originally, hardware compatible with IBM mainframe systems, later hardware and/or software compatible with IBM mainframes or minicomputers. In the 1980s, the phrase came to be associated with compatibility with ISA and MS-DOS (and later Windows) systems.
Internet Control Message Protocol. Since these packets, as the name suggests, relate to various types of control information for the Internet, there are a number of Internet security implications.
denial of service attack that sends a host more ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo request ( ping ) packets than the protocol implementation can handle
process that enables recognition of an entity by a system, generally by the use of unique machine-readable usernames
use of personal information to impersonate someone, usually for the purpose of fraud
extent to which an incident will affect operations or the overall organization. See business impact analysis.
synonymous with spoofing
phase of the system development process in which the detailed specifications are translated into actual system components
not encrypted. See cleartext and plaintext.
initially a jargon reference to those viruses that have been released into, and successfully spread in, the normal computer user community and environment. It is used to distinguish those viral programs that are written and tested in a controlled research environment, without escaping, from those that are uncontrolled in the wild or in the field. (The term itw is sometimes also used, or...
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