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failures, computer  [See also bugs]2nd 
Òfair useÓ provisions, copyright law 
Farmer, Dan  2nd  3rd  4th 
Fast File System  [See FFS]
FAT filesystem 
FAT32 filesystem 
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)  2nd 
fchmod() system call  2nd 
fchow() system call 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  2nd 
federal jurisdiction 
federal laws 
Ferbrache, David (The Pathology of Computer Viruses) 
FFS (Fast File System)  2nd  3rd 
FG (Frame Ground) 
fget() system call 
fgets() system call 
fiber optic cables 
FIFO file type 
file command 
file descriptors 
file handles  2nd 
File Transfer Protocol  [See FTP]
filenames, attacks through 
files  2nd 
    access times of 
    append-only 
    backing up  [See backups]
    beginning with dash, deleting 
    byte-by-byte comparisons of 
    change time 
    changing owner of 
    checklists for comparing 
    checksums detecting changes in 
    context-dependent (CDFs) 
    core 
    critical, backing up 
    critical, deleting 
    deleted accidentally 
    deleted as destructive attack 
    detecting changes to 
    device 
    format of, monitoring 
    group for 
    group-writable 
    hidden  2nd 
    history 
    immutable 
    information about (metadata) 
    inodes storing information about 
    integrity of  [See integrity]
    locating largest 
    locking 
        mandatory 
    log  [See log files]
    magic number in 
    metadata, comparing 
    modification times of  2nd  3rd  4th 
    modified by intruders  2nd 
    owner of 
    permissions for  [See permissions]
    security checklist for 
    SGID bit on 
    signatures detecting changes in 
    startup  [See startup files]
    SUID/SGID, finding 
    swapping to 
    system configuration 
    system database 
    system startup 
    Trojan horses in 
    trusted computing base (TCB) of 
    types of  2nd 
    unlinked, hidden space used by 
    unowned 
    which to back up 
    world-writable 
    zero-filled bytes (holes) in 
filesystems  [See also directories]2nd 
    Cryptfs 
    cryptographic  2nd 
    encrypted 
    Fast File System 
    journaling 
    list of, available on Unix 
    mounted 
    network  2nd  [See also NFS; SMB]
    remote network 
    replicated (RAID) 
    reserved space on 
    restricted 
    security checklist for  2nd 
    summarizing usage per user 
    superuser control of 
    UFS 
    virtual filesystem interface 
filter files (mail) 
filtering software  2nd 
filtering, on-demand 
find command
    -0 option 
    -ls option 
    -size option 
    attacks on 
    -H option 
    -print option 
    type -f option 
    -xdev option 
finger account 
finger command  2nd  3rd  4th 
    disabling 
    finding contact information with 
    login times displayed by 
    running when not logged in 
finger service 
fingerd program  2nd  [See also Internet worm program]
fingerprint of files or keys  [See message digest functions]
Fingerprints Database 
fire  2nd  3rd 
firewalls
    account aliases and 
    host-based program  2nd 
    IP networks 
    kernel-level 
    mailing list for 
    nameservers and 
    for NIS sites 
    packet-level 
    portmapper program and 
    standalone appliance for 
    stateful inspection of 
    telephone 
    verifying proper operation of 
Firewalls and Internet Security (Bellovin, Steve and Cheswick, Bill) 
Firewire-based disk drive 
FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams)  2nd  3rd 
flooding, client 
floors, raised, access through 
folders  [See directories links]
fonts used in this book 
food, effects on hardware 
forensics  2nd  [See also logging]
    security checklist for 
fork bombs 
fork() system call  2nd 
Forrester, Justin 
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams  [See FIRST]
.forward file  2nd 
Frame Ground (FG) 
fraud 
Fredricksen, Lars ("An Empirical Study of the Reliability of UNIX Utilities") 
Free Software Foundation (FSF) 
FreeBSD  2nd  [See also BSD Unix]3rd  4th 
    ACL support for 
    bug fixes, responsibility for  2nd 
    Cryptfs support for 
    CVS used by 
    history of  2nd 
    host-based firewall for 
    kernel security levels on 
    master password file 
    PAM support for 
    password file, printing 
    S/Key support 
    source-based management systems 
    su log 
    sulog, scanning 
Freedman, David H. (@ Large) 
fscanf() system call 
fsck program  2nd 
FSF (Free Software Foundation) 
FSINFO function (RPC) 
fsirand program  2nd 
FSSTAT function (RPC) 
fstab file  2nd 
fstat() system call 
FSUID (filesystem UID) 
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)  2nd  3rd 
    active mode 
    allowing without logging in 
    anonymous  2nd  3rd 
    bounce attack 
    chroot() system call and 
    ~ftp/bin directory 
    ~ftp/etc directory 
    ~ftp/pub directory 
    passive mode 
    restricted filesystems and 
    restricting accounts with 
    setting up server 
ftp user 
ftpd server  2nd  3rd  4th 
ftpusers file 
ftruncate() system call 
The Fugitive Game: Online with Kevin Mitnick (Littman, Jonathan) 
full backup 
function keys, passwords programmed to 
functionality, add-on 
Fundamentals of Computer Security Technology (Amoroso, Edward) 
Fuzz program tests