ASSIGNMENT
4 questions total, about 250 words per question.
1. What is the difference between commands ipconfig and ip show all? What is the difference between a public and private IP address?
2.Virtualization allows us to place the functionality of many servers into a single host while maintaining configurable levels of separation between all virtual machines. How do you believe virtualization could help in data center consolidation? What would you be leery about during and after any transition?
3. Does virtualization increase the cybersecurity posture of the organization? If so, describe how and why. If not, describe how and why not.
4. There are various virtualization options: bare-metal (Type 1) in which the hypervisors run directly on the hardware as their own operating systems, and user-space (Type 2) hypervisors that run within the conventional operating systems. Which of these options is more secure? Describe the vulnerabilities you believe exist in either Type 1, Type 2, or both configurations. What do you believe can be done to mitigate these vulnerabilities?
