MIST 356 EXAMINATION 2026 SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) - ✔✔a popular program that is used to encrypt and
decrypt e-mail and files. It also provides the ability to digitally sign a message so the
receiver can be certain of the sender's identity
✔✔IP Security (IPsec) - ✔✔a collection of IP security features designed to introduce
security at the network or packet-processing layer in network communication
✔✔Steganography - ✔✔the art and science of hiding information by embedding
messages within other, seemingly harmless messages (ex. embedding in a picture file)
✔✔DNSSEC - ✔✔a set of extensions to the DNS protocol
✔✔Secure Shell (SSH) protocol - ✔✔an encrypted remote terminal connection program
used for remote connections to a server
✔✔S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) - ✔✔a standard for public
key encryption and signing of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions data in e-mails
✔✔Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) - ✔✔a network protocol for securely
delivering audio and video over IP networks
✔✔Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Secure (LDAPS) - ✔✔involves the use of an
SSL tunnel to connect LDAP services
✔✔FTPS - ✔✔the implementation of FTP over an SSL/TLS secured channel
✔✔SFTP - ✔✔involves the use of FTP over an SSH channel. This leverages the
encryption protections of SSH to secure FTP transfers
✔✔Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) - ✔✔a standard for
managing devices on IP-based networks
✔✔Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) - ✔✔an application of encryption technology developed
for transport-layer protocols across the Web. This protocol uses public key encryption
✔✔Transport Layer Security (TLS) - ✔✔an IETF standard for the employment of
encryption technology and replaces SSL
✔✔birthday attack - ✔✔-a special type of brute-force attack
-find any two items with the same key
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) - ✔✔a popular program that is used to encrypt and
decrypt e-mail and files. It also provides the ability to digitally sign a message so the
receiver can be certain of the sender's identity
✔✔IP Security (IPsec) - ✔✔a collection of IP security features designed to introduce
security at the network or packet-processing layer in network communication
✔✔Steganography - ✔✔the art and science of hiding information by embedding
messages within other, seemingly harmless messages (ex. embedding in a picture file)
✔✔DNSSEC - ✔✔a set of extensions to the DNS protocol
✔✔Secure Shell (SSH) protocol - ✔✔an encrypted remote terminal connection program
used for remote connections to a server
✔✔S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) - ✔✔a standard for public
key encryption and signing of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions data in e-mails
✔✔Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) - ✔✔a network protocol for securely
delivering audio and video over IP networks
✔✔Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Secure (LDAPS) - ✔✔involves the use of an
SSL tunnel to connect LDAP services
✔✔FTPS - ✔✔the implementation of FTP over an SSL/TLS secured channel
✔✔SFTP - ✔✔involves the use of FTP over an SSH channel. This leverages the
encryption protections of SSH to secure FTP transfers
✔✔Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) - ✔✔a standard for
managing devices on IP-based networks
✔✔Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) - ✔✔an application of encryption technology developed
for transport-layer protocols across the Web. This protocol uses public key encryption
✔✔Transport Layer Security (TLS) - ✔✔an IETF standard for the employment of
encryption technology and replaces SSL
✔✔birthday attack - ✔✔-a special type of brute-force attack
-find any two items with the same key
