Chapter 2 Review Questions

Let us see how much you have learned in this chapter by going over these review questions.

1. How many layers does the OSI model have?
   1. 1
   2. 3
   3. 5
   4. 7
   5. 9

2. What statement is true?
   1. A master secret is created using private key encryption.
   2. Normal termination of an SSL session occurs when the close_notify message is sent.
   3. SSL was developed by Microsoft.
   4. The current version of SSL is 2.0.
   5. The SSL Record protocol permits the encapsulation of lower level protocols such as IP.

3. Which step occurs last in the SSL handshake process?
   1. Client Hello.
   2. The client informs the server that future messages from the server will be encrypted with the session key.
   3. The client sends an encrypted message indicating that the client portion of the handshake is finished.
   4. The master secret is generated.
   5. The server sends an encrypted message indicating that the server portion of the handshake is finished.

4. What is a cipher suite?
   1. A message sent at the end of an SSL handshake.
   2. A set of cryptographic algorithms.
   3. A set of fields in the SSL handshake.
   4. A set of message exchanges to create the master secret.
   5. A set of message excahnges to create the premaster secret.

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© 2006 John Michael Pierobon

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