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Windows and Unix/Linux Security SCE Practice Questions (Page 9)
Part of the Computer Network and Security Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~16% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~8–13 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 49 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 41–45
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A Linux system administrator wants to enforce a password policy that requires all users to have a minimum password length of 12 characters and to lock an account after 5 failed login attempts. Which files should the administrator modify?
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Which built-in Windows tool provides real-time protection against malware and can perform quick, full, or custom scans?
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A Linux server runs a web application that was compromised. The security team wants to restrict the application's capabilities to reduce the impact of a future compromise. Which tool should they use to confine the application to a minimal set of permissions?
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A security analyst notices that a Linux server's /var/log/auth.log shows repeated failed SSH login attempts from a single IP address. The analyst wants to automatically block further attempts from that IP using a firewall rule. Which command would immediately add a rule to drop all incoming traffic from that IP using iptables?
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What must be configured in Windows for logon events to be written to the Security event log?
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