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ACK storm. This occurs when a session hijacking causes the TCP packet sequence numbers to become unsynchronized because of the legitimate client and the attacker both attempting to communicate.
Active Directory. The Microsoft implementation of LDAP directory services based off of the X500 standard.
Active Server Pages. See ASP.
ActiveX. A set of object-oriented programming technologies and tools implemented by Microsoft technology.
Address Resolution Protocol. See ARP.
antireplay. A security function that allows the receiver to reject old or duplicated packets to defend against replay attacks.
AH. Authentication Header. A security protocol that provides data authentication and optional antireplay services found with IPSec. AH is ...
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