Appendix C Glossary

 

 

 

Glossary

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Application Level Gateway (ALG) is application specific

 

 

 

ALG Application

Layer

 

translation agent that allows an application on a host in one

 

 

 

Gateway

 

 

address realm to connect to its counterpart running on a host in

 

 

 

 

 

different realm transparently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

ARP Address Resolution

 

Internet protocol used to map an IP address to a MAC address.

 

 

 

Protocol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A security protocol that provides data authentication and

 

 

 

AHAuthentication Header

optional anti-replay services. AH is embedded in the data to be

 

 

 

 

 

 

protected (a full IP datagram).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DDNS Dynamic Domain

 

The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a

 

 

 

Name Server

 

 

dynamic Internet IP address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DHCP Dynamic

Host

 

A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP parameters

 

 

 

Configuration Protocol

 

for the all the PCs that are connected to a DHCP server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Demilitarized Zone allows one local host to be exposed to the

 

D

 

DMZDemilitarized Zone

Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming

 

 

 

 

 

 

or videoconferencing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNSDomain Name

 

 

An Internet Server that translates the names of websites into IP

 

 

 

Server

 

 

addresses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSL (Digital Subscriber

 

A technology that allows data to be sent or received over

 

 

 

Line)

 

 

existing traditional phone lines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESPEncapsulating

 

 

Security protocol that provides data privacy services, optional

 

E

 

 

 

data authentication, and anti-replay services. ESP encapsulates

 

 

Security Payload

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the data to be protected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F

 

FTPFile Transfer

 

 

Application protocol, part of the TCP/IP protocol stack, used for

 

 

Protocol

 

 

transferring files between network nodes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

 

GMT Greenwich

Mean

 

It is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal

 

 

Time

 

 

Observatory in Greenwich, London.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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