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CIS 205 Final
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Computer Networking
Undergraduate 2
12/08/2012

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Term
Active Directory for Sites and Services
Definition
A Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that you can use to administer the replication of directory data among all sites in an _____________________ Domain Services (__ DS) forest. This snap-in also provides a view of the service-specific objects that are published in __ DS.
Term
Active Directory for Users and Computers
Definition
A Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that you can use to administer and publish information in the directory.
Term
ADFS-enabled Web server
Definition
Provides the appropriate Web Agent software that are necessary for authenticating and authorizing federated access to locally hosted, Web-based applications.
Term
administrator role separation
Definition
The ability to delegate local administrative permissions for a read-only domain controller (RODC) to any domain user without granting that user any user rights for the domain or other domain controllers.
Term
Arp (Address Resolution Protocol) cache
Definition
Is a telecommunications protocol used for resolution of network layer addresses into link layer addresses, a critical function in multiple-access networks. To keep the number of broadcasted ____Request frames to a minimum, many TCP/IP protocol stacks incorporate an ____cache
Term
CA Administrator role
Definition
Configure and maintain the CA. This is a CA role and includes the ability to assign all other CA roles and renew the CA certificate. This is a separate role from the local _________ role.
Term
Certificate Practice Statement (CPS)
Definition
Is a document from a Certificate Authority or a member of a web of trust which describes their practice for issuing and managing public key certificates
Term
certificate renewal period
Definition
Is the amount of time prior to the end of the validity period when the subject will ______ the certificate using auto enrollment.
Term
Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
Definition
Is a list of certificates (or more specifically, a list of serial numbers for certificates) that have been revoked, and therefore should not be relied upon.
Term
Claim - Federation trust
Definition
Are statements (for example, name, identity, key, group, privilege, or capability) made about users — and understood by both partners in an Active Directory _________ Service (ADFS) federation
Term
Credential Caching
Definition
User’s password is retrieved from a writable DC the first time the user logs on, and thereafter, the password is retrieved from the RODC to prevent cracks on locally stored passwords.
Term
Delegated Installation
Definition
Another option for installing an RODC that isn’t available with a regular DC that doesn’t require domain administrator credentials; a regular user at the branch office can perform the installation.
Term
Denied RODC Password Replication Group
Definition
This group is a security measure to ensure that passwords for sensitive accounts don’t get stored on RODCs.
Term
DHCP Server
Definition
Server role provides automatic IP address assignment and configuration for client computers.
Term
Digital Signature
Definition
Data that binds a sender's identity to the information being sent. _________ may be bundled with any message, file, or other digitally encoded information, or transmitted separately. _________ are used in public key environments and provide no repudiation and integrity services.
Term
DNS
Definition
Server resolves the names of Internet computers and computers that are members of a Windows domain to their assigned IP addresses
Term
DNS Manager
Definition
The main DNS configuration tool, used to perform most DNS configuration
tasks, monitor zone data and the DNS cache’s contents, and configure event logging and debug logging.
Term
DNS Server
Definition
is any computer registered to join the Domain Name System
Term
Domain Controller
Definition
A Windows server that has Active Directory installed and is responsible for allowing client computers access to _______ resources.
Term
EFS (Encrypted File System)
Definition
A Microsoft file-based encryption technology that enables users to encrypt files and folders on NTFS volumes. _____helps protect the confidentiality of data by ensuring that only authorized users can decrypt the encrypted files or folders.
Term
Event Viewer
Definition
Used to view the DNS Server event log (can also be viewed in the Global
Logs node in DNS Manager).
Term
External Trust
Definition
A one-way or two-way nontransitive trust between two domains that aren’t in the same forest.
Term
Federation Trust
Definition
A computer that has been configured to host the _______ Service role service of Active Directory _______ Services (AD FS). _________ can authenticate or route requests from user accounts in other organizations and from clients that can be located anywhere on the Internet.
Term
Filtered Attribute Set
Definition
A collection of attribute data used to specify domain objects that aren’t replicated to RODCs, thereby increasing the security of sensitive information.
Term
Forest Trust
Definition
A trust that provides a one-way or two-way transitive trust between forests, which enables security principals in one forest to access resources in any domain in another forest.
Term
Garbage Collection
Definition
is a housekeeping process that is designed to free space within the Active Directory database
Term
Garbage Collection - Frequencty
Definition
The Times when free space within the Active Directory Database is accessible.
Term
Hash Algorithm
Definition
A mathematical function that takes a string of data as input and produces a fixed-size hash value as output. Hash values are used to verify that the original data hasn’t been changed and to sign CA certificates and certificates issued by the CA.
Term
Intermediate CAs
Definition
A CA in a multilevel CA hierarchy that issues certificates to issuing CAs, which respond to user and device certificate requests.
Term
Ipconfig /all
Definition
Displays extended IP configuration information, such as the computer name, domain
name, network adapter description, physical (MAC) address, whether DHCP is used, and
DNS address.
