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SCNP – SCNP Strategic Infrastructure Security

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Question 7 (Volume B)

Which of the following fields are found in a user account's line in the /etc/passwd file?

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    The User Identifier assigned to the user account

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    The home directory used by the user account

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    The number of days since the user account password was changed

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    The full name for the user account

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    The number of days until the user account's password must change


Question 8 (Volume B)

What type of cipher is used by an algorithm that encrypts data in chunks of data, 64 bits at a time?

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    64-bit encryption Cipher

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    Block Cipher

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    Stream Cipher

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    Diffuse Cipher

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    Split Cipher


Question 9 (Volume B)

After installing a new SuSe Linux system, you wish to enhance the security of this computer. You type in the following commands (with actions in parenthesis): grub (press

Enter) md5crypt qwerty (copy the result of this command) quit

gedit /boot/grub/menu.1st & password -md5 (Paste what you copied earlier)

(Save and close gedit)

What is the effect of following these commands and actions?

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    You have encrypted the grub menu with an MD5 hash.

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    You have added an MD5 hash of the word qwerty to the 1st time the grub menu is run.

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    You have added an MD5 password to the gedit process.

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    You have added an MD5 hash to the grub process.

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    You have added an MD5 hash of the word qwerty to the boot process.