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By Derek Carpenter, Assistant Editor
27 Sep 2004 | SearchExchange.com |
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The end of summer is always depressing, isn't it? I felt as though we all needed something
light and fun to start out this week. So, I challenge you to take this quick quiz and see
how you measure up on our Exchange geek-o-meter. How many can you guess without peeking?
When you're done, share your score with me
and be entered to win a brushed metal TechTarget travel mug!!!
1. Hot girl or viral worm?
This is a viral worm that uses the lore of a beautiful woman to infect Windows systems. When
a user unwittingly opens an e-mail note with an attachment that appears to be a graphic
image of a certain babe, the worm copies itself to the Windows directory and then sends the
file as an attachment to all addresses in your address book.
What
is it?
2. Hello operator?
This is Microsoft's trademarked directory service, an integral part of the Windows 2000
architecture. It is a centralized and standardized system that automates network management
of user data, security, and distributed resources, and enables interoperation with other
directories.
What
is it?
3. It swings both ways
A programmer may sometimes install this so that the program can be accessed for
troubleshooting or other purposes. However, attackers often use these that they detect or
install themselves, as part of an exploit.
What
is it?
4. Picking up the pieces
This is the process of locating the noncontiguous fragments of data into which a computer
file may be divided as it is stored on a hard disk, and rearranging the fragments and
restoring them into fewer fragments or into the whole file.
What
is it?
5. It's hunting season!
This was the first computer virus known to have spread in the wild. Richard Skrenta, then
fifteen years old, wrote the virus for the Apple II operating system, which was stored on
floppy diskettes.
What
is it?
6. "Oh Gee, oh shucks..."
This e-mail service gives you plenty of storage, but also parses users' messages to
determine advertising matches and will occasionally insert appropriate ads in e-mail
messages.
What
is it?
7. Unknowing accomplice
This is an SMTP e-mail server that allows third-party relay of e-mail messages. By
processing mail that is neither for nor from a local user, this makes it possible for an
unscrupulous sender to route large volumes of spam.
What
is it?
8. Don't e-mail without it
This is a Microsoft Windows program interface that enables you to send e-mail from within a
Windows application and attach the document you are working on to the e-mail note.
What
is it?
9. IM spam
According to a report from Ferris Research, 500 million IM spam messages were sent in 2003,
twice the level of 2002. As it becomes more prevalent, it could impact the business
community similarly to the way that spam e-mail does now, by consuming corporate resources
and creating security problems. Think you know the term for IM spam?
What
is it?
10. Hello? Is anyone there?
This is a term used for a set of facilities for managing the delivery of voice information
using the Internet Protocol. In general, this means sending voice information in digital
form in discrete packets rather than in the traditional circuit-committed protocols of the
public switched telephone network.
What
is it?
How many can you guess without peeking? Share
your score with me and be entered to win a brushed metal TechTarget travel mug!!!
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