024.2 Network and Internet Security

024.2 Network and Internet Security

Reference to LPI objectives

Security Essentials version 1.0, Exam 020, Objective 024.2

Weight

3

Key knowledge areas

  • Understanding of the implications of link layer access

  • Understanding of the risks and secure use of WiFi networks

  • Understanding of the concepts of traffic interception

  • Understanding of common security threats in the Internet along with approaches of mitigation

Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities

  • Link layer

  • Unencrypted and public WiFi

  • WiFi security and encryption

  • WEP, WPA, WPA2

  • Traffic interception

  • Man in the Middle attacks

  • DoS and DDoS attacks

  • Botnets

  • Packet filters

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