Examples of Inbound Web Service Connections - answerprotocols, addressing,
redundancy, load balancing
Examples of Outbound Web Service Connections - answerproxy servers
What port does HTTP use? - answerPort 80
HTTP is a __________ protocol - answersimple
TCP sessions established by HTTP - answer1) "Control" session for the base HTML
data that defines the webpage
2) Multiple other sessions for the content defined on the page
What port does HTTPS use? - answerPort 443
T/F: HTTPS authenticates the server - answertrue
T/F: HTTPS does not require a digital certificate - answerFalse, HTTPS requires a cert
from a trusted certificate authority to work transparently (if the cert authority is not
trusted the browser will alert the user)
T/F: Multiple sites can exist on the same web server - answerTrue, each site should
consist of a unique DNS identifier
Basic steps in Web Server Configuration: - answer1) Define a default page to be used
when a request is made for the base page or a directory
2) Define sites
What does CNAME do? - answerCNAME points to the underlying host name of a web
server (ex: www.site.com is CNAMED at web1.site.com)
T/F: IP Based HTTP Site Identification is the most efficient - answerF: it is an inefficient
use of IP addresses and therefore frowned upon by ICANN b/c multiple IP addresses
are bound to the web server's external NIC
Each site has its own underlying DNS "A" record - answerIP Based HTTP Site
Identification
Each site has its own DNS "CNAME" record that points to the underlying hostname -
answerDNS Name HTTP Site Identification
, What is the preferred method of HTTP Site Identification? - answerDNS Name HTTP
Site Identification
(there is one IP address for the server = more efficient use of IP addresses)
How does a web server decide which page to serve in DNS Name HTTP Site
Identification? - answerBased on the DNS entry from the HTTP Get from the URL
Basic HTTPS site configuration - answer1) Acquire and assign certificates for each site
2)Create a redirect page to send user from http --> https://www.site.com
3)Use separate IP addresses for each site
T/F: HTTPS security is established on an IP basis rather than a name basis -
answerTrue
(this is why separate IPs are required for each site)
T/F: Simple Servers always support HTTPS - answerF: Simple servers often DO NOT
support HTTPS
Disadvantages of Simple Servers - answer1) often added on top of existing
workstations which creates significant security issues
2) doesn't support HTTPS
3) often offer no method of authenticating
A highly available web server running in a secure environment is a
____________________________________ - answerSingle Dedicated Server
T/F: Single Dedicated Servers support both HTTP and HTTPS - answerTrue
Where are Single Dedicated Servers typically placed? - answerin a DMZ
What is the reverse proxy server located in the first layer DMZ responsible for? -
answerAnswering the incoming connection request
(and then making a connection back to the actual web server where it retrieves the
page and presents it to the requesting node)
T/F: Reverse Proxy Servers increase security - answerTrue, it places a machine with no
actual data as the most exposed serve (if the reverse proxy is breached, it contains
nothing)
T/F: Reverse proxy servers can add HTTPS level security to non-HTTPS enabled web
applications - answerTrue (the requesting node makes an HTTPS connection to the
reverse proxy server which then makes a standard HTTP connection to the actual
server)
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