In a attack the attacker sends a spoofed packet to the


Question 1. A _____ is a software or hardware device used to observe traffic as it passes through a network on shared broadcast media.

  • logic bomb
  • network sniffer
  • backdoor
  • trapdoor

Question 2. In a _____ attack, the attacker sends a spoofed packet to the broadcast address for a network, which distributes the packet to all the systems on that network.

  • smurf
  • denial-of-service
  • viral
  • worm

Question 3. The art of "secret writing" is called _____.

  • spoofing
  • smurfing
  • cryptography
  • cryptanalysis

Question 4. Securing e-mail is something that must be done by _____.

  • networking administrators
  • security administrators
  • outlook express
  • users

Question 5. A worm is a type of virus that _____.

  • is scripted to send itself to other systems
  • is designed to crawl in under a firewall
  • buries itself between the kernel and the Application Layer of the operating system
  • is passed through e-mails with a subject heading that has the word "worm" in it

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