Glossary
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499 terms
Bandwidth
Commonly used to mean the capacity of a communication channel to pass data through the channel in a given amount of time. Usually expressed in bits per second.
Banner
A banner is the information that is displayed to a remote user trying to connect to a service. This may include version information, system information, or a warning about authorized use.
Basic Authentication
Basic Authentication is the simplest web-based authentication scheme that works by sending the username and password with each request.
Bastion Host
A bastion host has been hardened in anticipation of vulnerabilities that have not been discovered yet.
Bind
BIND stands for Berkeley Internet Name Domain and is an implementation of DNS. DNS is used for domain name to IP address resolution.BIND is also a verb used in the context of 'binding' a service or application to a specific IP, PORT, or SOCKET for network or inter-process communication.
Bit
The smallest unit of information storage; a contraction of the term "binary digit;" one of two symbols "0" (zero) and "1" (one) - that are used to represent binary numbers.
Black Hat Hacker
A black hat hacker is a hacker who "violates computer security for little reason beyond maliciousness or for personal gain".