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site
A host on the Internet which allows remote access by such protocols as http, ftp, telnet, or gopher. A site may consist of a single page or many pages under a common site name. Whether two addresses with a common site name are one site or more than one may vary depending on your point of view. For example, to some, all pages at the Internet Service Provider delphiforums.com might be considered one site. But an individual who has set up personal web pages at people.delphiforums.com will refer to his or her pages as "my web site."

slam, slamming
Slamming is the practice of telephone companies shifting you to their long distance service without your permission or obtaining your permission deceptively.

SLIP
Serial Line Interface Protocol. Along with the newer PPP, a protocol that can be used with a dialup connection to an ISP to complete a TCP/IP Internet connection.

smiley face
A happy face or other expression formed with typed characters, usually viewed by tilting your head to the left. These are used in place of real facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice when writing. Also known as "emoticon."

:-) ;-) 8-( =|:-)=
the basic smiley a wink unhappy,
with glasses Uncle Sam


SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The protocol used to send mail between servers and to send mail from your client to a mail server. Your address to send mail using software like Eudora, Pegasus, or the mail clients in Netscape and MSIE will often begin with smtp. For Delphi, the address to send mail through is smtp.delphiforums.com. See POP.

SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol, a standard for managment of devices such as hubs, routers, and switches attached to an IP network. It operates at the application layer of the OSI Model. See SNMP.com for much more information.

social engineering
A cracker term for tricking users of a system to reveal passwords so that the cracker can gain entry to the system. A common technique is to contact users in chat or e-mail on a system, pretend that they are employees of the system performing security checks, and insist that the users give their password to prove who they are or their account will be closed. Such requests are never legitimate! Social engineering schemes can be quite ingenious and convincing and more subtle than the simple technique above. Never reveal a password or even give hints what it may be.

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