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Axentra™ Net-Box Getting Started Guide
Samba - a suite of Unix applications that speak the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Desktop
operating systems like Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS/x use SMB to perform client-server
networking for file and printer sharing and associated operations. A Samba server offers the following
services:
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share one or more directory trees
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share one or more Distributed file system (DAVfs) trees
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share printers installed on the server among Windows clients on the network
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assist clients with network browsing
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authenticate clients logging onto a Windows domain
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provide or assist with Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) name-server resolution
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client tools that allow users on a Unix system to access folders and printers that Windows
systems and Samba servers offer on the network
Proxy, or Proxy Server - a server that acts as an intermediary between a workstation user and the
Internet so that the enterprise can ensure security, administrative control, and caching service. A proxy
server is associated with a gateway server that separates the enterprise network from the outside
network and a firewall server that protects the enterprise network from outside intrusion. The proxy server
is invisible to you; all Internet requests and returned responses appear to be directly from the addressed
Internet server. The proxy's IP address must be specified as a configuration option to the browser or other
protocol program.
Server - a computer program that provides services to other computer programs in the same or other
computers. A Web server is the computer program that sends the HTML pages or files that the client
program requests. A Web client is the program that you use to request HTML pages from the server. The
Web browser in your computer is a client that requests HTML files from World Wide Web servers.
SMTP; Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - a protocol for sending email. An SMTP Server is an application
that runs the SMTP service.
SSL; Secure Sockets Layer - a secure method of communication that establishes a private end-to-end
connection.
Subnet Mask - determines which portion of the IP address is the network portion and which portion is the
host portion. For example, if the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, the first three sets of numbers in an IP
address identify the network and the last digit, any number between 1 and 254, identifies the specific
host.
URL; Uniform Resource Locator - the address of a file accessible on the Internet . The type of resource
depends on the Internet application protocol. Using the World Wide Web's protocol, the Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the resource can be an HTML page, an image file, a program such as a
common gateway interface application, or any other file supported by HTTP. An example of a URL is:
http://www.axentra.com.
Web site - a related collection of World Wide Web files that includes a beginning file called a home page.
A company or an individual tells you how to get to their Web site by giving you the address of their home
page. From the home page, you can get to all the other pages on their site.
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