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Index: M

machine

auditing (see audit, security)

backing up: 27.5.1. Backing Up Your Filesystems

choosing: 10.3. Choosing a Machine

configuring: 10.10.6. Reconfiguring for Production

on Unix/Linux: 11.5. Reconfiguring for Production

connecting: 10.10.8. Connecting the Machine

disconnecting or shutting down: 27.4.3. Planning for Disconnecting or Shutting Down Machines

hardening: 10.8. Building a Bastion Host

hardware (see hardware)

physical location of: 10.4. Choosing a Physical Location

securing: 10.9. Securing the Machine

13.6. Controlling Unsafe Configurations
on Unix/Linux: 11.2. Securing Unix
on Windows NT: 12.3. Securing Windows NT

software (see software)

speed of: 10.3.2. How Fast a Machine?

mail (see email)

mail delivery agent (MDA): 16.1. Electronic Mail

mail servers, evaluating: 16.1.2.1. Junk mail

mail transfer agent (MTA): 16.1. Electronic Mail

mail user agent (MUA): 16.1. Electronic Mail

mailing lists, keeping current: 26.3.1.1. Mailing lists

A.3. Mailing Lists

maintaining firewalls: 26. Maintaining Firewalls

man-in-the-middle forgery: 8.6.1. Risks of Filtering by Source Address

management tools: 2.9. Administrative Services

managing accounts: 26.1.2. Managing Your Accounts

MAPI (Microsoft Messaging API): 16.8. Microsoft Messaging API (MAPI)

masquerading: 8.9.1.3. Masquerading

master browser, on Microsoft networks: 20.4.2.2. Master browser

MBONE (Multicast Backbone): 2.6. Real-Time Conferencing Services

19.6. Multicast and the Multicast Backbone (MBONE)

MD4 algorithm: 21.3.1. One-Time Password Software

C.5.3. Cryptographic Hashes and Message Digests
C.5.3. Cryptographic Hashes and Message Digests

MDA (mail delivery agent): 16.1. Electronic Mail

memory: 10.3.3. What Hardware Configuration?

for logs: 26.1.3. Managing Your Disk Space

26.2.3. What Should You Watch For?

managing: 26.1.3. Managing Your Disk Space

merging interior and exterior routers: 6.5.2. It's OK to Merge the Interior Router and the Exterior Router

message digests: C.2.2. Cryptographic Hashes, Checksums, and Message Digests

meta-packets, and filtering: 8.8.4. It Should Allow Rules Based on Any Header or Meta-Packet Criteria

Microsoft DNS server, disabling: 12.4.5. Specific Windows NT Services to Disable

Microsoft Exchange: 2.3.1. Electronic Mail

16.4. Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Internet Explorer (see Internet Explorer)

Microsoft Messaging API (MAPI): 16.8. Microsoft Messaging API (MAPI)

Microsoft networks

browser roles: 20.4.2.1. Domain master browser
common security problems in: 18.3.2. Remote Graphic Interfaces for Microsoft Operating Systems
domains: 20.4.1. Domains and Workgroups
file sharing on: 17.4. File Sharing for Microsoft Networks
workgroups: 20.4.1. Domains and Workgroups

Microsoft Proxy Server: 9.7. Using Microsoft Proxy Server

Microsoft RPC: 14.1. Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

14.1. Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
16.4. Microsoft Exchange
authentication: 14.1.2. Microsoft RPC Authentication

Microsoft SQL Server (see SQL Server)

Microsoft TCP/IP printing services, disabling: 12.4.5. Specific Windows NT Services to Disable

Microsoft Terminal Server/Terminal Services: 18.3.4. Microsoft Terminal Server and Terminal Services

MIME (Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions): 16.1.3. Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

extensions (see S/MIME OpenPGP)

mobile code systems: 15.4. Mobile Code and Web-Related Languages

modem pools: 6.6. Terminal Servers and Modem Pools

modifying services: 10.10.5. Installing and Modifying Services

on Windows NT: 12.5. Installing and Modifying Services
on Unix: 11.4. Installing and Modifying Services

monitoring system: 26.2. Monitoring Your System

automatically: 10.11.2. Consider Using Software to Automate Monitoring

Morris worm: 13.2.2. What Data Does the Protocol Transfer?

13.2.3.1. Does it have any other commands in it?

mountd: 11.3.4.1. NFS and related services

17.3.1. NFS Authentication
17.3.6. Packet Filtering Characteristics of NFS

mounting filesystems: 10.10.6.2. Mount filesystems as read-only

11.5.3. Mount Filesystems as Read-Only

mrouter: 4.3.4. IP over IP and GRE

MRTG program: 10.11.2. Consider Using Software to Automate Monitoring

MTA (mail transfer agent): 16.1. Electronic Mail

MUA (mail user agent): 16.1. Electronic Mail

Multicase Backbone (see MBONE)

multicast IP: 4.3.4. IP over IP and GRE

multicasting: 19.6. Multicast and the Multicast Backbone (MBONE)

Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions (see MIME)

MX records: 20.1.5.1. Set up a "fake" DNS server on the bastion host for the outside world to use

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