CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-301 Study Guide
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While not an error, you should know that CompTIA has added performance based type questions to the exam. The objectives are the same, but the format of the questions are different. This page has links to multiple blogs including blogs on the new performance based questions.
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| Page 7 Kindle Loc 649 |
CompTIA switched to Pearson Vue exclusively on July 9, 2012 for testing. You can no longer take tests at Prometric testing centers. This article gives more information. |
| Page 23 Kindle Loc 1486 |
On question 12, the last answer is listed as A but should be D. |
| Page 36 Kindle Loc 1923 |
On question 95, the answers aren’t labeled but should be labeled as A. B. C. and D. |
| Page 41 Kindle Loc 2055 |
The explanation for question 28 in the assessment exam has a typo. It states that the ACL “enforces an implement deny strategy.”It should state that the ACL “enforces an implicit deny strategy.” |
| Page 65 Kindle Loc 2673 |
In the Strong Passwords section, a typo has “(966)” instead of “(946)”. The first sentence of the first new paragraph on page 65 should read as:However, if you use all ninety-four printable characters with the same six and ten character password lengths, the values change significantly: 94^6 (946) is about 689 billion possibilities, and 94^10 (9410) is about fifty-three quintillion. |
| Page 123 | On question 4, change answer A to Backups.4. Which of the following is a preventative control? A. Backups B. Security audit C. Security guard D. Periodic review of user rights |
| Page 128 | Change the description to:4. C. A security guard (armed or not armed) is a preventative physical security control. A backup is a corrective control. A security audit is a detective control and a periodic review of user rights is a specific type of detective control.Note: While it’s true to say that the principle of least privilege is a technical control, this refers to the type of control (technical, management, and operational). However, it’s function is also as a preventative control. Common functional controls are preventative, detective, and corrective. All other answer descriptions focused on the function but the answer description for least privilege focused on the type.With the original question, it is accurate to say that both least privilege and security guards are preventive controls. However, the question implied only one answer was correct. |
| Page 137 Kindle Loc 4598 |
In the SYN Flood Attack sidebar, the first sentence in the last paragraph has a typo. It uses the term SYN lood attack instead of SYN flood attack.It should read as: “An intrusion prevention system (IPS, covered in chapter 4) can detect a SYN flood attack and respond to block the attack.” |
| Page 146 Kindle Loc 4837 |
In Table 3.1, an extra bit is added for “100” in the fourth column “With leading zeros.”It should be 0110 0100. |
| Page 175 Kindle Loc 5586 |
In the answer to question 10, it gives the correct answer “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) uses port 25.” However, it mentions that SCP, TFTP and SSH all use port 22. It should read as: SCP, SFTP, and SSH, all use port 22. |
| Page 189 Kindle Loc 6003 |
In the second paragraph under Table 4.1, the frequencies are incorrectly listed as 2.5 GHz and 5 GHz.They should be listed as 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz as listed in Table 4.1 and elsewhere in the book. |
| Page 201 Kindle Loc 6324 |
The definition and explanation of bluejacking is inaccurate. Bluejacking is the practice of sending unsolicited messages to other Bluetooth devices close by, but it cannot send messages from the remote Bluetooth device. Bluebugging attacks do allow the attacker to take full control of remote phone and can send messages from this phone. to others. Ensuring your Bluetooth devices are not left in discovery mode is the best defense. |
| Page 210 Kindle Loc 6570 |
In the 9th bullet in the wireless review, “un” is missing.It should read as “A rogue access point is an unauthorized WAP.” |
| Page 303 Kindle Loc 8931 | The IP addresses have an extra 168 in them. They are listed twice as 192.168.168.1.1 but should be 192.168.1.1. |
| Page 314 Kindle Loc 9256 |
The last sentence in the Fuzzing section is missing the word “it.” It should read as: “A limitation of fuzz testing is that it can usually only find simple faults.” |
| Page 315 Kindle Loc 7909 |
In the Database Servers section, it mentions port 1443, but Microsoft’s SQL Server uses port 1433 by default. It should read as: “When necessary, the web server queries the database server through port 1433 on FW2.“ |
| Page 363-368 Kindle Loc N/A |
Page numbers 363 to 368 are missing but no content is missing. Chapter 8 ends on page 362 and chapter 9 starts on page 369. All the content is in the book, and the index accurately refers to correct pages in the book. |
| Page 413 Kindle Loc 11804 |
The sentence reading as “The hashes shown in Figures 9.1 and 9.2…” should read as “The hashes shown in Figures 10.1 and 10.2…”. These figures on are the previous page. |
| Page 448 Kindle Loc 12720 |
The answers on question 6 are listed as E. F. G. and H.They should be listed as A. B. C. and D |
| Page 453 | The explanation for question 8 has a typo. Specifically, data encrypted with the private key can only be decrypted with the matching public key. The following explanation shows the correct explanation.
8. A. Data encrypted with a public key can only be decrypted with the matching private key, and data encrypted with the private key can only be decrypted with the matching public key. The same asymmetric key used to encrypt data cannot decrypt the same data. Depending on the usage, either the public key or the private key can encrypt or decrypt. |