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• absolute pathnames : Current Directory and Paths
• access
• • /etc/exports file : /etc/exports
  • levels, NIS+ : Using NIS+
  • by non-citizens : Munitions Export
  • tradition of open : Expectations
  • via Web : Additional configuration issues
• access control : Planning Your Security Needs
• • ACLs
  • • Access Control Lists
    • HP-UX access control lists
    • Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) (TCP Port 119)
  • anonymous FTP : Using anonymous FTP
  • Internet servers : Controlling Access to Servers
  • monitoring employee access : Auditing Access
  • physical : Physical Access
  • restricted filesystems
  • • Restricted Filesystem
    • Checking new software
  • restricting data availability : Planning Your Security Needs
  • USERFILE (UUCP)
  • • USERFILE: Providing Remote File Access
    • Some bad examples
  • Web server files
  • • Controlling Access to Files on Your Server
    • Setting Up Web Users and Passwords
  • X Window System
  • • security
    • The xhost facility
• access control lists : (see ACLs)
• access.conf file : The access.conf and .htaccess Files
• access() : Tips on Avoiding Security-related Bugs
• access_log file
• • access_log Log File
  • Eavesdropping Through Log Files
  • with refer_log file : Eavesdropping Through Log Files
• accidents
• • Preventing Accidents
  • (see also natural disasters)
• accounting process
• • The acct/pacct Process Accounting File
  • messages Log File
  • (see also auditing)
• accounts : Usernames
• • aliases for : Account Names Revisited: Using Aliases for Increased Security
  • changing login shell
  • • Changing the Account's Login Shell
    • Integrating One-time Passwords with UNIX
  • created by intruders : New Accounts
  • default : Default Accounts
  • defense checklist : Defending Your Accounts
  • dormant
  • • Managing Dormant Accounts
    • Finding Dormant Accounts
  • expiring old : Finding Dormant Accounts
  • group : Group Accounts
  • importing to NIS server
  • • Including or excluding specific accounts:
    • Using netgroups to limit the importing of accounts
  • Joes
  • • Smoking Joes
    • Joetest: a simple password cracker
  • locking automatically : Entering Your Password
  • logging changes to : Exception and activity reports
  • multiple, same UID : Multiple Accounts with the Same UID
  • names for : (see usernames)
  • restricted, with rsh : How to set up a restricted account with rsh
  • restricting FTP from : Restricting FTP with the standard UNIX FTP server
  • running single command : Accounts That Run a Single Command
  • without passwords : Accounts Without Passwords
• acct file : The acct/pacct Process Accounting File
• acctcom program
• • The acct/pacct Process Accounting File
  • Accounting with BSD
• ACEs : (see ACLs)
• ACK bit : TCP
• acledit command : AIX Access Control Lists
• aclget, aclput commands : AIX Access Control Lists
• ACLs (access control lists)
• • Access Control Lists
  • HP-UX access control lists
  • errors in : AIX Access Control Lists
  • NNTP with : Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) (TCP Port 119)
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• active FTP : Passive vs. active FTP
• aculog file : aculog File
• adaptive modems : (see modems)
• adb debugger
• • Setting the window
  • The kill Command
• add-on functionality : Add-On Functionality Breeds Problems
• addresses
• • CIDR : CIDR addresses
  • commands embedded in : Early Security Problems with UUCP
  • Internet
  • • Internet Addresses
    • CIDR addresses
  • IP : (see IP addresses)
• Adleman, Leonard
• • Summary of Public Key Systems
  • RSA and Public Key Cryptography
• Admin directory : uucp Log Files
• administration : (see system administration)
• adult material : Pornography and Indecent Material
• Advanced Network & Services (ANS) : ANS customers
• AFCERT : S. Air Force
• aftpd server : Setting up an FTP server
• agent (user) : Users and Groups
• agent_log file : Eavesdropping Through Log Files
• aging : (see expiring)
• air ducts : Entrance through air ducts
• air filters : Dust
• Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT) : S. Air Force
• AIX
• • Entering Your Password
  • Integrating One-time Passwords with UNIX
  • access control lists : AIX Access Control Lists
  • tftp access : Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) (UDP Port 69)
  • trusted path : Trusted path
• alarms : (see detectors)
• aliases
• • Account Names Revisited: Using Aliases for Increased Security
  • Back Doors and Trap Doors
  • /usr/lib/aliases, /etc/aliases, /etc/sendmail/aliases, aliases.dir, or aliases.pag
  • decode : Using sendmail to receive email
  • mail : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) (TCP Port 25)
• aliases file : /usr/lib/aliases, /etc/aliases, /etc/sendmail/aliases, aliases.dir, or aliases.pag
• AllowOverride option : Commands Within the <Directory> Block
