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Harden definition - hacker
To put a shell around a computer to protect it from intruders. To harden a system, the following techniques need to be done: The Operating System Software and the exposed services should be patched with the latest security fixes; the defaults should be removed; all unnecessary services should be shut down; and packet-filtering software should be installed.

See Also: Operating System Software; Patch.

Graham, R. Hacking Lexicon. [Online, 2001.] Robert Graham Website. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/resource_files/documentation/hacking-dict.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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