Monday, 9 February 2015

Lab 2 week 2 semester 2

Task 1:

In this task we had to use the back track Apache system to view things that were downloaded on the internet browser using the wget download or the internet browser download itself. We then used wireshark in the the backtrack system to view the files that had been downloaded from the windows terminal.

1. What is the command to check to see if the web server is running on Linux?

The command to see if the server is running is netstat -tan | grep 80

2. How do you parse HTTP objects out of Wireshark?

In wireshark you go to file export objects HTTP to view the objects downloaded.

3. How can you display all of the options for the wget command?

wget --help displays all the options available.

4. What does HTTP stand for and what port does it use?

HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and it uses port 80.


Task 2:

We connected to the FTP server through the back track device and downloaded the windows background as a binary file to our system, we then had to change the settings to allow us to upload a picture. We then uploaded the file or the backtrack back ground to the windows system.

Back track background on the windows terminal


1. What are the two ports that FTP uses?

20 and 21.

2. What is the command to upload a file to an FTP server?

FTP put with the file name.

3. Which ftp command should be used before uploading a picture file?

FTP bin to change it to binary.

4. What is the default directory where Windows FTP files are stored?

On the ftproot in inetpub.


Task 3:

In this task we used the back track system to copy a picture of the camo background to the redhat terminal.

1. What port does SSH and SCP use by default?

port 22.

2. What does SCP stand for?

Secure Copy Protocol.

3. How is SCP different from the FTP protocol?

Sends the information not in clear text but is encrypted

4. What benefits does using SCP provide over other protocols?

The benefits of using this over FTP are that this is the secure way of sending files to each other.

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