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Vulnerability Analysis
Definition: Systematic examination of an AIS or product to determine the adequacy of security measures, identify security deficiencies, provide data from which to predict the effectiveness of proposed security measures, and confirm the adequacy of such measures after implementation.
Click-reloadDefinition: A popup that opens when you click on a link which at the same times reloads the page you are viewing.
TCP/IP
Definition: Transmission Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol. The suite of protocols the Internet is based on.
Phage
Definition: A program that modifies other programs or databases in unauthorized ways; especially one that propagates a virus or Trojan horse.
Data Encryption Standard
Definition:
1. (DES) An unclassified crypto algorithm adopted by the National Bureau of Standards for public use.
2. A cryptographic algorithm for the protection of unclassified data, published in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 46.
The DES, which was approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is intended for public and government use.
AntiSpam
Definition: A Software or service to help prevent unsolicited mail and to complicate a spammer's method of collecting email addresses.
Mailbomb
Definition: The mail sent to urge others to send massive amounts of e-mail to a single system or person, with the intent to crash the recipient's system.
Mailbombing is widely regarded as a serious offense.
Tripwire
Definition: A software tool for security. Basically, it works with a database that maintains information about the byte count of files. If the byte count has changed, it will identify it to the system security manager.
Net Send Spam
Definition: Windows messenger vulnerability also known as net send spam, messenger spam or winpopup.
These types of ads usually take the form of a gray pop up box bearing spam (unsolicited advertisements) with an "OK" button.
Ethernet Sniffing
Definition: This is listening with software to the Ethernet interface for packets that interest the user.
When the software sees a packet that fits certain criteria, it logs it to a file.
The most common criteria for an interesting packet is one that contains words like login or password.
