This is a compromised Web site that is being used as an attack launch point in a denialof-service attack.

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• In what type of attack does an intruder manipulate a URL in such a way that the Web server executes or reveals the contents of a file anywhere on the server, including those lying outside the document root directory?
• This is an attack on a computer system that takes advantage of a particular vulnerability that the system offers to intruders.
• This type of attack may cause additional damage by sending data containing codes designed to trigger specific actions - for example, changing data or disclosing confidential information.
• This is a type of network security attack in which the intruder takes control of a communication between two entities and masquerades as one of them.
• This is a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) card that offloads SSL processing to speed up secure transactions on e-commerce Web sites.
• Which of the following is NOT recommended for securing Web applications against authenticated users?
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• This is the modification of personal information on a Web user's computer to gain unauthorized information with which to obtain access to the user's existing accounts.
• This electronic "credit card" establishes a user's credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web and is issued by a certification authority.
• This is the name for a group of programmers who are hired to expose errors or security holes in new software or to find out why a computer network's security is being broken.