Week 10 Practical

What are the characteristic of the World Wide Web that make it vulnerable to a variety of security attack?

Threats on the Web can be categorised into 4 categories. What are they? Give 2 examples of each threat and how to prevent or tackle such threats.

What is Transport Layer Security (TLS)? What is it use for?

What are the three protocols which are used in the management of TLS exchanges? Explain.

Explain how TLS Record Protocol provides confidentiality and message integrity services?

What is the use of a heartbeat protocol?

SSL/TLS attacks can be divided into four groups; what are they? Explain.

Explain HTTPS.

What is Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. Is it an important protocol? Why or why not?

What are the authentication methods used in SSH? Explain.

One of the most useful features of SSH is port forwarding. Explain what port forwarding is and how it works