Which of the following countermeasures would be the most appropriate to prevent possible intrusion or damage from wardialing attacks?
Correct Answer: B
Knowlege of modem numbers is a poor access control method as an attacker can discover modem numbers by dialing all numbers in a range. Requiring user authentication before remote access is granted will help in avoiding unauthorized access over a modem line. "Monitoring and auditing for such activity" is incorrect. While monitoring and auditing can assist in detecting a wardialing attack, they do not defend against a successful wardialing attack. "Making sure that only necessary phone numbers are made public" is incorrect. Since a wardialing attack blindly calls all numbers in a range, whether certain numbers in the range are public or not is irrelevant. "Using completely different numbers for voice and data accesses" is incorrect. Using different number ranges for voice and data access might help prevent an attacker from stumbling across the data lines while wardialing the public voice number range but this is not an adequate countermeaure. References: CBK, p. 214 AIO3, p. 534-535
CISSP Exam Question 217
An organization implements a Remote Access Server (RAS). Once users correct to the server, digital certificates are used to authenticate their identity. What type of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) would the organization use dring this authentication?
Correct Answer: C
CISSP Exam Question 218
Which of the following Common Data Network Services is used to print documents to a shared printer or a print queue/spooler?
Correct Answer: B
Client/Server services allocate computing power resources among workstations with some shared resources centralized in servers. For example, if you are using a product that is working in a client/ server model, in reality you have a small piece of the product on your computer (client portion) and the larger piece of the software product is running on a different computer (server portion). The communication between these two pieces of the same software product needs to be controlled, which is why session layer protocols even exist. Session layer protocols take on the functionality of middleware, which allows software on two different computers to communicate. Distributed systems are the opposite of centralized systems like mainframes and thin client implementations. Traditional client/server architectures are the most common example of a distributed system. In a traditional client/server architecture, responsibilities for processing have been balanced between centralized servers providing services to multiple clients and client machines that focus on user interaction and standalone processing where appropriate. For the most part, servers are responsible for serving, meaning that they provide services that will be leveraged by the clients in the environment. Clients are the primary consumers of server services, while also hosting services of their own primarily for their own individual use. Reference used for this question: Harris, Shon (2012-10-18). CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, 6th Edition (p. 524). McGraw-Hill. Kindle Edition. and Hernandez CISSP, Steven (2012-12-21). Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK, Third Edition ((ISC)2 Press) (Kindle Locations 18741-18745). Auerbach Publications. Kindle Edition. and KRUTZ, Ronald L. & VINES, Russel D., The CISSP Prep Guide: Mastering the Ten Domains of Computer Security, 2001, John Wiley & Sons, Page 100
CISSP Exam Question 219
In a discretionary mode, which of the following entities is authorized to grant information access to other people?
Correct Answer: D
Discretionary control is the most common type of access control mechanism implemented in computer systems today. The basis of this kind of security is that an individual user, or program operating on the user's behalf, is allowed to specify explicitly the types of access other users (or programs executing on their behalf) may have to information under the user's control. Discretionary security differs from mandatory security in that it implements the access control decisions of the user. Mandatory controls are driven by the results of a comparison between the user's trust level or clearance and the sensitivity designation of the information.
CISSP Exam Question 220
This is a common security issue that is extremely hard to control in large environments. It occurs when a user has more computer rights, permissions, and access than what is required for the tasks the user needs to fulfill. What best describes this scenario?
Correct Answer: D
Even thou all 4 terms are very close to each other, the best choice is Excessive Privileges which would include the other three choices presented. Reference(s) used for this question: HARRIS, Shon, All-In-One CISSP Certification Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2001, Page 645 and