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| Authentication is the technique by which a process | |
| verifies that its communication partner is who it is | |
| supposed to be and not an imposter. Authentication | |
Authentication | confirms that data is sent to the intended recipient | |
| and assures the recipient that the data originated | |
| from the expected sender and has not been altered | |
| on route | |
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| Basic Input/Output System is the builtin software | |
| in a computer that are executed on start up (boot) | |
| and that determine what the computer can do | |
BIOS | without accessing programs from a disk. On PCs, | |
the BIOS contains all the code required to control | ||
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| the keyboard, display screen, disk drives, serial | |
| communications, and a number of miscellaneous | |
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| Ethernet Bonding or Failover is the ability to detect | |
Bonding | communication failure transparently, and switch | |
| from one LAN connection to another. | |
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| Bootstrap Protocol. A protocol that allows a | |
| network user to automatically receive an IP | |
BOOTP | address and have an operating system boot | |
| without user interaction. BOOTP is the basis for the | |
| more advanced DHCP | |
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| A digitally signed statement that contains | |
| information about an entity and the entity's public | |
| key, thus binding these two pieces of information | |
Certificates | together. A certificate is issued by a trusted | |
| organization (or entity) called a Certification | |
| Authority (CA) after the CA has verified that the | |
| entity is who it says it is. | |
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