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Differentiated Service Framework
A header field used to indicate a priority value for an IP packet for QoS or CoS scheduling. Diff...
Quality of Service
A traffic shaping mechanism that allows for fine-grained control over traffic parameters in a net...
Random Early Detection
A packet dropping algorithm designed to avoid congestion and buffer filling using predictive mode...
Management Information Base
A database that stores an SNMP agent's activity records and other parameters. Parameters are iden...
Simple Network Management Protocol
A commonly used framework for remote management and monitoring of servers and network appliances....
Cisco Discovery Protocol
A proprietary host discovery protocol used in all Cisco network appliances. CDP uses Data Link la...
Nmap Security Scanner
A widely used software tool used for IP scanning. Nmap requires at least the IP address or the su...
Request for Comment 1918
A standard defined by the IETF that defines private IPv4 address ranges.
Internet Key Exchange
A framework for creating a security association used with IPsec. Security associations (SAs) esta...
IEEE 802.11r
An amendment to the normal 802.11 standard that enhances the ability of wireless devices to maint...
Service Set Identifier
A unique string used to identify wireless networks. SSIDs have a maximum length of 32 bytes, and ...
Received Signal Strength Indicator
A measure of a wireless signal's strength as measured at the receiver, measured using either deci...
Perimeter Network
A type of network security zone where hosts that face the Internet are placed for secure external...
Extensible Authentication Protocol
A framework for autonegotiation of secure authentication methods that use hardware identifiers li...
Cryptographic Attacks
There is no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to protecting data stored on computer system...
Asymmetric Encryption
Where encryption and decryption are handled by two different keys. A user will generate a keypai...
Field Programable Gate Array
aliases: FPGA A type of microprocessor used in embedded systems that is configured by t...
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
aliases: ASIC A type of microprocessor used in embedded systems designed to perform a single ...
Realtime OS
A type of operating system often used in embedded systems. Features: different algorithms embedd...
GUID Partition Table
aliases: GPT A hard disk partition style that works by assigning UUIDs to partitions on...