Appendix C Glossary
Glossary
Description
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| 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. | ||
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ARP ( Address Resolution Internet protocol used to map an IP address to a MAC address.
A security protocol that provides data authentication and AH(Authentication Header)optional
protected (a full IP datagram).
DDNS ( Dynamic Domain The capability of assigning a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address.
Host A protocol that automatically configure the TCP/IP parameters for the all the PCs that are connected to a DHCP server.
A Demilitarized Zone allows one local host to be exposed to the DMZ(Demilitarized Zone) Internet for a
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DNS(Domain Name | An Internet Server that translates the names of websites into IP | |
Server) | addresses. | |
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DSL(Digital Subscriber | A technology that allows data to be sent or received over | |
Line) | existing traditional phone lines. | |
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ESP(Encapsulating | Security protocol that provides data privacy services, optional | |
data authentication, and | ||
Security Payload) | ||
the data to be protected. | ||
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FTP(File Transfer | Application protocol, part of the TCP/IP protocol stack, used for | |
Protocol) | transferring files between network nodes. |