Chapter 4 Acronyms

Question 1

IDSs

Answer 1

Intrusion detection systems

Question 2

IPSs

Answer 2

Intrusion prevention systems

Question 3

HIDS

Answer 3

Host-based intrusion detection systems

Question 4

NIDS

Answer 4

Network-based intrusion detection systems

Question 5

SYN Flood Attack

Answer 5

Common DoS attack

Question 6

SYN

Answer 6

Synchronize

Question 7

ACK

Answer 7

Acknowledge

Question 8

TCP

Answer 8

Transmission Control Protocol

Question 9

CVE List

Answer 9

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures List

Question 10

NOC

Answer 10

Network Operations Center

Question 11

SCADA

Answer 11

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition

Question 12

APTs

Answer 12

Advance Persistent Threats

Question 13

RATs

Answer 13

Remote Access Tools

Question 14

WLAN

Answer 14

Wireless Local Area Network

Question 15

WAP

Answer 15

Wireless Access Point

Question 16

WAN

Answer 16

Wide Area Network (internet port)

Question 17

NAT

Answer 17

Network Address Translation

Question 18

DHCP

Answer 18

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Question 19

IEEE

Answer 19

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Question 20

WEP

Answer 20

Wired Equivalent Privacy

Question 21

WPA

Answer 21

WiFi Protected Access

Question 22

WPA2

Answer 22

WiFi Protected Access II

Question 23

TKIP

Answer 23

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

Question 24

CCMP

Answer 24

Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol

Question 25

AES

Answer 25

Advance Encryption Standard | Very strong and efficient encryption algorithm

Question 26

EAP

Answer 26

Extensible Authentication Protocol

Question 27

SSID

Answer 27

Service Set Identifier

Question 28

WPS

Answer 28

WiFi Protected Setup

Question 29

PSK

Answer 29

Pre-Shared Key | Doesn’t provide Authentication

Question 30

RADIUS

Answer 30

Remote Access Dial In User Service

Question 31

WTLS

Answer 31

Wireless Transport Layer Security

Question 32

ECC

Answer 32

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Question 33

OSA

Answer 33

Open System Authentication (doesn’t use a PSK)

Question 34

SSID

Answer 34

Service Set Identifier | The name of a wireless network

Question 35

IV

Answer 35

Initialization Vector

Question 36

WPS

Answer 36

WiFi Protected Setup

Question 37

PIN

Answer 37

Personal Identification Number

Question 38

NFC

Answer 38

Near Field Communication

Question 39

PANs

Answer 39

Personal Area Networks

Question 40

PDAs

Answer 40

Personal Digital Assistants

Question 41

RAS

Answer 41

Remote Access Service

Question 42

VPN

Answer 42

Virtual Private Network

Question 43

NAC

Answer 43

Network Access Control

Question 44

POTS

Answer 44

Plain Old Telephone Service

Question 45

VoIP

Answer 45

Voice over Internet Protocol

Question 46

PPP

Answer 46

Point to Point Protocol

Question 47

VPN

Answer 47

Virtual Private Network

Question 48

SAs

Answer 48

Security Associations

Question 49

ESP

Answer 49

Encapsulating Security Payload

Question 50

L2TP

Answer 50

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

Question 51

SSTP

Answer 51

Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol

Question 52

PPTP

Answer 52

Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

Question 53

HTTPS

Answer 53

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

Question 54

NAC

Answer 54

Network Access Control