Oracle Database B10772-01 Administrator's Manual page 498

client requests a directory lookup of a net service alias, the directory determines that
the entry is a net service alias and completes the lookup as if it was actually the
entry it is referencing.
net service name
The name used by clients to identify a database server. A net service name is
mapped to a port number and protocol. Also known as a connect string, or
database alias.
network authentication service
A means for authenticating clients to servers, servers to servers, and users to both
clients and servers in distributed environments. A network authentication service is
a repository for storing information about users and the services on different
servers to which they have access, as well as information about clients and servers
on the network. An authentication server can be a physically separate machine, or it
can be a facility co-located on another server within the system. To ensure
availability, some authentication services may be replicated to avoid a single point
of failure.
network listener
A listener on a server that listens for connection requests for one or more databases
on one or more protocols. See listener
NIST
See Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
non-repudiation
Incontestable proof of the origin, delivery, submission, or transmission of a
message.
obfuscation
A process by which information is scrambled into a non-readable form, such that it
is extremely difficult to de-scramble if the algorithm used for scrambling is not
known.
obfuscator
A special program used to obfuscate Java source code. See
obfuscation
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