This chapter will describe for you, in depth, the workings of the denial of service (DoS) attack. This threat is one of the most common attacks on the Internet, so it is ........... for you to understand how it works and how to defend yourself against it

The basic concept requires a .........of technical skill.

If such a … is attached to an email and the recipient is using Outlook, then the … can execute. That execution can do any number of things, including scanning the address book, looking for addresses, sending out email, deleting email, and more.

A … IDS just monitors suspicious activity and then logs it.

Once a virus is on your system, it can do anything that any … program can do. That means it could potentially delete files, change system settings, or cause other harm

It is merely the process of determining if the credentials given by a user or another system (such as a username and password) are authorized to access the network resource in question. What is it?

The TCP protocol operates at what layer of the OSI model?

With …, an attacker injects client-side script into web pages viewed by other users.