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Appendix A

Glossary

distance phone service, connection to the ISP POP, ISP authentication settings, and so forth. On the Enterasys Networks Aurorean Policy Server,

the Prescriptive Diagnostics Engine uses the call home feature to provide an alternate route that tests end-to-end operation and isolates tunnel problems, and also allows the remote user to download missing or updated files.

Remote Client/User

A computer user who wants to access data on a corporate network from a remote location, such as a field office, home office, or temporary lodging. Remote users working from a fixed location are often referred to as telecommuters or day-extenders (if they access the network after regular work hours). Remote users who travel frequently and attempt to access the network from different locations are often called mobile users.

RiverMaster

A management application running on a Windows NT 4.0 Workstation/2000 Professional computer which communicates with Aurorean Policy Servers and Aurorean Network Gateways. Using RiverMaster, a network administrator creates user databases, sets policies for user groups, views

activity logs, and generates usage reports.

Routers

Devices which direct network traffic among LANs or WANs until the data reaches its destination. To do this, routers communicate with one another using dedicated protocols such as IGRP (Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) and BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) to transfer information on network addressing, status, and configuration.

Thread

Described by Microsoft as an executable entity that belongs to a single process, a thread in Aurorean Client is a login process. In RiverMaster, you can increase the number of threads to permit more authentications by users attempting to connect simultaneously. The IR Authentication service is the only multi-threaded process that can be configured as such in Aurorean Client.

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