application?
• What is S/MIME?
• What are the four principal services provided by S/MIME?
• What is the utility of a detached signature?
• What is DKIM?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.