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Network operations: Q&A

Network operations: Q&A

From the course: CCSP Cert Prep: 5 Cloud Security Operations Audio Review

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Network operations: Q&A

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- Here's a question that will test your knowledge of network operations. (booming) You're investigating a security incident and you've uncovered a domain name that was used in the attack. You'd like to determine where the server associated with that domain is hosted and, as the first step, you'd like to determine the IP address for the domain name. What service can best help you find this information? (beeping) Is it DNS? (beeping) TCP? (beeping) UDP? (beeping) or WhoIs? (booming) (clock ticking) (alarm ringing) The Domain Name Service, DNS, is used to translate between domain names and IP addresses. DNS would be the best tool to use in this situation. TCP and UDP are transport layer protocols used to establish network sessions. WhoIs is used to determine the ownership of a domain, not the IP address associated with that domain. (booming) In the next section, I'll cover network security. Let's get excited…

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