FOSS Network Infrastructure and Security/List of Abbreviations
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FOSS Network Infrastructure and Security
Foreword — List of Abbreviations — Introduction to FOSS and GNU/Linux — Network Concepts and Architectures — Major Networking Functions with FOSS — Security Functions with FOSS — Network Planning — Further References — Glossary — About the Author — Acknowledgements — About APDIP — About IOSN
ACL | Access Control List |
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APDIP | Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme |
APNIC | Asia Pacific Network Information Centre |
APRICOT | Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies |
ARPANET | Advanced Research Program Agency Network |
BIND | Berkeley Internet Name Domain |
BO | Branch Office |
ccTLD | Country Code Top Level Domain |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CIDR | Classless Inter Domain Routing |
DNS | Domain Name System |
DoS | Denial of Service |
FOSS | Free/Open Source Software |
BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution |
GPL | General Public License |
FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
gTLD | Global Top Level Domain |
ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers |
IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
IOSN | International Open Source Network |
IP | Internet Protocol |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
LAN | Local Area Network |
LGPL | Lesser General Public License |
MTA | Mail Transfer Agent |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
NetBEUI | NetBIOS Extended User Interface |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
NOS | Network Operating System |
OS | Operating System |
PCH | Packet Clearing House |
POP | Post Office Protocol |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
RBL | Real Time Block List |
RFC | Request for Comments |
RIR | Regional Internet Registry |
SANOG | South Asian Network Operators Group |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SRI-NIC | Stanford Research Institute-Network Information Center |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
UCE | Unsolicited Commercial E-mail |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
Note:- While Wi-Fi is often considered as an abbreviation of Wireless Fidelity, this is a misconception. Wi-Fi is simply a trademarked phrase that means IEEE 802.11x. [1]