CertiGuide to Security+  9  Glossary

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Reverse engineering

The process of analyzing functions of an existing objects and improves or duplicates the process

http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/appdev/story/0,10801,65532,00.html

http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/guha96network.html

Canceling credentials. Refer to CRL

The process of determining security costs compared to threats

http://www.security-risk-analysis.com/introduction.htm

Provides access to a computer system via a 'back door'.

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci547279,00.html

A device that connects X number of LANs using the network layer (layer 3) data. Unlike a bridge which is limited to 2 LANs

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/r/router.html

Creators of the RC block ciphers

http://www.rsasecurity.com/company/corporate.html

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci214273,00.html

Allows MAC implementation on Linux. Refer to MAC.

http://www.imagineers.nl/RSBAC/articles/html/A1/en/x117.htm

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