System Security

Question 1

What is HTTPS?

Answer 1

• A secure version of Hyper Text Transfer Protol

Question 2

What is software Piracy?

Answer 2

• Using software illegally, which results in losses of lots of money

Question 3

What is content filtering of web content?

Answer 3

• The process of restricintg acess to certin material on the web (i.e. u already know dat ting)

Question 4

What are cookies?

Answer 4

• very small text files that are downloaded from the web server to a web browser
• this records acitivties which are sent back to the web servers, which are useful for like autofiling serveys
• They can also be annoying for things like advertismenets

Question 5

What is bluetooth vunerability?

Answer 5

• Radiowaves get intercepted

Question 6

Name 4 types of secruity measures

Answer 6

• Mac address filtering
• Firewalls
• Authentication
• Encryption

Question 7

Describe mac address flitering

Answer 7

• All devices have a unique, individual mac address, which can be put on a white or black list, which prevents them fromacessing the network if blacklisted

Question 8

Describe Fire Walls

Answer 8

• Software network security System that monitors and contols all traffic going in and out of the network