Glossary
Glossary-10 AlterPath Manager E2000 Manual
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Specifies the format of
messages that an SMTP client on one computer can use to
send electronic mail to an SMTP server on another computer.
SOL Serial Over LAN.
SSH (Secure Shell) A protocol which permits secure remote access over a
network from one computer to another. SSH negotiates and
establishes an encrypted connection between an SSH client
and an SSH server.
Stop B it A bit which signals the end of a unit of transmission on a
serial line.A stop bit may be transmitted after the end of each
byte or character.
Subnet Mask A bit mask used to select bits from an Internet address for
subnet addressing. Also known as Address Mask.
STTY Set the options for a terminal device interface.
This command prints information about your terminal
settings. The information printed is the same as if you had
typed stty while interacting with a shell.
The stty utility sets or reports on terminal I/O characteristics
for the device that is its standard input. Without options or
operands specified, it reports the settings of certain
characteristics, usually those that differ from implementation-
dependent defaults. Otherwise, it modifies the terminal state
according to the specified operands.
TACACS Terminal Access Controller Access Control System.
Authentication protocol, developed by the DDN community,
that provides remote access authentication and related
services, such as event logging. User passwords are
administered in a central database rather than in individual
routers, providing an easily scalable network security
solution.