Network Security Questions and Answers – Transport Layer Security and HTTPS

This set of Network Security Multiple Choice Questions & Answers focuses on “Transport Layer Security and HTTPS”.

1. In the SSLv3 the padding bits are ____________ with the secret key.
a) Padded
b) XORed
c) Concatenated
d) ANDed
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2. Which of the following is not a valid input to the PRF in SSLv3?
a) secret value
b) identifying label
c) initialization vector
d) secret value
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3. Which of the following alert codes is not supported by SSLv3?
a) record_overflow
b) no_certificate
c) internal_error
d) decode_error
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4. We encounter the record_overflow error when the payload length exceeds –
a) 2¹⁴ + 1024
b) 2¹⁶ + 1024
c) 2¹⁴ + 2048
d) 2¹⁶ + 2048
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5. Which key exchange technique is not supported by SSLv3?
a) Anonymous Diffie-Hellman
b) Fixed Diffie-Hellman
c) RSA
d) Fortezza
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6. Calculation of the certificate_verify in TLS involves the use of a finished_label. The finished_label is the string-
a) client finished for the client
b) client finished for the client, server finished for the server
c) server finished for the server
d) client finished for the server, server finished for the client
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7. In TLS padding cann be upto a maximum of –
a) 79 bytes
b) 127 bytes
c) 255 bytes
d) none of the mentioned
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8. URL stands for –
a) Universal Remote Locator
b) Universal Resource Language
c) Uniform Resource Locator
d) Uniform Resource Language
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9. HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol over TLS.
a) True
b) False
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10. An HTTP connection uses port _________ whereas HTTPS uses port ____________ and invokes SSL.
a) 40; 80
b) 60; 620
c) 80; 443
d) 620; 80
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