The Network Security Test Lab by Michael Gregg

Author:Michael Gregg
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781118987131
Published: 2015-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

Key Terms

Active Directory—A Windows implementation of a hierarchical directory service that is LDAP compliant.

Brute-force attack—A method of breaking a cipher or encrypted value by trying a large number of possibilities. Brute-force attacks function by working through all possible values. The feasibility of brute-force attacks depends on the key length and strength of the cipher and the processing power available to the attacker.

Buffer overflow—A situation where a software application somehow writes data beyond the allocated end of a buffer in memory. Buffer overflow is usually caused by software bugs and improper syntax and programming, thus exposing the application to malicious code injections or other targeted attack commands.

Dictionary attack—A method of breaking a cipher or encrypted value by trying all the words in a dictionary file.

Hybrid attack—A method of breaking a cipher or encrypted value by trying all the words in a dictionary file that are mixed with numbers and special characters.

NetBIOS—A system that frees up applications so they do not have to understand the operation of a network, and so that different programs on different computers can communicate within a local area network.

RainbowCrack attack—A method of precomputing password hashes that speeds up the password cracking process but requires massive amounts of storage.

Relative Identifier—A unique alphanumeric character string that identifies an account within a Windows domain.

Security Identifier—A unique alphanumeric character string that identifies a system to other systems in a Microsoft domain.

Server Message Block—A Windows protocol that allows a system to share files.

Simple Network Management Protocol—A standardized protocol that is used to allow the management of network devices and equipment.

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