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Advanced Networking Question Paper

Advanced Networking

Course:Computer Engineering

Institution: Nairobi Institute Of Business Studies question papers

Exam Year:2015

QUESTION 1
Your company has been assigned 197.10.172.0 as the IP address for your network. To better administer your network, your manager has instructed you to divide your network into four subnets. The first and the second subnets will be for Accounting and marketing departments respectively, the third will be for management, and the fourth will be utilized by all other employees who do not fall in the categories mentioned.(show your working wherever possible)
a)What class does IP address 197.10.172.0 belong to.(2 marks)
b)How many bits will you require to meet the required number of subnets? (4 marks)
c)Calculate the subnet mask you will use to meet network requirement described in the case (4 marks)
d)How many usable hosts will be there per sub-network? (4 marks)
e) find the subnet IDs and broadcast IDs for the first two subnets (6 marks)

QUESTION 2
A)Distinguish between the characteristics of signature-based and anomaly-based intrusion detection systems. (12 marks)
b)Referring to your response to Question 1a, recommend the most appropriate type of intrusion detection system to use when network activity is limited and well-defined. Justify your answer (8 marks)

QUESTION 3
A)Differentiate between web server and proxy server (12 marks)
b)Reffering to your answer to Question 2a, discuss why a proxy server may be used (8 marks)

QUESTION 4
a)compare the advantages and disadvantages of the JSON data format (12 marks)
b)Reffering to your response to Question 4a, recommend an alternative data format that can be used in web services and overcomes these disadvantages. Justify your answer.

QUESTION 5
Illustrate the process of IP address allocation by DCHP. Use example with diagrams to support your answer (20 marks)

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