Securing Linux Systems Week 2 Practice Quiz Answers

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Securing Linux Systems Week 2 Practice Quiz Answers


Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) Practice Quiz Answer

Question 1)
What does PAM stand for?

  • Preferred Authentication Modules
  • Pluggable Authorization Modules
  • Pluggable Authentication Memory
  • Pluggable Authentication Modules

Question 2)
Which is not a type of PAM module?

  • auth
  • account
  • storage
  • password

Question 3)
What is the goal for the pam_pwhistory.so module?

  • Implement account lockout
  • Restrict root logins
  • Manage password length
  • Check a user’s password history

 

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Practice Quiz Answer

Question 1)
What type of encryption does PKI use?

  • Symmetric
  • Asymmetric

Question 2)
Which encryption type is faster?

  • Symmetric
  • Asymmetric

Question 3)
Who is the trusted party in PKI?

  • Certificate Authority
  • Web Browser
  • Web Server

 

Secure Shell (SSH) Practice Quiz Answer

Question 1)
What type of encryption does SSH use?

  • PKI
  • Secure
  • OpenSSH

Question 2)
Can a sniffer see the plaintext of your data in a SSH transmission?

  • No
  • Yes

Question 3)
If you remotely execute a command via SSH where does the command run?

  • Remotely
  • Locally

 

Virtual Private Network (VPN) Practice Quiz Answer

Question 1)
Do you get seperate IP addresses with a VPN?

  • Yes
  • No

Question 2)
Can OpenVPN be used for Peer Authentication?

  • Yes
  • No

Question 3)
What is the goal of the VPN?

  • Encrypt data over a public network
  • Encrypt data over a private network
  • Encrypt data over a local network

 

 

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