Domain Name System (DNS)
Privacy enhanced mail (PEM)
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Privacy enhanced mail (PEM)
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The predecessor to DNS, a static text file that resides on a computer and is used to resolve DNS host names to IP addresses. The HOSTS file is checked before the machine sends a name resolution request to a DNS name server. The HOSTS file has no extension.
Comptia A+ Core 1 Study Guide
An attack where an organization's web address is stolen by another party. The other party changes the enrollment of another's domain name without the consent of its legitimate owner.
Comptia Exam Objectives Security+
Technique used by criminals to alter DNS records and drive users to fake sites, to committing phishing. How - modify the host file on client's device man in the middle alter the DNS record on the server to resolve to another IP address
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