Denial of Service attacks occur when a critical network or computing resource is overwhelmed so that
legitimate requests for service cannot succeed. In its simplest form, a DoS attack is indistinguishable
from normal heavy traffic. ExtremeXOS software has configurable parameters that allow you to defeat
DoS attacks.
DSSS
Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum is a transmission technology used in Local Area Wireless Network
(LAWN) transmissions where a data signal at the sending station is combined with a higher data rate bit
sequence, or chipping code, that divides the user data according to a spreading ratio. The chipping
code is a redundant bit pattern for each bit that is transmitted, which increases the signal's resistance to
interference. If one or more bits in the pattern are damaged during transmission, the original data can
be recovered due to the redundancy of the transmission. (Compare with
EAP-TLS/EAP-TTLS
EAP-TLS Extensible Authentication Protocol - Transport Layer Security. A general protocol for
authentication that also supports multiple authentication methods, such as token cards, Kerberos, one-
time passwords, certificates, public key authentication and smart cards.
IEEE 802.1x specifies how EAP should be encapsulated in LAN frames.
In wireless communications using EAP, a user requests connection to a WLAN through an access point,
which then requests the identity of the user and transmits that identity to an authentication server such
as RADIUS The server asks the access point for proof of identity, which the access point gets from the
user and then sends back to the server to complete the authentication.
EAP-TLS provides for certificate-based and mutual authentication of the client and the network. It relies
on client-side and server-side certificates to perform authentication and can be used to dynamically
generate user-based and session-based WEP keys.
EAP-TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Security) is an extension of EAP-TLS to provide certificate-based,
mutual authentication of the client and network through an encrypted tunnel, as well as to generate
dynamic, per-user, per-session WEP keys. Unlike EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS requires only server-side
certificates.
(See also
PEAP (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol)
.)
ESRP
Extreme Standby Router Protocol is an Extreme Networks-proprietary protocol that provides redundant
Layer 2 and routing services to users.
FHSS
Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum is a transmission technology used in Local Area Wireless
Network (LAWN) transmissions where the data signal is modulated with a narrowband carrier signal
that 'hops' in a random but predictable sequence from frequency to frequency as a function of time
over a wide band of frequencies. This technique reduces interference. If synchronized properly, a single
logical channel is maintained. (Compare with
DSSS (Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum)
.)
IBSS
An IBSS is the 802.11 term for an ad hoc network. See
.
ICMP
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