CIS 130 Exercises

Homework: Networks, Computer Viruses & Security

Part A

Define and/or describe the following networking terms and concepts. Give examples where appropriate. Do NOT merely spell out what the acronyms stand for.

TCP

IP

DNS

FTP

Telnet

http

SMTP

html

FDDI

router

Ethernet

Peer to Peer Network

Print Queue

ISDN

T1

 

Part B

Define and/or describe the following terms related to computer viruses and security. Give examples where appropriate.

Boot sector virus

Trojan horse virus

Logic bomb

Polymorphic virus

Macro Virus

Encryption

PGP

Spyware

Scumware

Kerberos

Worm

EFS

 

Part C

Computer Maintenance & Security

Create a 10 point System Checklist for a typical computer user: a small business owner who uses their computer for all of their business record keeping (accounts, clients, etc.), as well as personal use. The computer system is 3 months old, running Windows XP home, has an 80GB HDD DVD + CD/RW Combo Drive, 512MB RAM, 4 USB 2.0 ports and a 10/100 Networking card.

Read The Ten Immutable Laws of Security article and incorporate those ideas as well as others that have been discussed in class into the System Checklist.

This checklist should include (at a minimum) the following:

 

These assignments must be word processed.