What is the primary advantage of IPv6 over IPv4?

IPv6 eliminates all security threats

IPv6 has a larger address space

IPv6 does not require any configuration

IPv6 is faster than IPv4 in all cases

A company's IDS has been generating many false positives, causing the security team to ignore alerts. The team wants to reduce false positives while still detecting real threats. Which approach is most effective?

Replace the IDS with an IPS that automatically blocks traffic

Tune the IDS signatures and thresholds based on the network's normal traffic patterns

Disable the IDS and rely on the firewall

Increase the sensitivity of all IDS signatures

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31application · medium
A security analyst is reviewing network logs and sees a large number of DNS queries for random subdomains of a company's domain from a single internal IP. The queries are returning NXDOMAIN responses. Which type of activity is this most likely indicating?
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32application · medium
A network administrator is designing a new office subnet. The office has 200 employees, each needing a unique IP address, plus 20 addresses reserved for printers and servers. The administrator wants to use a private IPv4 address space and minimize wasted addresses. Which subnet mask should be used for this subnet?
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What is the primary advantage of IPv6 over IPv4?
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34expert · hard
A company's IDS has been generating many false positives, causing the security team to ignore alerts. The team wants to reduce false positives while still detecting real threats. Which approach is most effective?
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35application · medium
A company wants to allow remote employees to securely access internal resources over the internet. The solution must encrypt all traffic between the employee's device and the company network. Which technology should be implemented?
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Questions 31–35

A security analyst is reviewing network logs and sees a large number of DNS queries for random subdomains of a company's domain from a single internal IP. The queries are returning NXDOMAIN responses. Which type of activity is this most likely indicating?

What is the primary advantage of IPv6 over IPv4?

A company's IDS has been generating many false positives, causing the security team to ignore alerts. The team wants to reduce false positives while still detecting real threats. Which approach is most effective?

A company wants to allow remote employees to securely access internal resources over the internet. The solution must encrypt all traffic between the employee's device and the company network. Which technology should be implemented?

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