Term
Ipconfig /displaydns
Definition
Windows caches the most recent DNS lookup request results, and this option
displays the contents of the local DNS cache.
Term
Ipconfig /flushdns
Definition
Deletes cached DNS information from memory. This option can be useful if a
computer’s IP address or hostname was changed recently, and the cache contains obsolete
information.
Term
Issuing CAs
Definition
A CA that interacts with clients to field certificate requests and maintain the CRL.
Term
Key Archival
Definition
A method of backing up private keys and restoring them if users’ private keys are lost.
Term
Key Recovery Agent
Definition
A designated user with the right to recover archived keys
Term
Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES)
Definition
A service that allows network devices, such as routers and switches, to obtain certificates by using Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP), a Cisco proprietary protocol.
Term
Nontransitive Trust
Definition
When a transitive trust relationship is not appropriate, but this trust relationship must be created explicitly.
Term
One-way Trust
Definition
A trust relationship between two domains in which only one of the two domains trusts the other domain. For example, domain A trusts domain B, and domain B does not trust domain A_________ are often used to enable authenticated access to resource domains.
Term
Online Enterprise CA
Definition
A CA installation on a Windows Server 2008 server that’s integrated with
Active Directory.
Term
Online Responder
Definition
A role service that enables clients to check a certificate’s revocation status without having to download the certificate revocation list (CRL).
Term
Online Standalone CA
Definition
A CA installation that isn’t integrated with Active Directory.
Term
Private Key
Definition
A key that’s held by a person or system and is unknown to anyone else.
Term
Public Key
Definition
A key owned by a person or system that’s distributed to whoever wants to have a secure communication session with the key owner
Term
Public Key Infrastructure
Definition
A security system that binds a user’s or device’s identity to a cryptographic key that secures data transfer with encryption and ensures data authenticity with digital certificates.
Term
RDOC (Read Domain Only Controller)
Definition
Maintains a copy of all objects in the domain and all attributes except password related properties
Term
Read Only DNS
Definition
A DNS zone placed on a DNS RODC (Read Only Domain Controller)
Term
Realm Trust
Definition
A trust used to integrate users of other OSs into a Windows Server 2008 domain or forest; requires the OS to be running Kerberos V5 authentication.
Term
Registration Authority
Definition
A server configured with the Web Enrollment role service.
Term
Resource Monitor
Definition
A component of Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor that displays real-time CPU, memory, disk, and network performance information collected from the Windows Kernel Trace provider and performance counters.
Term
Resource Partner
Definition
A federation partner that trusts the Federation Service to issue claims-based security tokens for Web-based applications (that is, applications in the resource partner organization) that users in the account partner can access.
Term
Restricted Enrollment Agent
Definition
An enrollment agent that’s limited to enrolling only specific users or security groups. Restricted enrollment agents are available only with an enterprise CA.
Term
RODC
Definition
A domain controller that has read-only copies of directory partitions.
Term
Root CA
Definition
The first CA installed in a network. Clients are configured to trust the Root CA’s certificate, and then implicitly trust the certificate of any CA that’s subordinate to the root.
Term
Router
Definition
A network device that forwards communication packets from one network to another. Routers are the basis for the Internet.
Term
Secret Key
Definition
A key used to both encrypt and decrypt data in a secure transaction. The ______ ___ must be known by both parties because it’s used in both ends of the cryptography
process.
Term
Shortcut Trust
Definition
a manually created Trust
Term
Site Links
Definition
A logical connection between two sites that determines the replication schedule and frequency between the sites.
Term
Site Replication
Definition
The process of replicating Active Directory information from one site to another.
Term
Switch
Definition
The device that connects a computer to the rest of the network. In a wireless network, this device is called an access point.
Term
Tombstoned
Definition
A PC that is unable to replicate to other DC on the network due to the network configuration problem.
Term
Transitive Trust
Definition
A trust relationship based on the transitive rule of mathematics; therefore, if Domain A trusts Domain B and Domain B trusts Domain C, then Domain A trusts Domain C.
Term
Two Way Trust
Definition
Trust in which both domains in the relationship trust each other, so users from both domains can access resources in the other domain.
Term
Unidirectional Replication
Definition
A replication method used with RODCs in which Active Directory data is replicated to the RODC, but the RODC doesn’t replicate the data to other domain controllers
Term
Web SSO
Definition
Provides single sign-on access to multiple Web applications for users who are external to the corporate network.
Term
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)
Definition
Is a legacy name service used to resolve NetBIOS names, sometimes referred to as single-label names. A central database of name-to-address mappings is maintained on a server where client computers update their own records dynamically.
Term
federation server
Definition
A computer that has been configured to host the _______ Service role service of Active Directory _______ Services (AD FS). _________ can authenticate or route requests from user accounts in other organizations and from clients that can be located anywhere on the Internet.
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