Key Terms

Before you take the exam, be certain you are familiar with the following terms:

access attack	host-to-host
active sniffing	Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
antivirus software	Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Application layer	Internet Control Management Protocol (ICMP)
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)	ICMP attacks
armored virus	Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)	interception
attack	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
audit files	Internet layer
back door	Internet Protocol (IP)
brute force attack	logic bombs
companion virus	macro virus
connection-oriented	malicious code
Denial of service (DoS)	man in the middle attacks
dictionary attack	Media Access Control (MAC)
Distributed Denial of Service	modification attacks
Domain Name System (DNS)	multipartite virus
dumpster diving	Network Interface layer
eavesdropping	network sniffer
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)	password guessing
host	phage virus
polymorphic viruses	stealth virus
Post Office Protocol (POP)	TCP ACK attack
promiscuous mode	TCP hijacking
replay attacks	TCP sequence attacks
repudiation attacks	TCP SYN flood
retrovirus	Telnet
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)	Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
security logs	Transport layer
sequence number	Trojan horse
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)	Trojan horse virus
smurf attacks	UDP attack
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)	User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
snooping	virus
social engineering	Windows socket
software exploitation	worm
spoofing attack