Internet Security: A Jumpstart for Systems Administrators and IT Managers
ISBN: 1555582982
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 103
Pages: 103
Authors: Tim Speed, Juanita Ellis
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A process of disguising information so that it cannot be read or interpreted by an unauthorized person.
A network that is specified in a standard IEEE 802.3. Xerox, DEC, and Intel originally developed Ethernet.
Legal hackers who will hack into your system after obtaining legal and company permission. These hacking companies are paid to perform this operation and will provide a report on the findings after hacking into your systems.
Hardware and/or software that will protect the trusted resources of a private network and help prevent attacks from untrusted networks.
The process of obtaining data about a particular individual or company. This information can be obtained from various resources, including public resources (also known as profiling).
Uses TCP/IP ports 21 and 22.
A person that wants to get into your computer systems without authority.
The protocol used via the World Wide Web.
A protocol developed by Netscape that will encrypt the data at the "network" layer
See also SSL(Secure Sockets Layer).
Internet Engineering Task Force.
A standard for accessing electronic mail from a server. Typically used on port 143 or, "IMAP for SSL IS ON 993."
A method data sent from one computer to another on any network (public or private).
An in-development standard for security at the network layer of network communication. This protocol can be used with VPN (Virtual Private Network).
International Organization of Standards.
A company that provides individuals and/or companies with access to the Internet and other related services.
A series of numbers that is used by an encryption algorithm to transform plaintext data into encrypted data.
The process for creating keys in a browser (see <keygen> tag at http://users.knoware.nl/users/schluter/doc/tags/TAG_KEYGEN.html).
Systemic processes associated with the secure generation, transport, storage, and destruction of encryption keys.
A PKI key management process associated with the retrieval of a key lost by the key holder.
A file that can house the certificate.
A 128-bit number associated with a certificate.
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