MS Security Fundamentals Lesson 4 Vocab

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Proxy server that inspects application data and enforces rules based on client requests and application responses.

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application-level firewall

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Attack on protocol to determine device's MAC address when IP is known.

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ARP spoofing

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Attack exploiting a software vulnerability for unauthorized access.

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Backdoor attack.

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Attack exploiting poorly written code by injecting data into fields, accessing app info due to unchecked data size.

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buffer overflow attack

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Second-generation firewall tech, operates at transport & session layers of OSI model.

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circuit-level firewall

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Most common and dangerous web attack allowing script injection to bypass browser security, gaining access to sensitive data.

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cross-site scripting (XSS) attack

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Firewall config to secure hosts on a network segment.

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demilitarized zone (DMZ)

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Attack that makes a machine or network resource unavailable by flooding it with excessive requests.

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denial-of-service (DoS) attack

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Multiple computers overwhelm network resources.

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distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

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Attack on cached DNS info.

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DNS poisoning