Eric Ilmberger CNT52 Network Fundamentals I did a little more research on symmetrical and asymmetrical encryption because it wasn't described well in testout. Symmetrical encryption uses a shared key that when entered allows the user to read the data. Symmetrical keys are used in SSH to secure the entire connection to prevent password snooping. Asymmetrical encryption uses two different keys, a private key and a public key. Either key can be used to encrypt data but the opp

Eric Ilmberger CNT 52 Network+ I went looking for news on mass AI attacks but was unable to really find anything. As AI develops further and further, the security implementations of it will no doubt come into play. While there does not seem to be any major incidents related to AI on the side of hackers, there has been use to increase the way known attacks are carried out. “The AI, named SNAP_R, sent simulated spear-phishing tweets to over 800 users at a rate of 6.75 tweets pe

Eric Ilmberger CNT 52 As China hosts the largest population on the planet, it only makes sense that they would need more IP addresses to cater to all those people. “’China is the world’s largest number of internet users, but there are only 0.45 IPv4 addresses per person’” According to the Washington Post, America has 5 IP addresses per person. This puts china at a massive disadvantage when it comes to networking infrastructure. The new plan they are adopting will push to have

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One of my students decides to take a call from a scammer. What follows is the conversation and remote connection the scammer takes to take control of his computer. My student is doing the actions in a virtual machine, no actual damage is done. However, this could happen to you or someone in your family so warn people not to take calls from people claiming to be with Microsoft support or IRS agents. BTW this is a great way to frustrate the efforts of scammers. It makes it