Damon Baker (15622970)

June 24, 2015

IS3220
dbaker158@email.itt-tech.edu
Lab #4 - Configuring a pfSense Firewall on the Server
Lab Assessment Questions & Answers
1. Most remote configuration and administration uses the secure shell protocol?
2. SSH stands for? Secure Shell
3. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) uses which transport protocol, TCP or UDP? FTP uses TCP
4. From a security standpoint, it is more desirable to use the numeric IP address of a static IP
host, such as an e-mail server, than to allow the address to be looked up the Domain
Name Service. True or False? True
5. Because the e-mail server will not be required to run a browser, which protocol is not allowed
by the firewall rules? HTTP
6. Because the e-mail server uses a fixed, static, predetermined IP address, which protocol is not
used, and, therefore, not specifically allowed to pass through the firewall? DHCP
7. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Secure HTTP (HTTPS) are the same protocol from a
standpoint of passing or blocking them with a firewall. True or False? True
8. Which protocol is used for a variety of functions in the e-mail server, such as resolving the
numeric address of email.user@emailserver.net, and which servers are blacklisted for being
sources of Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE)? IMAP