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attack surface https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/attack-surface/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:23:57 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=647 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_surface

The attack surface of a software environment is the sum of the different points (for “attack vectors“) where an unauthorized user (the “attacker”) can try to enter data to or extract data from an environment

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attack vector https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/attack-vector/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:22:11 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=644 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_vector

attack vector is a specific path, method, or scenario that can be exploited to break into an IT system.

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“instantaneous” https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/instantaneous-2/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:11:40 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=1049 O.E.D.  1. a. Occurring or operating in an instant; done, completed, or reaching completion without any perceptible lapse of time.

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bounce message https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/bounce-message/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:48:20 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=988 A system generated email sent by return (usually instant, which is ironic) to say (usually in an obscure coded way) why an email has not been delivered. Failure of delivery does NOT guarantee one of these and even when received the recipient often (usually) fails to pass it on to those who need to know and can solve the problem.

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bytes https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/bytes/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:29:36 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=424 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte#Multiple-byte_units

a Bit is on or off, a nibble is 4 bits, a byte is 8 bits,

and APPROXIMATELY (that means roughly so 1,024 = 1,000)

a kilobyte is 1,000 bytes,

a megabyte is 1,000 kilobytes

a gigabyte is 1,000 megabytes

a terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes

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DKIM https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/dkim/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:42:46 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=663 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail

Email authentication – block spammers using your email address, especially for phishing.

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e-mail https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/e-mail/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:21:34 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=967 967 Ed https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/ed/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:05:04 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=956 This is where as Editor I have inserted my own text into text quoted from somewhere else. I always give the links to the source of my quoted text, so we can see if it has changed and so we can each validate and verify it for ourselves, which is crucially important for all internet “information”.

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Eisenhower Method https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/eisenhower-method/ Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:52:11 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=902 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_management#The_Eisenhower_Method

Splits time demands in to Urgent & important, Important not urgent, unimportant urgent, unimportant not urgent.

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email https://hiddendifference.co.uk/glossary/email/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:02:53 +0000 https://hiddendifference.co.uk/?post_type=tooltips&p=965 965