Which of the following collects email addresses of users and creates a mailing list?
A.
Browser
B.
Cookie
C.
Spambot
D.
Perimeter network
Explanation:
Spambot is a software program that collects email addresses of users and creates a mailing list.
Spam will be sent to the email addresses stored in the mailing list.Answer B is incorrect. A cookie is a small piece of text stored on a user’s computer by a web
browser. A cookie consists of one or more name-value pairs containing bits of information.
The cookie is sent as an HTTP header by a web server to a web browser and then sent back
unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server. A cookie can be used for
authentication, session tracking (state maintenance), storing site preferences, shopping cart
contents, the identifier for a server-based session, or anything else that can be accomplished
through storing textual data.Answer A is incorrect. A browser is an application that enables a user to view Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML) documents on the World Wide Web, on another network, or on his computer.
Internet Explorer is an example of a browser application. A browser is also known as a Web browser.Answer D is incorrect. A perimeter network, also known as a demilitarized zone or DMZ, is
positioned between the Internet and the intranet. It protects the network from unauthorized traffic.
Servers, routers, and switches that maintain security by preventing the internal network from being
exposed on the Internet are placed in the perimeter network. A firewall is used to protect the
perimeter network.