Protocol And Purposes Flashcards
FTP =
File Transfer Protocol
Insecure method of transferring files
SFTP =
Secure File Transfer Protocol
Secure method of transferring files
SSH =
Secure Shell
Secure Text-based method of accessing remote computer
Telnet =
Insecure text based methods of
accessing a remote computer
SMTP =
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Email delivery system
DNS =
Domain Name System
System used to resolve domain names to IP addresses and IP addresses to domain names
DHCP =
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Protocol used to assign IP addresses, subnets and default gateways to hosts
TFTP =
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Protocol used to request and receive configuration files for network installed operating systems and PXE files
HTTP =
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Protocol used for web browsing
POP3 =
Post Office Protocol version 3
Insecure method of receiving email from SMTP server where mail is either downloaded and deleted from server and or the read status isn’t updated on other connected devices
NTP =
Network Time Protocol
Protocols used to establish common time across the Internet
NetBios =
Network Basic Input Output Service
Windows based file sharing authentication protocol
IMAP =
Internet Mail Access Protocol
Insecure method of receiving mail from SMTP server where reestablish is updated on other connected devices
SNMP =
Simple Network Management Protocol
Windows based Network Management protocol
LDAP =
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Director Service/Active Directory
