Collection of access control entries (ACEs) that determines which subjects (user accounts, host IP addresses, and so on) are allowed or denied access to the object and the privileges given (read-only), read/write, and so on).
What is Access Control List (ACL)
Command tool used to gather information about the IP configuration of a Windows host.
What is ipconfig command?
Non-privileged account that is permited to access the computer/network without authenticating.
What is Guest?
Group of network hosts that shares resources in a peer-to-peer fashion. No one computer provides a centralized directory.
What is workgroup?
Network covering a large area using wireless technologies, such as a cellular radio data network or line-of-sight microwave transmission.
What is Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)?
Basic principle of security stating that unless something has explicitly been granted access, it should be denied access.
What is Implicit Deny?
Cross-platform command tool for testing IP packet transmission.
What is ping command?
One of the default Windows group accounts. Its use is deprecated, but it is still included with Windows to support legacy applications.
What are Power Users?
Windows firewall configuration that makes a host visible to network browsers.
What is Network Discovery?
Windows feature for indicating that network data transfer is billable and for setting warnings and caps to avoid unexpected charges from the provider.
What is metered?
Basic principle of security stating that something should be allocated the minimum necessary rights, privileges, or information to perform its role.
What is Least Privilege?
Windows utility for measuring latency and packet loss across an internetwork.
What is pathping command?
Windows feature designed to mitigate abuse of administrative accounts by requiring explicit consent to use privileges.
What is User Account Control (UAC)?
Windows firewall configuration that opens the network ports required to operate as a file/print server.
What is file sharing?
USB storage key or smart card with cryptographic module that can hold authenticating encryption keys securely.
What is hard token?
User account that can be authenticated again and allocated permissions for the computer that hosts the account only.
What is Local Account?
Cross-platform command tool for querying DNS resource records.
What is nslookup command?
Authentication scheme that requires the uses to present at least two different factors as credentials.
What is Multifactor Authentication (MFA)?
Windows mechanism for navigating shared network folders by assigning them with drive letters.
What is mapped drive?
Which command produces the output shown in this screenshot?
What is output from netstat?
Access control feature that allows permissions to be allocated to multiple users more efficiently.
What is Security Group?
Diagnostic utilities that trace the route taken by a packet as it "hops" to the destination host on a remote network. Tracert is the Windows implementation, while traceroute runs on Linux.
What is tracert command?
Authentication mechanism that uses a separate channel to authorize a sign-on attempt or to transmit an additional credential. This can use a registered email account or a contact phone number for an SMS or voice call.
What is 2-step verification?
ACL that mediates local and network access to a file system object under Windows when the volume is formatted with NTFS.
What is NTFS permissions?
What is authenticator application?
Privileged user account that has been granted memberships of the Administrators security group. There is also an account named Administrator, but this is usually disabled by default.
What are Administrators?
A DHCP server has been reconfigured to use a new network address scheme following a network problem. What command is used to refresh the IP configuration on Windows client workstations?
What is ipconfig / renew?
Either an additional code to use for 2-step verification, such as a one-time password, or authorization data that can be presented as evidence of authentication in an SSO system.
What is soft token?
File system access-control-concept where child objects are automatically assigned the same permissions as their parent object.
What is inheritance?
Default local or network folder for users to save data files to.
What is home folder?
Non-privileged user account in Windows that typically has membership of the Users security group only.
What is Standard Account?
Cross-platform command tool to show network information on a machine running TCP/IP, notably active connections, and the routing table.
What is netstat command?
System for sending text messages between cell phones.
What is short message service (SMS)?
System security group that represents any account, including unauthenticated users.
What is Everyone?
Configuring a network share to hold user profile data. The data is copied to and from the share at logon and logoff.
What is Roaming profiles?