Final report
finalSummaryProject.pdf
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Definitions
Authentication- Authentication is the process of confirming the correctness of the claimed identity.
Botnet -A botnet is a large number of compromised computers that are used to create and send spam or viruses or flood a network with messages as a denial of service attack.
Broadcast- To simultaneously send the same message to multiple recipients. One host to all hosts on network.
Computer Network- A collection of host computers together with the sub-network or inter-network through which they can exchange data.
Encryption- Cryptographic transformation of data (called "plaintext") into a form (called "cipher text") that conceals the data's original meaning to prevent it from being known or used.
Gateway- A network point that acts as an entrance to another network.
Malware- A generic term for a number of different types of malicious code.
Virus- A hidden, self-replicating section of computer software, usually malicious logic, that propagates by infecting - i.e., inserting a copy of itself into and becoming part of - another program. A virus cannot run by itself; it requires that its host program be run to make the virus active.
https://www.sans.org/security-resources/glossary-of-terms/
Botnet -A botnet is a large number of compromised computers that are used to create and send spam or viruses or flood a network with messages as a denial of service attack.
Broadcast- To simultaneously send the same message to multiple recipients. One host to all hosts on network.
Computer Network- A collection of host computers together with the sub-network or inter-network through which they can exchange data.
Encryption- Cryptographic transformation of data (called "plaintext") into a form (called "cipher text") that conceals the data's original meaning to prevent it from being known or used.
Gateway- A network point that acts as an entrance to another network.
Malware- A generic term for a number of different types of malicious code.
Virus- A hidden, self-replicating section of computer software, usually malicious logic, that propagates by infecting - i.e., inserting a copy of itself into and becoming part of - another program. A virus cannot run by itself; it requires that its host program be run to make the virus active.
https://www.sans.org/security-resources/glossary-of-terms/