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Cisco Discovery Protocol

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A proprietary host discovery protocol used in all Cisco network appliances. CDP uses Data Link la...

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Nmap Security Scanner

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A widely used software tool used for IP scanning. Nmap requires at least the IP address or the su...

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Request for Comment 1918

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A standard defined by the IETF that defines private IPv4 address ranges.

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IEEE 802.11r

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An amendment to the normal 802.11 standard that enhances the ability of wireless devices to maint...

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Service Set Identifier

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A unique string used to identify wireless networks. SSIDs have a maximum length of 32 bytes, and ...

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Received Signal Strength Indicator

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A measure of a wireless signal's strength as measured at the receiver, measured using either deci...

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Perimeter Network

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A type of network security zone where hosts that face the Internet are placed for secure external...

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Cryptographic Attacks

CompTIA Security+ Unit 3

There is no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to protecting data stored on computer system...

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Asymmetric Encryption

CompTIA Security+ Unit 3

Where encryption and decryption are handled by two different keys. A user will generate a keypai...

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Field Programable Gate Array

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aliases: FPGA A type of microprocessor used in embedded systems that is configured by t...

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Application Specific Integrated Circuit

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aliases: ASIC A type of microprocessor used in embedded systems designed to perform a single ...

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Realtime OS

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A type of operating system often used in embedded systems. Features: different algorithms embedd...

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GUID Partition Table

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aliases: GPT A hard disk partition style that works by assigning UUIDs to partitions on...

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Ticket Granting Ticket

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aliases: TGT An access key granted to approved hosts to access network services or reso...

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Key Distribution Center

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aliases: KDC A server agent that facilitates the distribution of cryptographic keys, often us...

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Apple macOS

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A proprietary, Unix-based operating system. Nobody really likes this one. Apple designed macOS fo...

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Encryption File System

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aliases: EFS An obscure file system only supported by NTFS used for specific file encry...

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Domain Name System

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aliases: DNS The naming system used by computer networks to match human-readable domain names...

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NTFS Permissions

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A cumulative permissions system for granular control over folder and files used in the New-Techno...

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Multimeter

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 An electronic measuring instrument that combines several measurement functions into one piece of...

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