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GCIH · Question #136

Which of the following statements is true about a Trojan engine?

The correct answer is D. It analyzes the nonstandard protocols, such as TFN2K and BO2K. This question tests knowledge of the Trojan engine component in intrusion detection systems, which is specialized to detect traffic from known Trojan programs using nonstandard protocols.

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Question

Which of the following statements is true about a Trojan engine?

Options

  • AIt limits the system resource usage.
  • BIt specifies the signatures that keep a watch for a host or a network sending multiple
  • CIt specifies events that occur in a related manner within a sliding time interval.
  • DIt analyzes the nonstandard protocols, such as TFN2K and BO2K.

How the community answered

(48 responses)
  • A
    6% (3)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    90% (43)

Why each option

This question tests knowledge of the Trojan engine component in intrusion detection systems, which is specialized to detect traffic from known Trojan programs using nonstandard protocols.

AIt limits the system resource usage.

Limiting system resource usage describes a function of resource throttling or rate-limiting controls, which is not a capability or purpose of a Trojan detection engine.

BIt specifies the signatures that keep a watch for a host or a network sending multiple

Watching for a host or network sending multiple packets matching signatures describes signature-based or threshold detection logic found in a general signature engine, not a Trojan-specific engine.

CIt specifies events that occur in a related manner within a sliding time interval.

Detecting events that occur in a related manner within a sliding time interval describes the behavior of a correlation or anomaly-based detection engine, not a Trojan engine.

DIt analyzes the nonstandard protocols, such as TFN2K and BO2K.Correct

A Trojan engine within an intrusion detection system is specifically designed to identify traffic patterns and command-and-control communications associated with known Trojan horse programs that operate on nonstandard, proprietary protocols. Tools such as TFN2K (Tribe Flood Network 2000) and BO2K (Back Orifice 2000) communicate using custom protocols that bypass standard port and application analysis, and the Trojan engine targets these specific protocol fingerprints to detect their presence on a network.

Concept tested: Trojan engine IDS detection of proprietary protocols

Topics

#Trojan#TFN2K#BO2K#covert channel protocols

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