CYB 310 : 5-1 Module Five Lab Worksheet Guidelines ...
Module Five Lab Worksheet Guidelines
Overview
These labs represent skills and tasks that a network administrator will routinely perform. It is extremely important for a practitioner to have skills in these areas to inform security policy and procedures.
Review your worksheet template and complete the subsequent labs:
Closing Ports and Unnecessary Services
Prompt
Complete the Module Five Lab Worksheet, which is linked in the Lab Worksheet assignment in Module Five of your course.
What to Submit
Submit your completed worksheet. Use a file name that includes the course code, the assignment title, and your name—for example, CYB_123_Assignment_Firstname_Lastname.docx.
CYB 310 Module Five Lab Worksheet Word Document
Complete this worksheet by replacing the bracketed phrases in the Response column with the relevant information.
Lab: Closing Ports and Unnecessary Services
Prompt
Response
In the lab section, "Connecting to the Open Ports and Services Using Telnet and FTP," Step 13, complete the steps, type your name after the command prompt, and take a screenshot of the output.
[Insert screenshot here.]
In the lab section, "Closing Unnecessary Ports and Services," Step 26, type your name after the command prompt and take a screenshot of the output of the scan of port 80 (www) on the Windows machine after closing HTTP services.
[Insert screenshot here.]
Closing unwanted ports and communication mediums is essential to network hardening. Why is this essential and how does it help with network defense?
[Insert short response here.]
Using an adversarial mindset, how can you test to make sure only needed ports are open? What tools would you use?