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Kerberos – available free from MIT, this is a network user authentication system based on key distribution (and can be embedded in virtually any other network protocol) that works on both fixed and wireless networks. See website at: web.mit.edu/Kerberos.
Key – is the value used, in conjunction with an algorithm, to encrypt or decrypt data. A key may be either public (see PKI) or private.
Key stroke loggers – software that records key depressions on a computer keyboard; the software can either be installed on the computer (in which case it can be detected by AntiSpyware software) or it can run inside a secret device attached to the computer (in which case AntiSpyware software will not detect it).
Kilobyte – 1,024 bytes.
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