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  2. Password Authentication Protocol - Wikipedia

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    As the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) sends data unencrypted and "in the clear", PAP is vulnerable to any attacker who can observe the PPP session. An attacker can see the users name, password, and any other information associated with the PPP session. Some additional security can be gained on the PPP link by using CHAP or EAP. However, there ...

  3. ReactOS - Wikipedia

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    ReactOS 0.4.14 running the Firefox web browser. ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system for i586/amd64 personal computers intended to be binary-compatible with computer programs and device drivers developed for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Windows.

  4. Wi-Fi deauthentication attack - Wikipedia

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    Sending the frame from the access point to a station is called a "sanctioned technique to inform a rogue station that they have been disconnected from the network". [ 1 ] An attacker can send a deauthentication frame at any time to a wireless access point, with a spoofed address for the victim.

  5. Extensible Authentication Protocol - Wikipedia

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    The Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) method was developed by Cisco Systems prior to the IEEE ratification of the 802.11i security standard. [3] Cisco distributed the protocol through the CCX (Cisco Certified Extensions) as part of getting 802.1X and dynamic WEP adoption into the industry in the absence of a standard.

  6. Windows Genuine Advantage - Wikipedia

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    The WGA Validation Library is also included in the Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 and validate the Windows installation whether it is legitimate or not. The program will stop working after 30 days once it failed the validation process. The information is then used in the WGA Library to check for overuse of license keys.

  7. Password cracking - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of password cracking might be to help a user recover a forgotten password (due to the fact that installing an entirely new password would involve System Administration privileges), to gain unauthorized access to a system, or to act as a preventive measure whereby system administrators check for easily crackable passwords. On a file ...

  8. Unofficial patch - Wikipedia

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    [11] [28] There have been seldom cases of cease and desist letters to unofficial patch and fan translation projects. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Sometimes the copyright holder actively support the patching and fixing efforts of a software community, [ 31 ] sometimes even by releasing the source code under a software license which allows the software ...

  9. Certification path validation algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The certification path validation algorithm is the algorithm which verifies that a given certificate path is valid under a given public key infrastructure (PKI). A path starts with the Subject certificate and proceeds through a number of intermediate certificates up to a trusted root certificate , typically issued by a trusted certificate ...