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- M of N Control method
A rule stating that in order to access the key server if n number of administrators have the ability to perform a process, m number of those administrators must authenticate for access to occur. M of N Control may involve physical presence.
- MAC
See Media Access Control (MAC), Mandatory Access Control (MAC), and message authentication code (MAC).
- MAC address
The address that is either assigned to a network card or burned into the network interface card (NIC). PCs use MAC addresses to keep track of one another and keep each other separate.
- macro virus
A software exploitation virus that works by using the macro feature included in many applications.
- malicious code
Any code that is meant to do harm.
- Mandatory Access ...
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