Index_F

F

fail-over, 402–403, 509

false positive, 189, 510

Faraday Cage, 272, 510

fault tolerance, 404, 510

fault-tolerant network, 510

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), 371, 510

FERPA (Family Educational Right to Privacy Act), 484

FHSS (frequency-hopping spread spectrum), 193, 510

fie extensions in PC systems, 198

file servers, 240

file systems

common, 228–231, 230

finding file information in FAT, 457

File Transfer Protocol. See FTP

files

audit, 88

backups of user, 411–412

naming conventions for instant messaging, 197–198

sharing via FTP, 138

FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard), 371, 510

fire extinguishers, 274–275

fire suppression, 274–276, 275, 510

firewalls, 106–110, 107

defined, 106, 510

packet filters, 107

placement of N-IDS with, 179

proxy firewalls, 107–109, 107, 523

securing network with IDS and, 119

five nines availability, 402

flash cards, 154

flood attacks

TCP SYN or TCP ACK, 70–71, 70

terminating connections when detected, 181, 182

footprinting

defined, 200, 510

DNS servers, 238

forensics, 454, 510

frequency analysis, 316–317

frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS), 193, 510

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

anonymous logon for, 137

defined, 20, 137, 510

file sharing, 138

FTP proxy, 510

hardening FTP servers, 237–238

Secure FTP, 138

vulnerabilities and sniffing, 138

full backups, 412, 415, 510

full distribution, 288, 510