024.3 Network Encryption and Anonymity

024.3 Network Encryption and Anonymity

Reference to LPI objectives

Security Essentials version 1.0, Exam 020, Objective 024.3

Weight

3

Key knowledge areas

  • Understanding of virtual private networks (VPN)

  • Understanding of the concepts of end-to-end encryption

  • Understanding anonymity and recognition in the Internet

  • Identification due to link layer addresses and IP addresses

  • Understanding of the concepts of proxy servers

  • Understanding of the concepts of TOR

  • Awareness of the Darknet

  • Awareness of cryptocurrencies and their anonymity aspects

Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities

  • Virtual Private Network (VPN)

  • Public VPN providers

  • Organization-specific VPN (e.g. company or university VPNs)

  • End-to-end encryption

  • Transfer encryption

  • Anonymity

  • Proxy servers

  • TOR

  • Hidden service

  • .onion

  • Blockchain

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