View a list of available daily and weekly email newsletters from Computerworld. Security terms and links to related quickstudies. An application server is software that provides services to support Web-based applications that tie end users to corporate databases. It acts as a middleman between Web browsers and the database servers, so firms don't need to install high-maintenance Windows applications at the user end. See QuickStudy on Application Servers Cookies Cookies are small amounts of structured data that are shared between a World Wide Web server and a user's browser.
Cookies give the server information about a user's identity, preferences or past behavior.
Cookies use forms that users are asked to fill out when they get to a Web site that supports them. Not every browser can support cookies. These attacks have used floods of data packets to overwhelm servers and choke access to the sites. Attackers scan remote machines for vulnerabilities and secretly load software that uses the compromised machines as agents in attack networks that were harnessed against targeted sites. The firewall protects your network by blocking unwanted users from gaining access and by disallowing messages to specific recipients outside the network, such as competitors.