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Glossary
Term Definition
SIP IETF protocol for controlling multimedia communication. Defined by RFC 3261 [20]
Session Initiation Protocol
SNMP A protocol used to monitor network devices.
Simple Network Management Protocol
Source Alias The alias present in the "source" field of a message.
SRV record A type of DNS record.
Service record
STUN Firewall NAT traversal for SIP. Defined by RFC 3489 [21].
Simple Traversal of UDP through NATs
Subzone A segment of a VCS zone.
TCP A reliable communication protocol defined by RFC 791 [18].
Transmission Control Protocol
Telnet A network protocol used on the internet or Local Area Networks (LANs).
TLS A protocol that provides secure communications over the internet.
Transport Layer Security
Transform In relation to the VCS, the process of changing the alias being searched for.
Traversal call Any call where both signaling and media are routed through the VCS.
Traversal Client A traversal entity on the private side of a firewall. Examples are a TANDBERG Gatekeeper or TANDBERG VCS.
Traversal Server A traversal entity on the public side of a firewall. Examples are the TANDBERG Border Controller and the TANDBERG VCS with the Border Controller option enabled.
Traversal-enabled endpoint Any endpoint that supports the Assent and/or ITU H.460.18 and H.460.19 standards for firewall traversal. This includes all TANDBERG MXP endpoints.
UDP Unreliable communication protocol defined by RFC 791 [18].
User Datagram Protocol
URI A formatted string used to identify a resource, typically on the internet.
Uniform Resource Identifier
User Policy The set of rules that determine the action(s) to be applied to calls for a particular user or group.
VCS Border Controller A VCS with the Border Controller option added. This allows the VCS to act as a firewall traversal server.
Zone A collection of endpoints.
Getting System
Introduction
Started Overview
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System H.323 & SIP Registration
Configuration Configuration Control
Zones and Call
Neighbors Processing
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Firewall Bandwidth
Maintenance
Traversal Control
Appendices Appendices