• American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) : American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
• ancestor directories : Ancestor directories
• ANI schemes : Additional Security for Modems
• animals : Bugs (biological)
• anlpasswd package : Constraining Passwords
• anon option for /etc/exports : /etc/exports
• anonymous FTP
• • Users and Groups
  • Using anonymous FTP
  • Setting up anonymous FTP with the standard UNIX FTP server
  • and HTTP : Beware mixing HTTP with anonymous FTP
• ANS (Advanced Network & Services, Inc.) : ANS customers
• ANSI C standards : Software Quality
• answer mode : Originate and Answer
• answer testing : Answer testing
• answerback terminal mode : Trojan Horses
• APOP option (POP) : Post Office Protocol (POP) (TCP Ports 109 and 110)
• Apple CORES (Computer Response Squad) : Apple Computer worldwide R&D community
• Apple Macintosh, Web server on : Running a Secure Server
• applets : Viruses
• application-level encryption : Link-level Security
• applications, CGI : (see CGI, scripts)
• ar program : Simple Archives
• architecture, room : Physical Access
• archiving information
• • taxonomy of computer failures
  • (see also logging)
• arguments, checking : Tips on Avoiding Security-related Bugs
• ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)
• • History of UNIX
  • (see also UNIX, history of)
  • ARPANET network : The Internet
• ASIS (American Society for Industrial Security) : American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
• assert macro : Tips on Avoiding Security-related Bugs
• assessing risks
• • Risk Assessment
  • Review Your Risks
  • Final Words: Risk Management Means Common Sense
• assets, identifying : Identifying assets
• ASSIST : S. Department of Defense
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• asymmetric key cryptography : Common Cryptographic Algorithms
• asynchronous systems : Sun's Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) : IPv4: The Internet Protocol Version 4
• at program
• • The at program
  • System overload attacks
• AT&T System V : (see System V UNIX)
• Athena : (see Kerberos system)
• atime
• • Inodes
  • File Times
• ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) : IPv4: The Internet Protocol Version 4
• attacks : (see threats)
• audio device : Picking a Random Seed
• audit IDs
• • Other IDs
  • The Basic Log Files
• auditing
• • Auditing and Logging
  • (see also logging)
  • C2 audit : The Basic Log Files
  • checklist for : Auditing and Logging
  • employee access : Auditing Access
  • login times : lastlog File
  • system activity : Planning Your Security Needs
  • user activity : Multiple Accounts with the Same UID
  • who is logged in
  • • utmp and wtmp Files
    • su command and /etc/utmp and /var/adm/wtmp files
• AUTH_DES authentication : AUTH_DES
• AUTH_KERB authentication : AUTH_KERB
• AUTH_NONE authentication : AUTH_NONE
• AUTH_UNIX authentication : AUTH_UNIX
• authd service : Tips on Writing Network Programs
• authdes_win variable : Setting the window
• authentication : Authentication
• • ID services : Authentication
  • Kerberos
  • • Kerberos Authentication
    • Kerberos 4 vs. Kerberos 5
  • of logins : TACACS (UDP Port 49)
  • message digests
  • • Using Message Digests
    • Checksums and Signatures
    • Use Message Digests for Storing Passwords
  • NIS+ : Using NIS+
  • RPCs
  • • RPC Authentication
    • AUTH_KERB
    • Secure RPC : Secure RPC Authentication
  • security standard for : Standards
  • for Web use : Setting Up Web Users and Passwords
  • xhost facility : The xhost facility
• authenticators : Usernames
• AuthGroupFile option : Commands Within the <Directory> Block
• authors of coded threats : Authors
• AuthRealm option : Commands Within the <Directory> Block
• AuthType option : Commands Within the <Directory> Block
• AuthUserFile option : Commands Within the <Directory> Block
• Auto_Mounter table (NIS+) : NIS+ Tables
• autologout shell variable : Built-in shell autologout
• Automated Systems Incident Response Capability (NASA) : NASA: NASA-wide
• automatic
• • Abusing Automatic Mechanisms
  • (see also at program; cron file)
  • account lockout : Entering Your Password
  • backups system : Building an Automatic Backup System
  • cleanup scripts (UUCP) : Automatic Execution of Cleanup Scripts
  • directory listings (Web) : Additional configuration issues
  • disabling of dormant accounts : Finding Dormant Accounts
  • logging out : Built-in shell autologout
  • mechanisms, abusing
  • • Abusing Automatic Mechanisms
    • Other files
  • password generation : Password Generators
  • power cutoff : (see detectors)
  • sprinkler systems : Fire
  • wtmp file pruning : Pruning the wtmp file
• auxiliary (printer) ports : Auxiliary ports on terminals
• awareness, security : (see security, user awareness of)
• awk scripts
• • Trojan Horses
  • IFS attacks

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