UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

Master of Information Security

First Semester Examination – August 2021

MIS 1204 - Network Security

Part A

One (1) hour for this Part

Important Instructions to candidates:

1. Students should answer in the medium of English language only.

2. This paper consists of two parts: Part A (Question No. 1 and Question No. 2) and Part
B (Question No. 3 and Question 4). Each part has to be submitted separately.
3. This part has 2 questions and 07 pages.
4. Answer ALL questions.
5. Write your index number on each and every page of the answer sheet.
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Q1. (a). Write down two (2) Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) based adversarial attacks.
[2 marks]
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(b). Describe one (1) of the attacks mentioned in the question 1.(a).

[5 marks]
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(c). Describe the purpose of using Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) in information communication
networks.

[5 marks]
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(d). Mention two (2) features of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and describe one (1) of them.

[4 marks]
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(e). Describe one (1) STP based adversarial attacks.

[3 marks]
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(f). Explain the solution to the STP based attack you described above.
[6 marks]
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Q2. (a). Describe the purpose of using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) in information
communication networks.

[2 marks]
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(b). Explain DHCP using a diagram.

[6 marks]
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(c). Explain the DHCP Starvation attack.

[6 marks]
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(d). List four (4) cell types used in Onion routing.

[4 marks]
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(e). Torrent is a decentralised peer to peer network which used to share files rather than connect-
ing to a centralised server. Some Internet users setup Torrent clients to use Tor network.
i. Write the intention to use Tor with Torrent.
[1 marks]
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ii. “It is appropriate to use Tor network to download Torrents”

State if the above statement is true or false and justify your answer with at least two (2)
valid reasons.
[6 marks]
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