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| author | jake%bugzilla.org <> | 2004-12-02 13:21:27 +0100 |
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| committer | jake%bugzilla.org <> | 2004-12-02 13:21:27 +0100 |
| commit | d8070af6b6a6ede39a318965f1c1303768e2a9db (patch) | |
| tree | fe0201127f00d0b2bd1fd1c1af7c3ed75a5e3cb0 /docs/xml/glossary.xml | |
| parent | 5a2b693c8cfcdb188eeaff860094d073149c3603 (diff) | |
| download | bugzilla-d8070af6b6a6ede39a318965f1c1303768e2a9db.tar.gz bugzilla-d8070af6b6a6ede39a318965f1c1303768e2a9db.tar.xz | |
Reinstate the seperate security section as a chapter.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/xml/glossary.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/xml/glossary.xml | 35 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/xml/glossary.xml b/docs/xml/glossary.xml index 3893094c0..08ad45524 100644 --- a/docs/xml/glossary.xml +++ b/docs/xml/glossary.xml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <glossdiv> <title>0-9, high ascii</title> - <glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-htaccess"> <glossterm>.htaccess</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ <glossdiv id="gloss-d"> <title>D</title> - <glossentry> + <glossentry id="gloss-daemon"> <glossterm>daemon</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -208,6 +208,23 @@ a web server, are generally run as daemons.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-dos"> + <glossterm>DOS Attack</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + <para>A DOS, or Denial of Service attack, is when a user attempts to + deny access to a web server by repeatadly accessing a page or sending + malformed requests to a webserver. This can be effectively prevented + by using <filename>mod_throttle</filename> as described in + <xref linkend="security-webserver-mod-throttle"/>. A D-DOS, or + Distributed Denial of Service attack, is when these requests come + from multiple sources at the same time. Unfortunately, these are much + more difficult to defend against. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> <glossdiv id="gloss-g"> @@ -393,6 +410,19 @@ <glossdiv id="gloss-s"> <title>S</title> + <glossentry id="gloss-service"> + <glossterm>Service</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + <para>In Windows NT environment, a boot-time background application + is refered to as a service. These are generally managed through the + control pannel while logged in as an account with + <quote>Administrator</quote> level capabilities. For more + information, consult your Windows manual or the MSKB. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry> <glossterm> <acronym>SGML</acronym> @@ -520,4 +550,3 @@ sgml-shorttag:t sgml-tag-region-if-active:t End: --> - |