Exercises in Information Security

DigID

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1	Enter your Last name
2	Enter your First name
3	Enter your class
4	What is a digital id?
5	Is the software free?	Yes/No/ Free for 30 days
6	What is a digital certificate? Explain
7	Enter one or more company/ies that issues digital certificates
8	What do we mean by authentication?
9	Name three different types of authentication
10	Describe what we mean by a digital signature
11	Name one hacking magazine
12	How do you acquire a DID (Digital id)?
13	How many ways can you digitally sign a message in Outlook Express?
14	What is error 438?
15	How many steps are there in successfully installing and using a digital id?
16	Enter the step-by-step procedure to ensure that you can successfully install and use a digital ID for purposes of digitally signing and encrypting email messages for OE (Outlook Express).
17	What happens when you encrypt a message in OE?
18	What are the 7 basic steps of the Attacker's process?
19	What are the two types of network based attacks?
20	What are the Active attacks?
21	What are the Passive attacks?
22	What is a sniffer?
23	What do we mean by shoulder surfing?
24	Name 8 ways to exploit the network.
25	Which ports could a hacker use to gain access?
26	What is cryptography?
27	What is PKI?
28	What is your email?