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Glossary
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port number may be seen as an address of an application
within the computer.
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol . This protocol is a way to connect
your computer to the Internet over telephone lines. PPP is
replacing an older protocol, SLIP, as it is more stable and has
more error-checking features.
PPP has been a widely-used Internet standard for sending
datagrams over a communications link. The PPP standard is
described in RFC 1661 by the Point-to-Point Working Group
of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). PPP is
commonly used when remote computers call an Internet
service provider (ISP) or a corporate server that is configured
to receive incoming calls.
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) is a client/
server protocol and software that enables remote access
servers to communicate with a central server to authenticate
dial-in users and authorize their access to the requested
system or service. RADIUS allows a company to maintain
user profiles in a central database that all remote servers can
share.
RC4
Rivest Cipher four, an encryption method using variable
length secret key streams. RC4 is an alternate to DES and is
approximately ten times as fast as DES; however, it is less
secure.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Specifies the format of
messages that an SMTP client on one computer can use to
send electronic mail to an SMTP server on another computer.
SNMP
Short for Simple Network Management Protocol , a set of
protocols for managing complex networks. The first versions
of SNMP were developed in the early 80s. SNMP works by
sending messages, called protocol data units (PDUs), to
different parts of a network.
SNMP-compliant devices, called agents, store data about
themselves in Management Information Bases (MIBs) and
return this data to the SNMP requesters.
(Source: Webopedia)