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host·name

 (hōst′nām′)
n.
The name used to identify a host on a computer network.
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Ever since its implementation, Infoblox ActiveTrust has blocked DNS communications with source addresses of DDoS attacks, APT (Advanced Persistent Threats), Botnets, Compromised Host/Domains, Exploit Kits, Malicious Name Servers, and Sinkholes, malicious hostname threats that can take action on or control of end-users' systems, such as Malware Command & Control, Malware Download, and active Phishing sites, ransomware destination servers, which encrypts files on end-users' systems and require them to pay in order to get them decrypted.
Since its inception, ActiveTrust has, to date, blocked DNS communications with source addresses of DDoS attacks, advanced persistent threats (APTs), botnets, compromised hosts/domains, exploit kits, malicious nameservers and sinkholes, malicious hostname threats that can take action on--or control of--end-user systems, and ransomware destination servers.
Tambien se han definido otras clases para representar los conceptos necesarios para que la ontologia modele cabalmente el analisis forense: Equipo; IdentificacionEquipo (con las subclases IP y HostName), ClienteCorreo, Adjunto, Asunto, CuerpoCorreo, Expediente y PalabraClave.
The controversial part is that the government plan includes eavesdropping on SNI fields, which identify the hostname of the target server.
- Actively investigate network traffic based on simple search strings like IP address, hostname, traffic type and others across PacketSled indexes.
This can be done by hostname, subnets, AD queries, zones, or other logical groupings based on business functions.
After the certificate is verified for its legitimacy, the next step is to verify the server's hostname. Simply put, this involves verifying the name of the server that you are attempting to establish a connection with.
The tuple consists of; switch device ID, incoming port number, IP address and source hostname. The controller is responsible of mapping source IP address to its name by inquires the network.
Users also can assign a hostname or a statically configured IP address.
For instance, some defacement databases store the DNS name of the defacement page, while others store the hostname. Similar data inconsistencies occur in the APWG data set.