OS Internals for Security Support (CY-501) - Important Questions

Explain the architecture, components, features and major system concepts of the UNIX operating system.

Explain in detail the role and structure of the Buffer Cache, Buffer Header, and Buffer Pool.

Explain the concept of INODES and the structure of a regular file in UNIX-like file system.

Explain the importance of CHMOD and CHOWN for file permissions and ownership in an operating system.

What is a semaphore and what are the different types of semaphores? Explain each type with examples.

Explain the principles and requirements for the execution of concurrent processes.

Explain the mechanism of process creation in Unix operating system.

Explain process scheduling and the principles of concurrency.

Explain how the operating system protects data through authentication, access control, auditing, and trusted computing.

Explain in detail the different types of malware such as viruses, worms, Trojans, rootkits, and ransomware.

What is a honeypot and how can it be used to protect against cyber attacks?

Explain mobile operating system security and components vulnerable to different attacks.

Describe the different virtualization techniques used for security implementation.

Explain the common vulnerabilities and exposures for security.

Explain the architecture of the Windows operating system and its important internals.

Define sockets and differentiate between stream sockets and datagram sockets with suitable examples.