Network Monitoring Mastery

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Network Monitoring Mastery

Test your knowledge on network monitoring, packet structures, and security protocols with our comprehensive quiz! Dive into the intricacies of packet analysis, intrusion detection systems, and operating system fingerprinting.

10 challenging multiple-choice questions.
Focus on practical networking scenarios.
Improve your network security knowledge.

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ScanningFox425

Regarding network monitoring architecture, what is an advantage of using taps over a SPAN port.

Taps are cheaper than SPAN ports

Taps free up switch ports

Taps are easier to implement

Taps will increase operational overhead.

What kind of information can we expect to find inside a Layer 2 packet header?

Source/Dest. IP addr

TCP/UDP Data

Source/Dest. MAC addr

Protocol Data

When a UDP packet is sent to a port that is not active, what answer is usually returned?

Reset (RST)

Port Unreachable

TTL Exceeded

Port Redirect

When using tcpdump the 2nd -n in the (-nn) flag is used to specify:

Don't resolve DNS records

Don't resolve hostnames

Don't resolve ports

Don't resolve hex headers

When using more advanced tcpdump filtering, what command will only find packets with the RST flag set?

Tcpdump 'tcp[13] & 4!=0'

Tcpdump 'tcp[13] & RST!=0'

Tcpdump 'tcp[4] & (RST)'

Tcpdump 'tcp[4] & 13!=0'

Which Wireshark filter is only used to sniff specific packets off the wire?

Display

Capture

Conversations

Follow stream

Regarding Passive OS Fingerprinting, what common packet attribute would Identify a host as a Linux machine?

Initial TTL = 128

Max Segement Size = 1440

Initial TTL = 64

Max Segement Size = 1360

Which of the following Snort Payload Rule Options doesn't take a value when specified?

Offset

Uricontent

Rawbytes

Msg

Which of the following Snort Payload Rule Options is used to specify the max distance apart that two content patterns can match?

Depth

Distance

Within

Isdataat

According to Lockheed Martin's "Kill Chain" which phase is considered the true beginning of the attack?

Recon

Exploitation

Weaponization

Delivery

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