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RSTP
In 1998, the IEEE with document 802.1w introduced an evolution of STP: the Rapid Spanning Tree
Protocol, which provides for faster spanning tree convergence after a topology change. Standard
IEEE 802.1D-2004 now incorporates RSTP and obsoletes STP, while at the same time being
backwards-compatible with STP.
SAMBA
Samba is a program running under UNIX-like operating systems that provides seamless integration
between UNIX and Microsoft Windows machines. Samba acts as file and print servers for Microsoft
Windows, IBM OS/2, and other SMB client machines. Samba uses the Server Message Block (SMB)
protocol and Common Internet File System (CIFS), which is the underlying protocol used in Microsoft
Windows networking.
Samba can be installed on a variety of operating system platforms, including Linux, most common
Unix platforms, OpenVMS, and IBM OS/2.
Samba can also register itself with the master browser on the network so that it would appear in the
listing of hosts in Microsoft Windows "Neighborhood Network".
SHA
SHA is an acronym for Secure Hash Algorithm. It designed by the National Security Agency (NSA) and
published by the NIST as a U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard. Hash algorithms compute
a fixed-length digital representation (known as a message digest) of an input data sequence (the
message) of any length.
Shaper
A shaper can limit the bandwidth of transmitted frames. It is located after the ingress queues.
SMTP
SMTP is an acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It is a text-based protocol that uses the
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and provides a mail service modeled on the FTP file transfer
service. SMTP transfers mail messages between systems and notifications regarding incoming mail.
SNAP
The SubNetwork Access Protocol (SNAP) is a mechanism for multiplexing, on networks using IEEE
802.2 LLC, more protocols than can be distinguished by the 8-bit 802.2 Service Access Point (SAP)
fields. SNAP supports identifying protocols by Ethernet type field values; it also supports vendor-
private protocol identifier.
SNMP
SNMP is an acronym for Simple Network Management Protocol. It is part of the Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol for network management. SNMP allow diverse network
objects to participate in a network management architecture. It enables network management
systems to learn network problems by receiving traps or change notices from network devices
implementing SNMP.
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