GIAC Information Security Fundamentals
Domain 2Objective 2
Network Security and Architecture GISF Practice Questions (Page 7)
Part of the Network and Systems Security domain, which makes up ~28% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~14–22 in this domain), expect 5–7 from this objective — we provide 52 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 31–35
- 31
A company's web server is overwhelmed by a flood of TCP SYN packets from many different source IP addresses. The server's connection table is full, and legitimate users cannot connect. Which countermeasure is most effective in mitigating this attack?
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Which network device makes forwarding decisions based on MAC addresses and operates at Layer 2 of the OSI model?
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Which protocol is commonly used to resolve domain names to IP addresses and is vulnerable to spoofing if not secured?
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A company wants to implement network access control (NAC) to ensure that only authorized devices can connect to the network. The NAC solution should authenticate users and devices, and also enforce security policies such as requiring up-to-date antivirus. Which NAC approach should be used?
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Which secure alternative should be used to protect web traffic from eavesdropping and tampering?
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