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What is an IP routing table?
Suggested Answer: B
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A routing table is used when a destination IP address is not located on the current LAN segment. It consists of a list of station and network addresses and a corresponding gateway IP address further along to which a routing equipment should send packets that match that station or network address. A list of IP addresses and corresponding MAC addresses is an ARP table. A DNS is used to match host names and corresponding IP addresses. The last choice is a distracter.
Source: STREBE, Matthew and PERKINS, Charles, Firewalls 24seven, Sybex 2000, Chapter 3: TCP/IP from a Security Viewpoint.
12 comments · newest first
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Annalee
11 months ago
Are you sure it's not just a list of MAC addresses?
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Felicitas
12 months ago
Nah, it's more complex than that!
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Isabelle
12 months ago
Wait, I thought it was just about IP addresses?
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Iluminada
12 months ago
Definitely B! That's how routing works.
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Janey
1 year ago
It's basically a list of routes for IP packets.
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Beckie
1 year ago
I thought an IP routing table was more about the interfaces, so option D seems plausible, but I’m not entirely confident.
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Carlton
1 year ago
I remember studying that it involves gateways and addresses, so I might lean towards option B, but I need to double-check.
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Fredric
1 year ago
I think the IP routing table is related to how data packets find their way through networks, but I'm not sure which option fits best.
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Linwood
1 year ago
I feel like we had a practice question about routing tables, and it mentioned something about IP addresses, but I can't recall the exact details.
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Benton
1 year ago
Okay, I've got this. The key is understanding that the project needs to run in both Development and Production environments, so the configuration files need to have settings that can be tailored for each environment. Variable values and project properties are the obvious choices here - those are the kinds of things that would need to be different between the two environments.
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Jesusa
1 year ago
I'm a bit uncertain about the Calling Search Space. I don't recall it being the first step in previous examples, but it might still be worth checking if other options fail.
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Joaquin
1 year ago
This one seems pretty straightforward. I'm pretty confident I know the answer, but I'll double-check the definitions just to be sure.