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1. Network security: Networking Principles
How is data sent over networks,
What does it mean for a device to...,
What is a packet
54  cards
2. Network security: ARP, TCP/IP and its vulnerabilities
What does arp stand for,
What does arp do,
How does arp work
22  cards
3. Cryptography: introduction
What is the shared secret for rai...,
How do you encrypt with rail fenc...,
How do you decrypt with rail fenc...
12  cards
4. Cryptography: stream ciphers
What is a symmetric cipher compri...,
What is kerckhoffss principle,
What is realistic computational p...
15  cards
5. Cryptography: block ciphers
What does aes stand for,
What does ecb stand for
2  cards
6. Cryptography: hash functions and MACs
What is a one way function,
What is a collision resistant fun...,
What is the merkle damgard constr...
6  cards
7. Cryptography: asymmetric encryption
What is a generator,
What does z_p integers subscript ...,
What does ttp stand for
20  cards
8. Cryptography: digital signatures and PKI
What does a public key certificat...,
What is the chain of trust,
Whats the definition of existential
10  cards
9. Network security: application layer and DNS
What does dns stand for,
What does http stand for,
What are the internet email proto...
22  cards
10. Network security: tunnelling and TLS
What algorithms can be used for e...,
What are the simplified steps for...
2  cards
11. Network security: firewalls
What is a firewall,
What are firewall policies,
What are blacklists
18  cards
12. Cryptographic Protocols
What are cryptographic protocols,
Why do we want to avoid public ke...,
Why do we use long term keys as l...
12  cards
13. Anonymity protocols
What can encryption not hide on t...,
What is anonymity,
What does 3dc stand for protocol
20  cards
14. Memory Safety
What is an operating system,
What are the execution modes on unix,
What is user mode
28  cards
15. Password authentication
0  cards
16. Web security: web basics
How does hidden field session tra...,
Whats the disadvantage of hidden ...,
How does cookie session tracking ...
10  cards
17. Web security: server-side attacks
What is an injection attack,
How do you defend against an inje...
2  cards
18. Web security: client-side attacks
What is session hijacking,
What does csrf stand for,
What is a csrf attack
12  cards

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