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Disconnect-Request RADIUS packet type sent to a NAS requesting that a user or session be disconnected.
distinguished name Series of fields in a digital certificate that, taken together, constitute the unique identity of the
person or device that owns the digital certificate. Common fields in a distinguished name include country, state,
locality, organization, organizational unit, and the "common name", which is the primary name used to identify the
certificate.
DN See distinguished name .
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol (RFC 3748). An authentication framework that supports multiple
authentication methods.
EAP-PEAP Protected EAP. A widely-used protocol for securely transporting authentication data across a network.
EAP-TLS Extensible Authentication Protocol – Transport LayerSecurity (RFC 5216). A certificate-based
authentication method supporting mutual authentication, integrity-protected ciphersuite negotiation and key
exchange between two endpoints.
form Screen that collects data using fields.
field Single item of information about a visitor account.
guest See Visitor .
intermediate CA Certificate authority with a certificate that was issued by another certificate authority. See trust
chain .
iOS Operating system from Apple, Inc. for mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
landing page See Web login .
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; communications protocol used to store and retrieve information
about users and other objects in a directory.
Network Access Server (NAS) Device that provides network access to users, such as a wireless access point, network
switch, or dial-in terminal server. When a user connects to the NAS device, a RADIUS user authentication request
(Access-Request) is generated by the NAS.
OCSP Online certificate status protocol (RFC 2560). Protocol used to determine the current status of a digital
certificate without requiring CRLs.
onboarding See device provisioning .
onboard-capable device Device supported by the QuickConnect application.
onboard provisioning Process used to securely provision a device and configure it with network settings.
operator profile Characteristics assigned to a class of operators, such as the permissions granted to those operators.
operator/operator login Person who uses Dell Networking W-ClearPass Guest to create guest accounts or perform
system administration.
OS X Operating system from Apple, Inc. for desktop and laptop computers.
over-the-air provisioning Process used to securely provision a device and configure it with network settings; applies
to iOS and OS X 10.7+ only.
PEAP Protected EAP. See EAP-PEAP .
ping Test network connectivity using an ICMP echo request ("ping").
PKCS# n Public-key cryptography standard N. Refers to a numbered standard related to topics in cryptography,
including private keys (PKCS#1), digital certificates (PKCS#7), certificate signing requests (PKCS#10), and secure
storage of keys and certificates (PKCS#12).
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