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| Used for all access validations that occur when a user tries to open a resource. Token is used until the user logs out and then it is permanently destroyed. It maintains all of the information required for resource validation. |
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| A feature of windows operating systems that enables DHCP clients to self configure an IP Address and subnet mask automatically when a DHCP server is unavailable. |
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| ARP (address resolution protocol) |
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| Used to determine a host's MAC address from its IP address. This utility is also used to view and make changes to IP address-to-MAC address translation tables. |
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| Can backup and restore on the primary and backup domain controllers only. |
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| Security and account database used by default on Novell Neware 3.X servers and available to Netware 4.x, 5.x and 6.x |
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| A computer that stores the digital signatures of every user on the system. |
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| Common UNIX Printer System CUPS |
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| A printing system based on the Internet Printing Protocol standard that supports any printer language, although it is most commonly associated with Postscript language. |
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| Connectionless Communication |
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| A form of communication in which the destination computer does not notify the source when the information is received. This type of communication can be unreliable because there is no notification to guarantee delivery. |
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| DHCP Dynamic Host configuration protocol |
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| A dependable flexible alternative to manual TCP/IP configuration that provides PCs with automatic configuration of the three necessary TCP/IP parameters: IP Addresses, subnet mask and default gateway. |
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| A protocol and system for mapping IP addresses to user friendly names. It resolves the host names to IP addresses, and vice versa (with reverse lookups) |
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| File and Print Sharing Services |
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| A program running on windows that configures the system to share its resources. |
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| A secure form of HTTP used commonly for internet business transactions or anytime where a secure connection is required. |
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| IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol |
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| An alternative to POP3, it retrieves e-mail from an e-mail server like POP3. Uses TCP/IP port 143. |
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| Newer standard for IP Address. |
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| MAC (Media Access Control) Address |
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| A network computer's unique address for its network interface card (NIC). |
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| Network Address Translation |
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| A means of translating a system's IP address into another IP address before sending it out to a large network. Usually run as a program on server or router. Internal nodes will be given a private ID. This program "translates " the private IP into a public IP and sends it out of the network. |
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| Access restrictions available on hard drives formatted with NTFS and which are effective both locally and over the network. |
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| Basic component of communication over a network. A group of bits of fixed maximum size and well defined format that is switched and transmitted as a complete whole through a network. |
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| A network where a computer can act as a client or server. Security and resource access restrictions are controlled locally. |
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| The most basic form of encryption. Both the sending and receiving computer use the same encryption key. |
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| A device that retrieves Internet resources for a client without exposing the client directly to the internet. |
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| Consist of a public key and a private key. the public key is given freely to anyone who needs it, and the private key is kept secret by the key's owner and is stored in the users security file. |
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| Permissions that only control the access of other users on the network with whom you share your resources. |
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| SNMP Simple network Management Protocol |
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| An internet standard for monitoring and configuring network devices. A network using this protocol is composed of management systems and agents. |
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| Utility commonly used to locate failures along a TCP/IP communication path by tracing the route from origin to destination. |
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