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the Internet. a home network. a network requiring a server with shared resources. a wide area network.
hub. communication channel. router. storage medium.
glass. copper wire. metal. Cat 6 cable.
communication channels. operating systems. interface cards. navigation devices.
HPNA adapter. router. cable modem. wireless adapter.
Phone line Power line Ethernet Wireless
coaxial. RJ-45. 802.11. CAT 6.
channel. gateway. adapter. hub.
wireless port. wireless transceiver. wireless access point. wireless adapter.
computer forensics. Trojan horses. white hat hackers. crackers.
a policy of withholding service from users who abuse the Internet. an act of bombarding a server with high volumes of false requests. the malicious destruction of data by accessing the hosts FAT table. a firewall technique for blocking access to certain logical ports.
Signature referencing Network address translation (NAT) Routing Packet filtering
code tag. backdoor. identifier. signature.
is attached to a document file. provides access to macros on the computer. does not rely on a host file. loads into memory when the computer first starts.
attaches to a spreadsheet document. disguises itself by rewriting its own code. attaches itself to multiple files in order to avoid detection. executes when certain conditions occur.
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