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that it takes a message and converts it into a fixed string of
digits, also called a message digest.
MIB
Management Information Base. An acronym for
Management Information Base. It is a set of database
objects that contains information about a specific device.
M
ULTICAST
S
WITCHING
A process whereby the switch filters incoming multicast
frames for services for which no attached host has
registered, or forwards them to all ports contained within
the designated multicast VLAN group.
MVR
Multicast VLAN Registration is a method of using a single
network-wide multicast VLAN to transmit common services,
such as such as television channels or video-on-demand,
across a service-provider‘s network. MVR simplifies the
configuration of multicast services by using a common
VLAN for distribution, while still preserving security and
data isolation for subscribers residing in both the MVR
VLAN and other standard or private VLAN groups.
NTP
Network Time Protocol provides the mechanisms to
synchronize time across the network. The time servers
operate in a hierarchical-master- slave configuration in
order to synchronize local clocks within the subnet and to
national time standards via wire or radio.