unix - secure distribution guidelines
GLOSSARY

• boot scripts - the set of scripts and programs executed during system boot, system shutdown, and runlevel changes. This of course does not apply to scripts running from the installation media during install.
• privileged access - access through which one may view or modify system internals or parameters in any way (e.g. adding files, deleting files, modifying files, opening files, reading memory, viewing processes, etc)
• locked password - a password which one can never match, such as '*' or 'x' in place of a DES encrypted password string. An account with a locked password can never be logged into.

see also

• guidelines