CertiGuide to Security+  9  Glossary

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A process which two devices establish a communications system

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/handshaking.html

The process of making digital break-ins more difficult

http://wssg.berkeley.edu/public/projects/SecurityInfrastructure/reports/SystemHardening/

Numbers generated from a string of text. Refer to MD5

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/h/hashing.html

Refer to MITM (Man In The Middle)

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid14_cid487139_tax285453,00.html

Message authentication using cryptographic hash functions. RFC 2104

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2104.html

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/dfips-HMAC.pdf

Any act, document or other object created to deceive

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-hoax.htm

A decoy system created to slow or stop potential malicious hackers created to deliver false data

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/honeypot.html

Programming created to circumvent proper and secure operations of a system

http://membrane.com/security/java_and_cookies/notes/mobile_code_malware.html

A Microsoft term for bug fixes before formal service paks are released

http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5165

The protocol that makes the World Wide Web operate. Utilizes port 80

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/HTTP.html

Combines the Netscape created protocol to create web pages in a secure manner. By default HTTPS uses port 443

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SSL.html

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