Protocols Flashcards

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DNS Description

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Domain Name System - Translates domain names into IP addresses

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DHCP Description

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol v4/6

Assigns IPv4/6 addresses

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SLAAC Description

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Stateless Address AutoConfiguration - Allows a device to get IPv6 addressing information without using a DHCPv6 server

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SMTP Description

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Enables sending of emails between clients and servers

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POP3 Description

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Post Office Protocol v3

Retrieve from server to local mail application

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IMAP Description

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Internet Message Access Protocol

Access and maintain email stored on a server

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FTP Description

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File Transfer Protocol

Access and transfer files between hosts

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SFTP Description

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SSH FTP

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TFTP Description

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Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Best-effort, unacknowledged file delivery
Uses less overhead

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HTTP(S) Description

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Exchange multimedia files on the WWW (Encrypted)

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REST Description

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Representational State Transfer

Uses application programming interfaces and HTTP requests to create web applications

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TCP Description

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Transmission Control Protocol

Enables reliable communication between hosts and provides reliable, confirmed transmissions

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UDP Description

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User Datagram Protocol

Unconfirmed packet transmission between hosts

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IPv4/6 Description

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Internet Protocol v4/6

Receives segments from transport layer, packages into packets, and addresses

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NAT Description

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Network Address Translation

Translates local IPv4 addresses into global

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ICMP Description

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Internet Control Message Protocol v4/6

Provides feedback about errors in packet delivery

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OSPF Description

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Open Shortest Path First

Link-state interior routing protocol based on areas

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EIGRP Description

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Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

Routing protocol using composite metric based on bandwidth, delay, load and reliability

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BGP Description

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Border Gateway Protocol

Exterior routing protocol between ISPs

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ARP Description

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Address Resolution Protocol

Maps between an IPv4 address and a hardware address

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Ethernet Description

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Wiring and signaling standards of the network access layer

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WLAN Description

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Wireless Local Area Network

Wireless signaling across the 2.4 and 5GHz radio frequencies