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Security+ Networking

Security+ Flash Cards - Networking Terms

TermDefinitionExplanation
ACL Access Control List
CAN (1) Campus Area Network
CAN (2) Controller Area Network
CSU Channel Service Unit
DMZ Demilitarized Zone
DNAT Destination Network Address Translation DNAT is also known as port forwarding
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSU Data Service Unit
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EMP Electro Magnetic Pulse
GPS Global Positioning System
HA High Availability
ICS Industrial Control Systems
IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IoT Internet of Things
ISP Internet Service Provider
LAN Local Area Network
MAC (1) Media Access Control
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MDF Main Distribution Frame
MPLS Multi-Protocol Label Switching
NAC Network Access Control
NAT Network Address Translation
NFC Near Field Communication
OTA Over The Air
P2P Peer to Peer
PAC Proxy Auto Configuration A PAC file defines how web browsers and other user agents can automatically choose the appropriate proxy server (access method) for fetching a given URL.
PAT Port Address Translation
PBX Private Branch Exchange
POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
RAS Remote Access Server
RTBH Remotely Triggered Black Hole Routing technique to drop undesirable traffic (into a black hole) before it enters the protected network.
SAN (1) Storage Area Network "A storage area network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage. "
SCADA System Control and Data Acquisition "A SCADA system refers to the computer and software responsible for communicating with the field connection controllers, like PLCs and HMI software running on operator workstations. "
SCEP Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol SCEP allows you to securely issue certificates to large numbers of network devices using an automatic enrollment technique.
SDN Software Defined Network
SSID Service Set Identifier
VDE Virtual Desktop Environment
VDI Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VLSM Variable Length Subnet Masking
VM Virtual Machine
VoIP Voice over IP
VTC Video Teleconferencing
WIDS Wireless Intrusion Detection System
WIPS Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
SPI Stateful Packet Inspection The firewall monitors active communications passing through it to decide which packets are permitted or denied.
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