N

name squatting attacks, 110

named pipes, 112–116

namespace

collisions, 110

Information Card, 157

local vs. global, 110–11

warnings, 43

NAT (network address translation), 76–77

Teredo, 78–80

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 136, 142

National Security Agency (NSA), 143

NCrypt* functions, 136

.NET Framework 1.1, and Protected Mode, 126

.NET Framework 2.0, and Protected Mode, 126

.NET Framework 3.0, and Information Cards, 151, 156–157

.NET Framework Cryptography, 135–136

.NET language, and credential/consent prompts, 25

Netcraft Toolbar, phishing defenses and, 154

NetFwMgr, 108

NetFwPolicy2, 85, 93

NetFwRule, 88, 91

network access, controlling, 107–110

network address translation (NAT). See NAT (network address translation)

network connections, determining, 81

Network Diagnostics Framework, 75

Network List Manager (NLM), 75, 81–82

network service accounts, 99, 100

networking defenses, 75–76

IPv6, 76–78

Network List Manager (NLM), 81–82

RSS platform, 82–83

Teredo, 78–80

Windows firewall, advanced security, 85–94

Winsock Secure Socket Extensions, 83–85

networks, and security, 81–82

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), 136, 142

NLM (Network List Manager), 75, 81–82

No Execute (NX). See NX (No-execute up)

No-Write up (NW) mask, 38, 40, 41

NOP (no-op) instructions, 51

and heap defenses, 55

normal user accounts, 13–14, 18

“Not Yet Classified” lists, 169

novirtualization shim, 31

NR (No-Read up) setting, 38

NSA (National Security Agency), 143

NtSetInformationProcess, and NX disabling, 60

ntstatus.h, 140

NULL, 6, 7

null pointers, 56–57, 174–175

NW (No-Write up) mask, 38, 40, 41

NX (No-Execute up), 38, 40

buffer overrun defense, 55, 59–64

bypassing, 60

enabled versus disabled, 61–62

/NXCompat linkage, 60, 61, 72

plug-in compatibility, 62–63

/NXCompat linkage, 3, 11

browser defenses, 133

DEP, 129

NX bypassing, 60, 61