
Prestige 100L IDSL Router
PVC
RBOC
Permanent Virtual Circuit. A PVC is a logical
(Regional Bell Operating Company): There are currently seven regional telephone companies that were created by the AT& T divestiture.
RFC | An RFC (Request for Comments) is an Internet formal document or standard that is |
| the result of committee drafting and subsequent review by interested parties. Some |
| RFCs are informational in nature. Of those that are intended to become Internet |
| standards, the final version of the RFC becomes the standard and no further |
| comments or changes are permitted. Change can occur, however, through |
| subsequent RFCs. |
RIP | Routing Information Protocol is an interior or |
| the |
| the NetWare environment as a method for exchanging routing information between |
| routers. |
Router
SAP
A device that connects two networks together. Routers monitor, direct, and filter information that passes between these networks. Because of their location, routers are a good place to install traffic or mail filters. Routers are also prone to attacks because they contain a great deal of information about a network.
In NetWare, the SAP (Service Advertising Protocol) broadcasts information about available services on the network that other network devices can listen to. A server sends out SAP messages every 60 seconds. A server also sends out SAP messages to inform other devices that it is closing down. Workstations use SAP to find services they need on the network.
Server | A computer, or a software package, that provides a specific kind of service to client |
| software running on other computers. |
Shoulder | Looking over someone's shoulder to see the numbers they dial on a phone, or the |
Surfing | information they enter into a computer. |
Slave | Any device that is controlled by another device called the master. |
SNMP | System Network Management Protocol is a popular management protocol defined by |
| the Internet community for TCP/IP networks. It is a communication protocol for |
| collecting information from devices on the network. |
SOCKS | A protocol that handles TCP traffic through proxy servers. |
SON | (Service Order Number): The SON is the number issued by the local exchange |
| carrier to confirm the order for the ISDN service. It provides a matching number for |
SPAM | |
Unwanted | |
SPID | (Service Profile Identifier): The ISDN switch needs to have a unique identification |
Spoofing | number for each ISDN set to which it sends calls and signals. |
To forge something, such as an IP address. IP Spoofing is a common way for | |
| hackers to hide their location and identity. |
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