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CIS 205
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38
Computer Networking
Undergraduate 2
10/24/2012

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Active Directory
Definition
The Windows directory service that enables administrators to create and manage users and groups, set network wide user and computer policies, manage security, and organize network resources
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Active Directory Certificate Services
Definition
A way that active directory can assign certificates for verification for computers and users.
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Application Server
Definition
A directory partition that applications and services use to store information that benefits from automatic Active Directory replication and security
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built-in user accounts
Definition
User accounts created by windows automatically during installation.
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Contact
Definition
An Active Directory object that usually represents a person for informational purposes only, much like an address book entry.
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DACL (Discretionary access control list)
Definition
A list of security principals, with each having a set of permissions that define access to the object.
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dcpromo.exe
Definition
Installs and removes active directory domain services
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directory partition
Definition
A section of an Active Directory database stored on a domain controller's hard drive. These sections are managed by different processes and replicated to other domain controllers in an active directory network.
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Disk Management Console
Definition
The primary GUI for managing disks in Windows Server 2008
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Domain
Definition
The core structural unit of Active Directory; contains OUs and represents administrative, security, and policiy boundaries
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dsadd
Definition
command to add users in the CLI
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Dynamic Name Resolution
Definition
The RDM file supports dynamic name resolution when a path to a raw device changes
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Echo Reply
Definition
An ICMP message that's the response when a computer receives an Echo Request, generated by the Ping program.
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Effective Permissions
Definition
A Combination of a user's assigned permissions through group membership, explicit user permission assignments and inherited permissions.
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Failover Clustering
Definition
A Windows Server 2008 feature in Enterprise and Datacenter editions in which a group of servers is connected by both cabling and software; if one server fails, another takes over to provide services.
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FQDN
Definition
A Domain Name that includes all parts of the name, including the top-level domain.
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GPO
Definition
A list of settings that administrators use to configure user and computer operating enviroments remotely through Active Directory
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Host Credential Authorization Protocol
Definition
Allows you to integrate integrate your microsoft Network Access Protection
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Hyper-V
Definition
Virtualization - Windows Server 2008 and windows vista can be loaded into a virtual server enviroment, such VM Ware Workstation or Server, Microsoft Virtal PC, or Microsoft Hyper V. The use of Virtualization is highly recommended
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Hypervisor
Definition
A layer of software between hardware and OS's that allows multiple OSs or multiple instances olf the same OS to share physical hardware resources.
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IIS Manager
Definition
Internet Information Services Manager enables you to configure Internet Informati8on Services
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Intrasite Replication
Definition
Replication is the process of maintaining a consistent database of information when the database is distributed among several locations. Active Directory contains several databases called partitions that are replicated between domain controllers by using intrasite replication or intersite replication.
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Kerberos
Definition
An open-standard security protocol used to secure authentication and identification between parties in a network
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LDAP (lightweight directory access protocol)
Definition
A protocol that runs over TCP/IP and is designed to facilitate access to directory services and directory objects. This is based on a suite of protocols called X.500, developed by the international telecommunications union.
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netsh
Definition
This is a command-line utility included in Microsoft's Windows NT line of operating systems beginning with Windows 2000. It allows local or remote configuration of network devices such as the interface.
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Network Address Translation
Definition
In computer networking, It is the process of modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device.
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Networking protocols
Definition
Software that specifies the rules and format of communication between devices on a network.
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One Way Trust
Definition
A Trust relationship in which one domain trusts another, but the reverse is not true
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Operations Master
Definition
A domain controller with sole responsibility for certain domain or forestwide functions
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RODC
Definition
(Read Only Domain Controller) directory domain services in Windows Server 2008, an RODC provides the same authentication and authorization services as a standard domain controller, but administrators can't make changes on an RODC directly.
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Relative Identifire
Definition
The part of the SID thats unique for each Active Directory object
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Schema
Definition
Information that defines the type, orginizastion and structure of data stored in the AD
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Security Principals
Definition
An AD object that can be assigned persmissions or rights to AD objects and network resources.
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Terminal Services
Definition
TS enables users and adminst to control a Windows Desktop remotely or run application hosted on a windows server remotely.
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Transitive Trust
Definition
If domain a tursts domain b and domain b trusts domain c, then domain a trusts domain c
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UDDI Services
Definition
Universal Description Discovery and Integration is a platform independent, extensible mark up languag based registry by which businesses world wide can list themselves on the internet.
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UPN
Definition
User Principal Name. a user logon name that follows the format username@domain. Users can use their UPNs to log on to
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Windows Deployment Services
Definition
Makes installing Windows multiple Windows systems across the network fast and simple. Administrators can not only install, but also remotely configure Windows vista and server 2008.
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