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name service  
       security and  
       switch (NIS, NIS+)  
Name Service Caching Daemon (nscd)  
named daemon  
named nameserver  
named user  
named-xfer program  
named.conf file   2nd  
nameserver   [See DNS]
nameserver attacks, DNS  
nameserver service  
namespace  
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)  
National Science Foundation Network  
National Security Agency (NSA)  
natural disasters   [See environmental dangers]
NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)  
NcFTPD server  
ncheck command   2nd  
needexpnhelo option, sendmail  
needmailhelo option, sendmail  
needvrfyhelo option, sendmail  
Nemeth, Evi (UNIX System Administration Handbook)  
Nessus security scanner  
NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT)  
NetBIOS protocol  
NetBSD   [See also BSD Unix]2nd   3rd  
       CVS used by  
       history of   2nd  
netfilter program   2nd  
netgroup file  
Netgroup table (NIS+)  
netgroups file   2nd  
netgroups, NIS  
NetInfo   2nd   3rd  
Netmasks table (NIS+)  
Netnews messages, authentication and  
. netrc file  
Netscape Navigator, random number generator  
netstat command   2nd   3rd   4th  
netwall service  
network authentication systems   2nd   [See also PAM]
       DCE   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       Kerberos   2nd   3rd   4th  
       LDAP   2nd   3rd   4th  
       NetInfo   2nd   3rd  
       NIS   2nd   3rd   4th  
       NIS+   2nd   3rd  
       RADIUS   2nd   3rd  
       requirements for  
       SESAME  
network cables
       cutting, as destructive attack  
       fiber optic  
       routing of  
network connections
       eavesdropping on  
       loss of  
Network Filesystem   [See NFS]
network filesystems   2nd   [See also NFS; SMB]
       remote, mounted  
network forensics analysis tools (NFATs)  
Network Information Service   [See NIS]
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)  
network providers, trusting  
Network Security: Private Communications in a Public World (Kaufman, Charles; Perlman, Radia; Specin  
network servers   [See Internet servers]
network services
       auth Identification Protocol   2nd  
       authentication for  
       back doors in  
       BOOTP protocol  
       chargen service   2nd   3rd  
       created by intruders  
       DHCP protocol  
       disabling  
       DNS   [See DNS]
       echo service   2nd   3rd  
       in /etc/services file  
       finger program   2nd  
       FTP   [See FTP]
       HTTP   [See HTTP]
       inetd program handling  
       list of   2nd  
       logging  
       monitoring  
       NNTP   [See NNTP]
       NTP   2nd  
       POP   [See POP]
       programming  
       rexec  
       rlogin  
       RPC's portmapper   2nd  
       rpc.rexd  
       rsh   2nd  
       securing  
       security risks of  
       SMTP   [See SMTP]
       SNMP   [See SNMP]
       SSH   2nd   3rd  
        systat service  
       TACACS and TACACS+  
       TCP protocol  
       Telnet   2nd   3rd  
       TFTP   [See TFTP]
       UDP protocol  
       X Window System  
Network Time Protocol   [See NTP]
network weaving  
network-based IDS (NIDS)  
networks  
       ARPANET  
       backing up  
       cables for  
       clogging (SYN flood attacks)  
       compromised, risks of being prosecuted for  
       configuration files  
       connectors for  
       denial of service attacks on  
       disabling physically  
       forensics analysis tools (NFATs) for  
       Internet  
       IP   2nd   [See also TCP/IP networks]
       LANs   [See LANs]
       logging across  
       MANs   [See MANs]
       message flooding attacks on  
       NFSNET  
        packet-switching  
       partitioning  
       ping of death attacks on  
       published resources on  
       scanning  
       security and  
       security checklist for   2nd  
       service overloading attacks on  
       sniffers  
       spoofed connection  
       superuser control of  
       syslog facility and  
       TCP/IP   [See TCP/IP networks]
       WANs   [See WANs]
       wireless, jamming  
Networks table (NIS+)  
Neumann, Peter G.  
       Computer Related Risks  
Neuromancer (Gibson, William)  
The New Kornshell Command and Programmang Language (Bolsky, Morris I. and Korn, David G.)  
newgrp command  
newkey command   2nd  
news   [See Usenet]
news user  
newsyslog program  
newsyslog.conf file  
.nexrc file  
NFATs (network forensics analysis tools)  
NFS (Network Filesystem)   2nd   3rd   [See also RPC]4th   5th  
        bugs in  
       client access, limiting  
       client-side security  
       exported filesystems, limiting  
       exporting filesystems read-only  
       exporting home directories  
       exporting sensitive files with  
       exporting server executables  
       file handles  
       file permissions  
       find command on  
       fsirand program and  
        group write permission for files  
       history of  
       intruders compromising  
       listing clients who have mounted directories  
       listing export lists  
       -local option  
       MOUNT protocol and  
       mounted filesystems, limiting  
       NFS protocol and  
       portmon variable and  
       protection mode for files  
       reasons not to use  
       restricted filesystems mounted within  
       Secure NFS  
       security checklist for  
       security of   2nd  
       server-side security  
       superuser ownership of files  
       TCP links and  
       Version 3   2nd  
       Version 4  
       versions of  
       WebNFS  
       -xdev option  
NFS protocol  
       connectionless servers and  
       mounting filesystems with  
       reliability of  
       stateless servers and  
       superuser and  
NFS service   2nd  
nice command  
nice number of processes  
NIDS (network-based IDS)  
nidump command  
NIH web site  
NIS (Network Information Service)   2nd   3rd   4th  
       accounts
               importing   2nd  
               including and excluding  
       changing passwords  
       clients  
       domains  
       intruders compromising  
       limitations of  
       maps  
       name service switch  
       netgroups  
       plus sign (+) in files   2nd  
       protecting database and commands  
       secret keys and  
       Secure RPC with  
       spoofing  
       UDP  
        unintended information disclosure with  
       Yellow Pages  
NIS+   2nd   3rd  
       access control for objects   2nd  
       changing passwords  
       limitations of  
       name service switch  
       passwords  
       protecting database and commands  
       running in NIS compatibility mode  
       secret keys and  
       Secure RPC with  
       security levels of  
nisaddcred command  
niscat command  
nischown command  
nispasswd command   2nd   3rd   4th  
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)  
NIST CSRC web site  
nmap network-mapping tools   2nd   3rd  
NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol)   2nd  
nobody user   2nd  
nobody variable  
noexpn option, sendmail  
nonce  
nosuid  
noverb option, sendmail  
novrfy (sendmail)  
npasswd package  
NPROC variable  
NSA (National Security Agency)   2nd  
nscd (Name Service Caching Daemon)  
nss_ldap   2nd  
nsswitch.conf file  
ntalk service  
NTFS filesystem  
NTP (Network Time Protocol)   2nd   3rd  
ntpd daemon   2nd  
ntpdate command   2nd  
null device  
null modem adapter  
null modem cable  
NULL request  
"The Number Field Sieve" (Lenstra, A. K.; Lenstra, H. W., Jr.; Manasse, M. S.; Pollard, J. M.)