December 2016
Beginner
494 pages
12h 34m
English
Content preview from Network Security Assessment, 3rd Edition
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Glossary of Terms
- ACL
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An access control list defines a security policy within a system.
- AD
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Active Directory is used within Microsoft environments as a directory service.
- AEAD
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Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data is a modern block cipher mode of operation that simultaneously provides confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity assurances on the data.
- AES
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The Advanced Encryption Standard is a cryptosystem established by NIST.
- AFP
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The Apple Filing Protocol is a network file service protocol for Apple OS X.
- AH
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The IPsecAuthentication Header guarantees integrity and data origin authentication of IP packets. Further, it can optionally protect against replay attacks.
- AJP
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The Apache JServ Protocol is a binary protocol used to proxy inbound requests from a frontend HTTP web server to a backend Java servlet container (e.g., JBoss).
- ARP
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Address Resolution Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol used within IPv4 networks to map IP addresses to MAC hardware addresses using a data link protocol (e.g., IEEE 802.3 Ethernet or 802.11 WiFi).
- AS
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A BGP Autonomous System number defines IP routing prefixes under the administrative control of a single entity (typically an Internet service provider).
- ASLR
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Address Space Layout Randomization is a memory-protection mechanism used by operating systems to guard against memory corruption attacks by randomizing the location of useful content within memory.
- ASN.1
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Abstract Syntax Notation One is a standard and notation that describes rules ...
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