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MIB
Management Information Base - A collection of objects can be accessed via a network
management protocol, such as SNMP and CMIP (Common Manageme
Protocol).
NAT
Network Address Translation - A proposal for IP address reuse, where the local IP addr
is mapped to a globally unique address.
NVT
N
etwork Virtual Terminal
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
P
ORT
The abstraction used in Internet
simultaneous connections to a single destination host.
P
OTS
Plain O
ld Telephone Service - This is the term describe basic telephone service.
PPP
P
oint-to-Point-Protocol - The successor to SLIP, PPP provides router-to-router and
host-to-net
work connections over both synchronous and asynchronous circuits.
PPPoE
PPP over Ethernet
a
lways-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection.
Remote server
A network computer allows a user to log on to the network from a distant locatio
RFC
Request for Comments - Refers to documents published by the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) proposing standard protocols and procedures for the Internet. RFC can be
found at www.ietf.org.
transport protocols to distinguish among multiple
is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an
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