This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Link in Resource Name Resolution cluster (SFP18).
| Nature | Mapping | Type | ID | Name |
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| MemberOf | Prohibited | V | 888 | Software Fault Pattern (SFP) Clusters |
| HasMember | Allowed | B | 386 | Symbolic Name not Mapping to Correct Object |
| HasMember | Allowed | B | 59 | Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') |
| HasMember | Discouraged | C | 610 | Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere |
| HasMember | Allowed | V | 62 | UNIX Hard Link |
| HasMember | Allowed | V | 64 | Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK) |
| HasMember | Allowed | V | 65 | Windows Hard Link |
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