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Freeware

Definition: Freeware is any program offered free of charge. Applications developed under the GPL, or open source, licensing agreements are also free, but freeware goes beyond just open source products to include products where the code itself might be protected, […]

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Forensic

Definition: Forensic is really a legal term. At its root it means something that is worthy of discussing in a court of law or that is related to the application of knowledge to a legal problem. It has been glorified

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Flaw

Definition: A flaw can refer to either a Bug, in the case of a flaw in the actual code of an application or operating system, or a flaw could be a vulnerability, in the case of a weakness or oversight

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Firewall

Definition: Basically, a firewall is a protective barrier between your computer, or internal network, and the outside world. Traffic into and out of the firewall is blocked or restricted as you choose. By blocking all unnecessary traffic and restricting other

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Exploit

Definition: An exploit is a term used to describe an attack against a specific vulnerability. The attack “exploits” or takes advantage of a certain vulnerability in order to compromise a target system in some way.

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Encryption

Definition: Encryption is taking your text, data or other communications and encoding it so that those who should not see or hear it will not be able to. An encrypted file will appear as gibberish unless you have the password

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Dumpster Diving

Definition: Dumpster diving is a fancy, glorified way of saying “trash picking”. Dumpster diving, or trash picking, can lead to information which could be used to compromise a network or identity. If you discard bank statements, credit card statements or

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DNS

Definition: The Domain Name System (DNS) was created to provide a way to translate domain names to their corresponding IP addresses. It is easier for users to remember the domain name, such as yahoo.com, than to try and remember the

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