Acronyms Flashcards
SLAAC
Stateless Address AutoConfiguration - Hosts self-assign an IPv6 address based on the requested network prefix
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol - 802.1ad - allows for multiple ports to act as one, providing redundency
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
HSRP
Hot Standby Redundancy Protocol - Cisco preferred
FHRP
First Hop Redundancy Protocol
DMZ
Screened Subnet
ACL
Access Control List - used to track/list exceptions in a firewall, for example
Source and destination IP, and the type of traffic allowed/blocked
Implicit Deny Any
SPAN
Switch Port ANalyzer - Port Mirroring
TAP
Traffic Analysis Point - connected to a port and passively captures and replicates network traffic for analysis
IDS
Intrusion Detection System - logs traffic and warns but does not prevent, inline or not inline
IPS
Intrusion Prevention System - Permits or denies traffic, logs traffic, and is inline
UTM, NGFW
Unified Threat Management, AKA Next-gen Firewalls
IPSec
Framework for VPN technology
Headend
VPN hub
mGRE
Multipoint Generic Route Encapsulation Tunnel - point to multipoint links over IP networks, hub-and-spoke, no encryption
RDG
Remote Desktop Gateway - server that enables users to connect to remote computers over the network, acts as a gateway, provides encryption, uses RDP
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol - signaling protocol used to establish, modify, and terminate multimedia sessions such as voip and video calls
“Build up, tear down”
RTMP
Real-Time Messaging Protocol - streaming protocol to transmit audio and video over the internet, i.e. youtube
“In between” protocol, meaning doesn’t establish/terminate the connection
QoS
Quality of Service - set of technology and techniques used to manage and optimize the performance of a network
SNMP
Simple Network Messaging Protocol
