Eccouncil ECSS Exam - Topic 5 Question 94 Discussion

Actual exam question for Eccouncil's ECSS exam

Question #: 94
Topic #: 5

Messy, a network defender, was hired to secure an organization's internal network. He deployed an IDS in which the detection process depends on observing and comparing the observed events with the normal behavior and then detecting any deviation from it.

Identify the type of IDS employed by Messy in the above scenario.

AStateful protocol analysis

BAnomaly-based

CSignature-based

DApplication proxy

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Suggested Answer: B

by Ricarda at Sep 18, 2024, 10:06 PM

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Portia

6 months ago

Sounds a bit off to me. How do we know it’s not application proxy?

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Quentin

6 months ago

Wait, are we sure it’s not stateful protocol analysis?

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Iola

6 months ago

Agreed, anomaly-based is the right choice here.

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Wendell

7 months ago

I think it’s signature-based, though.

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Lai

7 months ago

Definitely anomaly-based! It looks for deviations.

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Marylyn

7 months ago

I could be wrong, but I feel like signature-based IDS focuses more on known threats rather than behavior deviations.

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Ruthann

7 months ago

This sounds similar to a practice question I did on IDS types, and I believe the answer is anomaly-based too.

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Vesta

7 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about stateful protocol analysis being related to tracking sessions.

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Polly

8 months ago

I think this is about anomaly-based IDS since it mentions detecting deviations from normal behavior.

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Louisa

8 months ago

I've got this one! The key is the part about comparing the observed events to normal behavior and detecting deviations. That's the textbook definition of an Anomaly-based IDS. I'm confident that's the right answer.

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Carolann

8 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused here. The question talks about observing events and comparing them to normal behavior, but it doesn't explicitly say it's an anomaly-based IDS. I'm not sure if that's the right answer.

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Dominga

8 months ago

This one seems pretty straightforward. The question mentions the IDS detecting deviations from normal behavior, so I'm going to go with option B, Anomaly-based.

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Mitzie

8 months ago

Okay, let me think this through. The IDS is detecting deviations from normal behavior, so that rules out signature-based and application proxy. I think Anomaly-based is the best fit here, but I'll double-check the definitions just to be sure.

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Gertude

1 year ago

B) Anomaly-based is the way to go. Messy's clearly a pro at this, and that's the only option that matches the description. Now, if only he could do something about that name...

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Graham

11 months ago

Application proxy IDS may not be the best fit for this scenario, anomaly-based is the way to go.

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Timothy

12 months ago

Signature-based IDS may not be as effective in detecting new or unknown threats.

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Gretchen

12 months ago

Messy must have a good understanding of network security to choose anomaly-based IDS.

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Dorthy

12 months ago

I agree, anomaly-based is the best choice for detecting deviations from normal behavior.

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Johnson

1 year ago

The question is a bit too straightforward, don't you think? I'm going to go with D) Application proxy just to keep things interesting. Who knows, maybe Messy has a few tricks up his sleeve!

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Cherelle

12 months ago

I agree with you, I'll go with B) Anomaly-based. It's always good to mix things up in network security.

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Geraldo

12 months ago

I'm leaning towards A) Stateful protocol analysis. It's a solid option for detecting deviations in network traffic.

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Magnolia

1 year ago

I think it's C) Signature-based. That's a common choice for network defenders.

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Nakita

1 year ago

Hmm, this one's a bit tricky. I'm torn between B) Anomaly-based and C) Signature-based. But I'll go with B since Messy seems to be a pretty savvy network defender.

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Frederica

12 months ago

User1: Definitely, it's all about spotting those anomalies to keep the network secure.

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Katy

12 months ago

User2: Yeah, that makes sense. Anomaly-based IDS would be a good choice for detecting deviations from normal behavior.

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Reuben

1 year ago

User1: I think it's B) Anomaly-based too. Messy probably wants to catch any unusual behavior.

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Rene

1 year ago

I think the answer is B) Anomaly-based. The scenario describes an IDS that compares observed events with normal behavior to detect deviations, which is the hallmark of an anomaly-based IDS.

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