At a minimum, a firewall will … incoming packets based on certain parameters such as packet size, source IP address, protocol, and destination port.

The first computer incident-response team is affiliated with what university?

Before you can build a defense for a network you need what?

… simply monitors traffic, looking for suspicious activity that might indicate an attempted intrusion

Vince Cerf invented what?

A very popular tool for cracking Windows passwords is .... It is based on an understanding of how Windows passwords work.

By now you are aware, in a .......... way, of the dangers of the Internet, and you have explored a few basic rules for protection on the Internet.

Once a virus is on your system, it can do anything that any … program can do. That means it could potentially delete files, change system settings, or cause other harm

Keep in mind that the scanner only works if you keep it updated. What does “keep in mind that” mean?

What kind of cable has 100MHz/100Mbps speed, most common a few years ago and still widely used?

This chapter will describe for you, in depth, the workings of the denial of service (DoS) attack. This threat is one of the most common attacks on the Internet, so it is ........... for you to understand how it works and how to defend yourself against it