Cybersecurity
Networking Acronyms
Programming
VIPs
The Internet
100

The "s" in "https://" at the begninning of a URL denotes this.

The "S" stands for secure, meaning that information entered on the site is encrypted.

100

This acronym represents a type of cyberattack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by disrupting services

What is DoS (Denial of Service)

100

This is an open source Distributed Version Control System that allows you to track changes and versions when creating code

What is Git?
100

This year marks what anniversary for the CLN VIP program?

What is the 10 year anniversary?

100

This is the most popular website on the internet today.

What is Google?

200

A group of computers that is networked together and used by hackers to steal information is called this.

What is a Botnet?

200

This acronym describes a router that is located between the edge of one or more OSPF areas?

What is ABR or Area Border Router

200

This is what enables two pieces of software to interface with each other and enables the development rich applications with a wide range of functionality.

What are APIs?
200

This newly inducted VIP has authored several books including the most recent CCNA Official Guide

Who is Wendell?

200

This continent has more than half of the internet's total user base.

What is Asia? 

Asia has over 51% of the internet's users.

300

This type of attack attempts to get a user to click on a malicious link or file by impersonating a trusted source the user is familiar with.

What is a phishing attack?

300

This acronym is a signal that is passed between devices to signal receipt of the message.

What is ACK (acknowledgement)

300

If you’re writing pieces of identical python code in several places throughout your script, you can create this and call that piece of code whenever you need it

What is a function?

300

This newly inducted VIP was born in Tamilnadu-India. He earned his CCNA and CCNP R&S and is currently studying for his CCIE level certification.

Who is Gowthamraj?

300

This popular image format  was invented by Steve Wilke, an engineer at Compuserve in 1987. 

What is GIF?

400

An attack that exploits a previously unknown vulnerability is referred to as this.

What is a zero-day vulnerability?

400

This abbreviation represents a protocol that was originally developed 1982 and  using a process called “store and forward,”  your email on and across networks.

What is SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)?

400

This programming language was created in 1995 and continues to be the most popular programming language today.

What is Javascript?

400

This newly inducted VIP became part of the CLN in 2008. He has his CCNP Enterprise and CCNP Security. He is currently studying cybersecurity and SD-WAN

Who is Mustafa?

400

This acronym describes a name, locator, or both for an online resource. 

What is URI or Uniform Resource Indicator?

500

This encryption type consists of a private signing key and a public verification key.

What is asymmetric key encryption?

500

This acronym stands for a protocol that is used between the Cisco IOS Gatekeeper and a server to provide enhanced call routing and address translation services. 

What is Gatekeeper Transaction Message Protocol (GKTMP)?

500

This is the oldest programming language still in use today, which was created in 1957 by a team at IBM.

What is FORTRAN?

500

This newly inducted VIP is also a Cisco Champion,  received the Cisco Learning Network Technical Excellence award, and received CISCO 2020 Instructor Excellence Award. He has over 20 years of experience with multiple certifications including a DevNet cert.

Who is Yasser?

500

ARPANET adopted this protocol created by Robert Kahn and Vincent Cerf in 1983, which helped shape our current intenet.

What is TCP/IP?

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