Re: Glossary of Terms

["Steven M. Bellovin" <bellovin () acm org>]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Curphey writes:
> For a long time I have wanted to be able to point to a common set of definitio
> ns for security terms (not the usual BS
> marketing / Hax0r terms) that I can use and adopt in technical and non-technic
> al writing. Things like the OWASP Top
> Ten re-write. So I created one using a Wiki so poeple can add, change and refa
> ctor until a consensus is acheived. I
> started with the definitions used by NIST.
>
> https://www.threatsandcountermeasures.com/wiki/default.aspx/ThreatsAndCounterm
> easuresCommunityKB.GlossaryOfTerms
>
> There is a sandbox here where you can modify at will and send your discussions
> / changes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for
> inclusion in the main namespace.
>
> https://www.threatsandcountermeasures.com/wiki/default.aspx/Sandbox.WebApplica
> tionGlossaryOfTerms


Also see RFC 2828.

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.stevebellovin.com