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Net & Sec. Acks
Helps learn meaning of various Networking and Security aconyms
| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| NNTP | Network News Transfer Protocol |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| SCP | Secure Copy Protocol |
| FTPS | FTP Using Secure Sockets Layer |
| SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
| IPv6 | Internet Protocol Version 6 |
| PING | Packet Internet Grouper |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| ARP | Adress Resolution Protocol |
| RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| STP | Spanning Tree Protocol |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| PAT | Port Address Translation |
| PPTP | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
| L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
| PGP | Pretty Good Privacy |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol or Wireless Access Point |
| WAE | Wireless Application Environment (Part of WAP stack) |
| WSP | Wireless Session Protocol (Part of WAP stack) |
| WTP | Wireless Transaction Protocol (Part of WAP stack) |
| WTLS | Wireless Transport Layer Security (Part of WAP stack) |
| WDP | Wireless Datagram Protocol (Part of WAP stack) |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| TACACS | Terminal Access Control Access Control System |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial In User Service |
| PKI | Public-Key Infrastructure |
| SASL | Simple Authentication and Security Layer |
| CRL | Certificate Revocation List |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| PPPoE | Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
| IPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange |
| PAP | Password Authentication Protocol |
| CHAP | Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
| EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| LEAP | Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| PEAP | Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| S/MIME | Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| ESP | Encapsulating Security Payload |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| IPsec | IP Security |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface |
| RAS | Remote Access Service |
| RRAS | Routing and Remote Access Service |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| MD | Message Digest |
| SHA | Secure Hash Algorithm |
| IDEA | International Data Encryption Algorithm |
| DSA | Digital Signature Algorithm |
| DES | Date Encryption Standard |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| DOCSIS | Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
| OSCP | Online Certificate Status Protocol |
| OTP | One-time password |
| CAC | Common Access Card |
| PIV | Personal Identity Verification |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
| HIDS | Host Intrusion Detection System |
| NIDS | Network Intrusion Detection System |
| NIPS | Network Intrusion Prevention System |
| FIM | Federated Identity Management |
| VNC | Virtual Network Computing |
| ICA | Independent Computing Architecture |
| CA | Certificate Authority |
| RA | Registration Authority |
| RSA | Rivest, Shamir and Adelman |
| CR | Certificate Repository |
| SHTTP | Secure Hypertext Transport Protocol |
| MTTR | Mean Time to Restore |
| DRP | Disaster Recovery Plan |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failures |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
| RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
| RC | Rivest Cipher |