Friday, January 14, 2011

Secure Sockets Layer

A set of rules to manage the security of a message transmission on the internet.

Repetitive strain Injury

An injury caused by repeating the same action over and over again.

Public Key

It's a key that the public people can use.

Private Key

A key in a public system is only used by its owner.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Keylogger

A computer program that captures the keystrokes that the user has typed in.

Hardware Firewall

Uses packet filtering to examine the header of the packet to determine its source and destination.

Hacking

A hacker who is breaking into the computer.