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- access control list (ACL)
The set of rules that determines which traffic gets through a firewall and which traffic is blocked.
- access point (AP)
The device that allows wireless devices to talk to each other and the network. It provides the functions of network access as well as security monitoring.
- Active Directory
The replacement for NT Directory Service (NTDS) that was first included with Windows 2000 and is now a core part of Windows. It acts similarly to Novell Directory Services (NDS), which is now known as eDirectory because it's a true X.500-based directory service.
- active hub
A type of hub that uses electronics to amplify and clean up the signal before it is retransmitted to the other ports.
- active sniffing
Involves an attacker ...
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