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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.
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...
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...
Ticket Granting Ticket
aliases: TGT An access key granted to approved hosts to access network services or reso...
Key Distribution Center
aliases: KDC A server agent that facilitates the distribution of cryptographic keys, often us...
Apple macOS
A proprietary, Unix-based operating system. Nobody really likes this one. Apple designed macOS fo...
Encryption File System
aliases: EFS An obscure file system only supported by NTFS used for specific file encry...
Domain Name System
aliases: DNS The naming system used by computer networks to match human-readable domain names...
NTFS Permissions
A cumulative permissions system for granular control over folder and files used in the New-Techno...
Multimeter
An electronic measuring instrument that combines several measurement functions into one piece of...