Title: Describe network configuration tools.
Course: Cyber Security/Forensics Infusion Units (CYBR) > Section: Unit 2: SOCIAL ENGINEERING AND PERSONAL CYBER SECURITY: Maintaining Network Security

Description should include brief explanations of the following:

- Active directory—the active directory database, designed to handle a large number of read and search operations and a significantly smaller number of changes and updates, consists of objects and attributes and is hierarchical, replicated, and extensible.
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)—a standardized protocol that enables clients to be dynamically assigned with various configuration parameters, such as an IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and other critical network configuration information. DHCP servers centrally manage such configuration data and are configured by network administrators with settings that are appropriate for a given network environment. DHCP servers, in turn, communicate with DHCP clients through the use of DHCP messages.
- Application Programming Interface (API)—also referred to as DHCP client options, enables Microsoft Windows clients to query specific options from DHCP servers.