Network-and-Security-Foundation Exam Dumps : Network-and-Security-Foundation

Accounting(also known asauditing or logging) is a network security concept that tracks user activities, includingsuccessful and failed authentication attempts, system changes, and resource access. This helps in detecting and mitigating security breaches.

Authenticationverifies user identity but does not track activity.

Availabilityensures systems remain operational.

Authorizationcontrols user permissions but does not log activities.

Social engineeringinvolves manipulating people into divulging confidential information, often by impersonation, deception, or psychological tactics. Using aforged ID cardto gain trust and extract sensitive information is a classic example of social engineering.

Brute-force attackattempts to guess passwords through automated methods.

Man-in-the-middle attackintercepts communication but does not rely on deception.

Pharmingtricks users into visiting fraudulent websites but does not involve impersonation.

Thepingcommand in Linux is used to check network connectivity to a specific hostname or IP address. It sends ICMP Echo Request packets and measures response times.

nslookupis used for DNS lookups, not connectivity testing.

ifconfigdisplays network interface configurations but does not test connectivity.

digis used for detailed DNS queries.