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Differentiated Service Framework

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A header field used to indicate a priority value for an IP packet for QoS or CoS scheduling. Diff...

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Quality of Service

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A traffic shaping mechanism that allows for fine-grained control over traffic parameters in a net...

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Random Early Detection

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A packet dropping algorithm designed to avoid congestion and buffer filling using predictive mode...

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Management Information Base

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A database that stores an SNMP agent's activity records and other parameters. Parameters are iden...

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Simple Network Management Protocol

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A commonly used framework for remote management and monitoring of servers and network appliances....

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Cisco Discovery Protocol

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A proprietary host discovery protocol used in all Cisco network appliances. CDP uses Data Link la...

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Nmap Security Scanner

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A widely used software tool used for IP scanning. Nmap requires at least the IP address or the su...

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Request for Comment 1918

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A standard defined by the IETF that defines private IPv4 address ranges.

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Internet Key Exchange

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A framework for creating a security association used with IPsec. Security associations (SAs) esta...

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IEEE 802.11r

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An amendment to the normal 802.11 standard that enhances the ability of wireless devices to maint...

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Service Set Identifier

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A unique string used to identify wireless networks. SSIDs have a maximum length of 32 bytes, and ...

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Received Signal Strength Indicator

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A measure of a wireless signal's strength as measured at the receiver, measured using either deci...

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Perimeter Network

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A type of network security zone where hosts that face the Internet are placed for secure external...

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Extensible Authentication Protocol

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A framework for autonegotiation of secure authentication methods that use hardware identifiers li...

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Cryptographic Attacks

CompTIA Security+ Unit 3

There is no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to protecting data stored on computer system...

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Asymmetric Encryption

CompTIA Security+ Unit 3

Where encryption and decryption are handled by two different keys. A user will generate a keypai...

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Field Programable Gate Array

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aliases: FPGA A type of microprocessor used in embedded systems that is configured by t...

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Application Specific Integrated Circuit

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aliases: ASIC A type of microprocessor used in embedded systems designed to perform a single ...

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Realtime OS

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A type of operating system often used in embedded systems. Features: different algorithms embedd...

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GUID Partition Table

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aliases: GPT A hard disk partition style that works by assigning UUIDs to partitions on...

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