Ch 15 Quiz

T or F: The email delivery protocol is called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

True or False: When a packet arrives at a firewall, the firewall applies its filtering rules in order.

T or F: Phises rely on spammers in order to be untraceable.

T or F: Blacklists identify reputable email servers.

Another term for an SMTP email server is: A) MIME B) Message Transfer Agent (MTA) C) TCP Server D) None of the answers

T or F: Traditional applications generally follow the database model.

T or F: The ARPANET was so reliable that many organizations used it for routine data traffic.

A email security problem that can be prevented from occurring is: A) An email virus B) Phishing C) A connection-based attack D) Spam

A point of presence system that analyzes network traffic to detect leaking data is: A) An IPS B) A DMZ C) An IDS D) A Data Loss Prevention System

MIME stands for? A) Multipart Internet Message Extensions B) Multiple Interactions Message Exterior C) Multitask Interconnections Manager Externals D) Multipart Interweb Message Extensions

Firewalls use the following mechanisms to filter traffic except: A)Session Filtering B) Hardware Filtering C) Packet filtering D) Application filtering

T or F: In email, "From" identifies the mail protocol being used, and also may identify the MTA software.

T or F: There are RFCs that describe challenge-response authentication techniques to use with email.

T or F: All forgeries can be detected by examining the oldest received header.

T or F: Direction Control is whether the application data violates specific restrictions.

Mailbox protocols include: A. Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) B. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) C. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) D. Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)

Chain emails often result in: A. spread of a macro virus B. excessive email traffic directed at a victim C. all of the answers D. recipients visiting a website that attacks their computer

You can often determine that an email message is a forgery by examining the: A. the first Received header B. the From field C. the To field D. the last Received header

Session filtering keeps track of session/connection states and filters on a packet's: A. IP header B. link header C. application data D. TCP/UDP header

T or F: The Bastion Host is a strongly secured host that provides services to the Internet.

T or F: It is okay to have the MTA automatically delete all emails suspected of spam.

T or F: Filtering for spam sometimes produces a false positive, in which legitimate email is identified as spam.

DNS provides records to look up email servers. The records are called: A. A B. MX C. ESMTP D. ML

Use TCP as the transport protocol. A. Mailbox and Delivery B. Ping C. DHCP D. ARP

Using content control to control Internet traffic, a gateway focuses on a packet's: A. IP header B. TCP/UDP header C. link header D. application data