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hammering - permalink - collapse

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A key search attack in which an unauthorized user guesses at a PIN or password many times.
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Browse Related Terms: anti-hammering, brute force attack, external key, external key file, global system key, key search attack, startup key, SYSKEY

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A protocol used by Access Control Server (ACS) to send and receive statements of health to and from other NAP infrastructure components. HCAP is installed on NPS so that it can function with Access Control Server (ACS).
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Browse Related Terms: claim, HCEP, Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol, Health Registration Authority, Host Credentials Authorization Protocol, HRA, Network Policy Server, NPS

HCEP - permalink - collapse

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The protocol used by the NAP agent to request health certificates from the Health Registration Authority (HRA) and to prove the health of a client computer.
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Browse Related Terms: claim, HCAP, Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol, Health Registration Authority, Host Credentials Authorization Protocol, HRA, Network Policy Server, NPS

health certificate - permalink - collapse

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An X.509 certificate that asserts the health of a client computer. Client computers can use this certificate to prove their identities and health through security services and mechanisms such as Internet Protocol security (IPsec) and Internet Key Exchange (IKE), which recognize the X.509 standard.
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Browse Related Terms: Certificate, Certificate Services, client authentication certificate, exemption certificate, server authentication certificate, token-signing certificate, verification certificate

Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol - permalink - collapse

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The protocol used by the NAP agent to request health certificates from the Health Registration Authority (HRA) and to prove the health of a client computer.
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Browse Related Terms: claim, HCAP, HCEP, Health Registration Authority, Host Credentials Authorization Protocol, HRA, Network Policy Server, NPS

health policy - permalink - collapse

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A collection of software requirements, security update requirements, and required configuration settings for NAP client computers.
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Browse Related Terms: Access Control Server, ACS, boundary network, compliant computer, Group Policy client-side extension, NAP health policy server, network policy, noncompliant computer, restricted network, secure network

Health Registration Authority - permalink - collapse

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A component of Network Access Protection (NAP) that validates statements of health (SoHs) and approves the issuance of a health certificate to clients that pass health policy verification.
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Browse Related Terms: claim, HCAP, HCEP, Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol, Host Credentials Authorization Protocol, HRA, Network Policy Server, NPS

health requirement server - permalink - collapse

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A software component that communicates with a Network Policy Server (NPS) and provides information that system health agents (SHAs) use to validate compliance. For example, a server running NPS might have to contact a policy server, such as an antivirus signature server, to check for the version of the current signature file. A policy server also communicates with a system health validator (SHV) to validate a statement of health (SoH) from an SHA.
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Browse Related Terms: NAP agent, NAP client, SHA, SHV, SoH, SoHR, statement of health, statement of health response, system health agent, system health validator, Windows Security Health Agent, Windows Security Health Validator, WSHA, WSHV

hibernation - permalink - collapse

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A power-saving feature that saves everything in memory on disk, turns off your monitor and hard disk, and then turns off your computer. When you restart your computer, your desktop is restored exactly as you left it.
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Browse Related Terms: interactive desktop, interactive user, network user, RDC, Remote Desktop, Remote Desktop Connection, Remote Desktop Web Connection, Remote Desktops, Remote Server Administration Tools, RSAT, secure desktop, Windows DS

hibernation file - permalink - collapse

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A file created during hibernation that contains all CPU memory and registers information.
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Browse Related Terms: administrator, Answer File, Autounattend.xml, oobe.xml file, unattend.xml, WER, Windows Error Reporting

Hierarchical namespace - permalink - collapse

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Any namespace that is hierarchically structured and provides rules that allow the namespace to be partitioned. Both the DNS namespace and the Active Directory namespace are examples of a hierarchical namespace. See also: namespace
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Browse Related Terms: Authoritative, DNS, Domain Name System (DNS), Domain Naming System, Domain Specific Contents, Name resolution, Namespace, RDN, Relative Distinguished name (RDN), Scope of Active Directory

Host Credentials Authorization Protocol - permalink - collapse

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A protocol used by Access Control Server (ACS) to send and receive statements of health to and from other NAP infrastructure components. HCAP is installed on NPS so that it can function with Access Control Server (ACS).
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Browse Related Terms: claim, HCAP, HCEP, Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol, Health Registration Authority, HRA, Network Policy Server, NPS

hotfix - permalink - collapse

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A single, cumulative package composed of one or more files used to address a problem in a product.
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Browse Related Terms: hotfix package, package

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A single cumulative package composed of one or more files used to address a problem in a product. Hotfixes address a specific customer situation and may not be distributed outside the customer organization. The terms QFE, patch and update have been used in the past as synonyms for hotfix.
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Browse Related Terms: Remote Procedure Call (RPC), RPC, Security package, Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI), Security Support Provider (SSP), SSP, SSPI

hotfix package - permalink - collapse

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A single, cumulative package composed of one or more files used to address a problem in a product.
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Browse Related Terms: hotfix, package

HRA - permalink - collapse

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A component of Network Access Protection (NAP) that validates statements of health (SoHs) and approves the issuance of a health certificate to clients that pass health policy verification.
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Browse Related Terms: claim, HCAP, HCEP, Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol, Health Registration Authority, Host Credentials Authorization Protocol, Network Policy Server, NPS

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hammering - permalink - collapse

HCAP - permalink - collapse

HCEP - permalink - collapse

health certificate - permalink - collapse

Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol - permalink - collapse

health policy - permalink - collapse

Health Registration Authority - permalink - collapse

health requirement server - permalink - collapse

hibernation - permalink - collapse

hibernation file - permalink - collapse

Hierarchical namespace - permalink - collapse

Host Credentials Authorization Protocol - permalink - collapse

hotfix - permalink - collapse

hotfix package - permalink - collapse

HRA - permalink - collapse

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