Glossary - Secure Computing sidewinder Startup Manual

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access rule
activation key
Admin Console
burb
client
CGI (common gateway
interface)
daemon
domain
DNS (domain name
system)
editor

Glossary

A miniature policy that contains criteria that is used to inspect incoming or
outgoing traffic. Rules determine whether that traffic will be allowed to
continue to its destination.
When Secure Computing receives your serial number together with your
firewall ID, it returns a key that enables your system's features and add-on
modules.
The graphic user interface (GUI) used to configure and manage software. Run
on a Windows-based workstation.
A set of one or more interfaces and the group of systems connected to each
interface that are to be treated the same from a system security policy point of
view.
Software in a PC, workstation, or server that requests user application
services from a network server.
Any server-side code that accepts data from forms via HTTP. The forms are
generally on Web pages and submitted by end users.
A software routine within UNIX that runs in the background, performing
system-wide functions.
(1) Relative to networking, the portion of an Internet address that denotes the
name of a computer network. For instance, in the e-mail address
jones@example.sales.com, the domain is example.sales.com. (2) Relative to
Type Enforcement, an attribute applied to a process running on SecureOS
that determines which system operation the process may perform.
A TCP/IP service that maps domain and host names to IP addresses. A set of
connected name servers and resolvers allows users to use a host name
rather a 32-bit Internet address.
A program that can be used to create or modify text files. See also File Editor.
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