Glossary

M

MIB

Management Information Base—Database of network management information used and maintained

 

by a network management protocol such as SNMP. The value of a MIB object can be changed or

 

retrieved using SNMP commands. MIB objects are organized in a tree structure that includes public

 

and private branches.

MPLS

MPLS VPN

MSO

Multi-Protocol Label Switching—

MPLS-based Virtual Private Networks

Multiple System Operators are typically cable companies that provide Internet access for regional independent operators.

N

NAS

Network Access Server is a device providing temporary, on-demand network access to users. This

 

access is point-to-point using PSTN or ISDN lines. A NAS operates as a client of RADIUS. The client

 

is responsible for passing user information to designated RADIUS servers.

 

In PPTP terminology, this is referred to as the PPTP Access Concentrator (PAC). In L2TP terminology,

 

the NAS is referred to as the L2TP Access Concentrator (LAC).

NCP

Network Control Protocol is responsible for negotiating the protocol-specific particulars of the

 

point-to-point protocol (PPP) link.

Network Access

In order to provide for the routing of RADIUS authentication and accounting requests, the UserID field

Identifier

used in PPP and in the subsequent RADIUS authentication and accounting requests, known as the

 

Network Access Identifier (NAI), may contain structure. This structure provides a means by which the

 

RADIUS proxy locates the RADIUS server that is to receive the request. This same structure may also

 

be used to locate the tunnel end point when domain-based tunneling is used.

O

ODBC

ODBC Driver

Open Database Connectivity—a standard set of application programming interface (API) function calls (supported by Microsoft and in general use) that can be used to access data store in both relational and non-relational database management systems (DBMSs).

Processes ODBC function calls, submits SQL requests to specific data source, and returns results to applications. ODBC drivers for specific types of data files, including database files, spreadsheet files, and text fields, are available from Microsoft Corporation.

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3.5 specifications

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