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Chapter 9: Hacking Network Devices
1. What are the benefits of using a firewall?
2. What are the limitations of firewall software?
3. What are the benefits of using VPN technology?
4. What are the vulnerabilities of VPN?
5. What is the common vulnerability of all of the devices covered in this chapter?
6. What is the common vulnerability of all the software covered in this chapter?
7. How is physical security a component of reducing attacks to routers and switches?
8. What is the transport function of a router?
9. Is a firewall the perfect security device for securing a network?
10. Can remote users disable the personal firewall on their computer?
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
11. _______ Once your laptop is in your house, you can relax. Your company VPN cannot be stolen
from your home.
12. _______ Always use the “password save” function for VPN passwords.
13. _______ A firewall logs and stops attempts to break into a computer.
14. _______ It is important to configure the IDS to update its signature definitions at least every
week.
15. _______ Only install antivirus software if you also configure it to update its virus definitions at
least every week.
16. _______ It is efficient to have every user on your business network use one password for network
access, e-mail, and VPN.
17. _______ It is only important to do a network audit once a year at tax time.
18. _______ It might be a good idea to put a boot password on remote-users' computers.
19. _______ Biometrics never work. There are too many false positives.
20. _______ Google hacks are illegal.
