Important Networking Terms In Kali Linux Flashcards
What is tcp ip model
It is what provides a user/client or machine a service like sending a webpage
What is the OSI layers
- ) Application
- ) presentation
- ) session
- ) transport
- ) network
- ) data link
- ) physical
What is a IP address
it is a numerical numbers used to identify a device on the internet and it is also used as a
What are the 2 IP address types
IPv4 and Ipv6
IPv4 is usually used the most
What is a local/private IP adrress
it is an up adress that is only usable on a local network, this means no one can connect to you unless there on your local network, so this up is not public it only work on local network so it’s a private Ip adress
What is a global/public IP address
It is used by your router to communicate with the entire internet, you can see your real up by look up my IP or use IP chicken
What is a Mac adrress
media acces control is the physical address given to a network adaptor when it is manufactured, a MAC address is hard wired onto a device it’s not provided by the isp
What is a router
it is a device that allows communication to communicate on a local network with the public network or internet
What is tcp and udp
tcp and udp are used to establish a connection between one computer and another computer
TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol
You need connection for tcp but udp is a connection less protocoll
TCPs have a 3 way handshake and
In tcp they have to confirm that packet were sent
Where with udp it doenst care it just throws them around and doenst care if it gets there
Udp is used for streaming and Skype calls
TCP is used for transferring packets that are important and need to go a certain way
What is arp
it is the adress resolution protocol
It’s is a communication protocol for discovering the Mac adress and associated with even internet layer address
There are 2 types of arp the request type and the respond type
The request type request a certain MAC address of a machine of which it knows the IP address but it just wants to find out what it’s MAC address is
And the reply is the one that says hey I’m the IP that you are asking does MAC address and it then sends its MAC address
You can use reply for arp spoofing which is man in the middle attacks
What is http and what is https
well http is not secure and can be seen by anyone is interfering with you and that website for example
HTTPS is secure the s is for secure, it enecrrypts your data so anyone interfearung with the connection can’t see your data in plain text only in encrypted writing and they are possible to be decrypted but anything can be decrypted just very hard to
Ssl is not very secure so most websites use tls and ssl is the one that stands for secure socket layer it’s a form of security with soem exploits
There are probally three versions of tls
What is a dns
it makes where people don’t have to type an IP in the search bar, dns makes it where you just have to rember the name of the website and then it translates the name into the IP address so the name is probally gonna be the domain of a website
What is dhcp
it is what gives you an Ipv4 address when you connect to the router it’s usally a pre built IPv4 address in the router
What is ftp
it is a exactly what it stands for a file transfer network protocol and it is used to transfer files from a client to a server
