Cisco Systems OL-24201-01 manual Service providerISP, GL-13

Glossary

M

MAC Address	A physical address; a numeric value that uniquely identifies that network device from every other
	device on the planet.
matchingRule	The method by which an attribute is compared in a search operation. A matchingRule is an ASN.1
(LDAP)	definition that usually contains an OID a name (for example, caseIgnoreMatch [OID = 2.5.23.2]), and
	the data type it operates on (for example, DirectoryString).
MD5	A one way cryptographic hash function.
MIB (Management	A MIB is a formal description of a set of network objects that can be managed using SNMP (Simple
Information Base)	Network Management Protocol).
monitoring and	In the ACS web interface, a drawer that contains the monitoring, reporting, and troubleshooting
reports	options.
MPPE Microsoft	A protocol for encrypting data across PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) and Virtual Private Network links.
Point-to-Point
Encryption

N

name space (LDAP)	Term used to describe all DNs that lie in (or are contained within or bounded by) a given directory
	information tree (DIT). If the DIT root is dc=example,dc=com, then cn=people,dc=example,dc=com
	is said to lie in the name space but ou=people,dc=example,dc=net does not; it lies in the
	dc=example,dc=net name space.
naming attribute	A unique identifier for each entry in the directory information tree (DIT). Also known as the Relative
(LDAP)	Distinguished Name (RDN).
naming context	A a unique name space starting from (and including) the root Distinguished Name (DN). Also known
(LDAP)	as namingContext or directory information tree (DIT).
NAS (Network	A single point of access to a remote resource. The NAS is meant to act as a gateway to guard access
Access Server)	to a protected resource. This can be anything from a telephone network, to printers, to the Internet.
network device	A logical grouping of network devices by location and type.
groups
network resources	A drawer that defines all network devices in the device repository that access the ACS network,
	including Network Device Groups (NDGs), network devices, AAA clients,, and external policy
	servers.

P

PAP (Password		PAP is a simple authentication protocol used to authenticate a user to a remote access server or Internet
Authentication		service provider(ISP).
Protocol.)
		User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
	OL-24201-01		GL-13