Remote Access Protocols & Services

Question 1

(RAS) Remote Access Service is a technology that enables you to connect to a computer from a ______ ________, for example, from your home to your job.

Answer 1

remote, location

Question 2

(RAS) It allows the services, which would be available on a remote network, to be accessed over a ____-__ __________.

Answer 2

dial, up, connection

Question 3

(RAS) RAS was originally developed by _________ and built into their _______ __ line of server software.

Answer 3

Microsoft, Windows, NT

Question 4

(RAS) It works with major network protocols such as ___/__, _______, and ___/___.

Answer 4

TCP/IP, NetBIOS, IPX/SPX

Question 5

(SLIP) SLIP stands for ______ ____ ________ ________.

Answer 5

Serial, Line, Internet, Protocol

Question 6

(SLIP) This is a protocol for communication between ___ computers using a ______ __________, such as a typical phone line.

Answer 6

two, serial, connection

Question 7

(SLIP) But SLIP is rarely used anymore because it’s not a ______ ________.

Answer 7

secure, protocol

Question 8

(SLIP) During a dial-up connection, it sends all data, including sensitive data like passwords, in _____ ____.

Answer 8

clear, text

Question 9

(SLIP) So SLIP falls short because security is a _____ _____ in today’s world.

Answer 9

major, issue

Question 10

(SLIP) SLIP also does not provide any _____ ________ and is limited to using only the ___/__ ________.

Answer 10

Error, checking, TCP/IP Protocol

Question 11

(PPP) A better protocol was needed to address the Issues involving SLIP, and that protocol was _____-__-_____ ________.

Answer 11

Point-to-Point Protocol

Question 12

(PPP) PPP stands for _____-__-_____ ________, and this is a standard remote access protocol that is used today.

Answer 12

Point-to-Point Protocol

Question 13

(PPPoE) It works by encapsulating PPP frames in ________ ______.

Answer 13

Ethernet, frames

Question 14

(PPPoE) People who use this protocol have a ___, _________, or ________ connection to the Internet.

Answer 14

DSL, broadband, wireless,

Question 15

(PPPoE) It’s also used for connecting multiple users on a local area network to a ______ ____, sharing a common device.

Answer 15

remote, site

Question 16

(PPPoE) This protocol uses PPP over ________.

Answer 16

Ethernet

Question 17

(PPTP) This is called Point-to-Point _________ Protocol, and this technology is used for creating _______ ______ ________ or VPNs.

Answer 17

Tunneling, virtual, private, networks

Question 18

(PPTP) In fact, this is the _______ ________ associated with VPNs.
- This ensures that the transfer of data between one device to another is secure by creating a secure tunnel between the ___ ______.

Answer 18

default, protocol, two, points

Question 19

(GRE) GRE or _______ _____ _____________ is a protocol that is used with Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol in the creation of a ___ _______.

Answer 19

Generic, Route, Encapsulation, VPN, Network

Question 20

(GRE) GRE is what actually creates the tunnel in ____. It is used to encapsulate the ____ in a secure manner.

Answer 20

PPTP, data

Question 21

(VPN) A VPN is a _______ _______ _______.

Answer 21

Virtual, Private, Network

Question 22

(VPN) It’s a private network that uses a public network, such as the ________, to establish a ______ __________.

Answer 22

Internet, remote, connection

Question 23

(VPN) The data is _________ as it is sent and _________ when received.

Answer 23

encrypted, decrypted

Question 24

(VPN) It provides a dedicated link between ___ points over the ________.

Answer 24

two, internet

Question 25

(VPN concentrator) the way a VPN is created and managed is by using a VPN ____________.

Answer 25

Concentrator

Question 26

(VPN concentrator) A VPN concentrator is a device that creates the ___ __________ and manages the delivery of the messages between the VPN _________ and _______.

Answer 26

VPN, connections, computers, devices

Question 27

(VPN concentrator) also authenticates _____, encrypts and decrypts the data, and assigns ______ __ _________ to users.

Answer 27

users, tunnel, IP, addresses

Question 28

(VPN concentrator) VPN concentrators are not always needed to manage and create VPNs. They are mainly used in organizations that are going to use a lot of ___ __________ and need a device to handle the _____ _______ that VPNs create.

Answer 28

VPN, connections, heavy traffic

Question 29

(VPN concentrator) If an organization is only going to use a small number of VPN connections, they can just use the VPN software that is built into their ______ or ________, rather than using a VPN concentrator.

Answer 29

router, firewall

Question 30

(VPN Site-to-Site) there are three different types of VPN connections.

Answer 30

Site-to-site Host-to-site Host-to-host

Question 31

(VPN Site-to-Site) One type is called site-to-site, and this is when an organization has two offices in different ____________ _________ and they want those offices to be networked and share data with each other over the public Internet.

Answer 31

geographical, locations

Question 32

(VPN Site-to-Site) So they would just need to set up a site-to-site VPN connection, and the VPN will encrypt the data as it goes through the Internet and then _______ the data as it enters the organization's _______ _______.

Answer 32

decrypt, private, network

Question 33

(VPN Site-to-Site) Creating a site-to-site VPN creates an alternative to an _______ ______ line at a much _______ cost.

Answer 33

Internet, leased, cheaper

Question 34

(VPN Host-to-Site) if you're at home with your computer and you need to connect to your office at a different location so you can access files, then you would need to set up a ____-__-____ VPN connection.

Answer 34

host-to-site

Question 35

(VPN Host-to-Site) this type of connection doesn't require any additional ________ on your end at home.

Answer 35

hardware

Question 36

(VPN Host-to-Site) To establish this type of connection, you would basically just need your computer's operating system to connect to your ______ ___ ________. - once the connection is made, then you can access your office's network over the ________.

Answer 36

office's, VPN, Hardware, internet

Question 37

(VPN Host-to-Site) So all the special VPN hardware would be on the office or site side of the __________ and not at your ____.

Answer 37

connection, home

Question 38

(VPN Host-to-Host) there is the host-to-host VPN connection, and this is simply when you want to establish a ___ __________ between two computers over the Internet.

Answer 38

VPN, connection

Question 39

(VPN Host-to-Host) This type doesn't require any additional ___ ________ at either end.

Answer 39

VPN, Hardware

Question 40

(VPN Host-to-Host) It only requires ________ on each ________ to create a simple host-to-host VPN connection.

Answer 40

software, computer

Question 41

(PPP) It was developed to replace SLIP's limitations in _______, _____ ________, and ________ _______.

Answer 41

security, error, checking, protocol, support

Question 42

(PPP) And like SLIP, this is a protocol that's used for communication between ___ computers using a ______ __________, such as a typical phone line.

Answer 42

two, serial, connection

Question 43

(PPP) But unlike SLIP, this is a ______ ________.

Answer 43

secure, protocol

Question 44

(PPP) Most Internet service providers use this protocol for their customers who want to access the Internet using a ____-__ __________.

Answer 44

dial, up, connection

Question 45

(PPPoE) Point-to-Point Protocol over ________ is exactly what its name implies.

Answer 45

Ethernet