Protocols Flashcards
DNS Description
Domain Name System - Translates domain names into IP addresses
DHCP Description
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol v4/6
Assigns IPv4/6 addresses
SLAAC Description
Stateless Address AutoConfiguration - Allows a device to get IPv6 addressing information without using a DHCPv6 server
SMTP Description
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Enables sending of emails between clients and servers
POP3 Description
Post Office Protocol v3
Retrieve from server to local mail application
IMAP Description
Internet Message Access Protocol
Access and maintain email stored on a server
FTP Description
File Transfer Protocol
Access and transfer files between hosts
SFTP Description
SSH FTP
TFTP Description
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Best-effort, unacknowledged file delivery
Uses less overhead
HTTP(S) Description
Exchange multimedia files on the WWW (Encrypted)
REST Description
Representational State Transfer
Uses application programming interfaces and HTTP requests to create web applications
TCP Description
Transmission Control Protocol
Enables reliable communication between hosts and provides reliable, confirmed transmissions
UDP Description
User Datagram Protocol
Unconfirmed packet transmission between hosts
IPv4/6 Description
Internet Protocol v4/6
Receives segments from transport layer, packages into packets, and addresses
NAT Description
Network Address Translation
Translates local IPv4 addresses into global
ICMP Description
Internet Control Message Protocol v4/6
Provides feedback about errors in packet delivery
OSPF Description
Open Shortest Path First
Link-state interior routing protocol based on areas
EIGRP Description
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Routing protocol using composite metric based on bandwidth, delay, load and reliability
BGP Description
Border Gateway Protocol
Exterior routing protocol between ISPs
ARP Description
Address Resolution Protocol
Maps between an IPv4 address and a hardware address
Ethernet Description
Wiring and signaling standards of the network access layer
WLAN Description
Wireless Local Area Network
Wireless signaling across the 2.4 and 5GHz radio frequencies