The ____ object reads a set of characters up to a blank space or a newline character.

Several users are reporting connectivity issues with their laptops. Upon further investigation, the network technician identifies that their laptops have been attacked from a specific IP address outside of the network. Which of the following would need to be configured to prevent any further attacks from that IP address?

A. Port security B. IDS C. Firewall rules D. Switch VLAN assignments

A company hires a consulting firm to crawl its Active Directory network with a non-domain account looking for unpatched systems. Actively taking control of systems is out of scope, as is the creation of new administrator accounts. For which of the following is the company hiring the consulting firm?

A. Vulnerability scanning B. Penetration testing C. Application fuzzing D. User permission auditing