Port Security

Question 1

What is Port Security?

Answer 1

common security feature found on network switches that allows administrators to restrict which devices can connect to a specific port based on their network interface card’s MAC address

Question 2

What is the CAM tabe?

Answer 2

Content Addressable Memory

used to store information about the MAC addresses that are available on any given port of the switch

Question 3

What is Persistent (Sticky) MAC Learning?

Answer 3

Feature in network port security where the switch automatically learns and associates MAC addresses with specific interfaces

Question 4

What is 802.1x Protocol?

Answer 4

standardized framework that’s going to be used for port based authentication for both our wired and wireless networks

Question 5

What is EAP-MD5?

Answer 5

variant of EAP that utilizes simple passwords and the challenge handshake authentication process to provide remote access authentication.

Question 6

What is EAP-TLS?

Answer 6

form of EAP that uses public key infrastructure with a digital certificate being installed on both your client and the server as a form of authentication.

Question 7

What is EAP-TTLS?

Answer 7

Variant of EAP, and this one requires a digital certificate on your server, but not on your client.

Question 8

What is EAP-FAST?

Answer 8

Variant of EAP that uses a protected access credential instead of a certificate to establish mutual authentication between two devices.

Question 9

What is PEAP?

Answer 9

the protected EAP variant, is going to support mutual authentication by using a server certificate and your Microsoft Active Directory database in order to authenticate a password from your given client.

Question 10

What is LEAP?

Answer 10

Variant of EAP that only works on Cisco-based devices