Networks and Security Interview Questions
Interviews for network and security administrators are a mix of general and specific questions related to the internet and its settings. Candidates applying for web networks and security positions can face these questions during their interview.
- What is RSA? How and when is it used?
- How to manually unpack a file?
- Why is it a better idea to first compress and then encrypt the data during transmission?
- How would you explain what firewall is? How do you manage a firewall?
- How would you explain web caching?
- Can you name a few encryption tools?
- How would you define 'Cross-Site Scripting'?
- Can you elaborate what is 'Client Side Scripting'?
- What is the difference between 'Cross-Side Scripting' and 'Client-Side Scripting'?
- Can you tell what is a Client?
- Name a few routing protocols.
- Can you explain the working of a hash function in router?
- What is a session and socket? How are the two connected?
- Do you any experience in hacking, or Have you had to hack any system?
- What is a penetration test? What is the procedure for penetration testing?
- How can you explain buffer overflow?
- Can port blocking be performed on a firewall? How?
- What is heap overflow?
- Is there any difference between buffer overflow and heap overflow? If so, what is it?
- What does OSPF Protocol mean?
- Describe a recent program that you wrote to solve a problem. What was the problem?
- Can you name and explain in short, the different types of network securities?
- Is it possible to retrieve administrator password with no help from third party tool?
- What is EIP? And, how do you overwrite it?
- How can you explain SEH? Can an SEH handler be overwritten? How?
- In security management, what would CIA mean?
- What do you understand by standalone unit?
- In networking, what does 'even circuit' mean?
- Can you explain what digital signatures are?
- What is the difference between collision domain and broadcast domain?
- How can you explain the two terms - classful routing and classless routing? What is the difference between the two of them?
- What steps would you suggest for securing a new web application?
- What can you say id the difference between vulnerability and risk?
- How can you exactly define multicasting?
- Can you explain in brief what DNS hijacking is?
