System information

Cisco Cat3K ST 6 June 2012
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Acronyms /
Abbreviations
Definition
DH Diffie-Hellman
EAL Evaluation Assurance Level
EEPROM Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, specifically the memory in the
switch where the Cisco IOS is stored.
EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
HMAC Hashed Message Authentication Code
HTTPS Hyper-Text Transport Protocol Secure
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
IOS The proprietary operating system developed by Cisco Systems.
IP Internet Protocol
IPSec IP Security
IT Information Technology
MAC Media Access Control
NTP Network Time Protocol
NVRAM Non-volatile random access memory, specifically the memory in the switch where the
configuration parameters are stored.
OS Operating System
OSPF Open Shortest Path First. An interior gateway protocol (routes within a single autonomous
system). A link-state routing protocol which calculates the shortest path to each node.
Packet A block of data sent over the network transmitting the identities of the sending and
receiving stations, error-control information, and message.
PIM-SM Protocol Independent Multicast – Sparse Mode
PP Protection Profile
PRNG Pseudo Random Number Generator
PVLAN Private VLAN
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RNG Random Number Generator
RSA Rivest, Shamir and Adleman (algorithm for public-key cryptography)
SM Service Module
SSH Secure Shell
SSHv2 Secure Shell (version 2)
ST Security Target
TACACS Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TCP Transport Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDES Triple Data Encryption Standard
TLS Transport Layer Security
TOE Target of Evaluation
TSC TSF Scope of Control
TSF TOE Security Function
TSP TOE Security Policy
UDP User Datagram Protocol
VACL Virtual Access Control List
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VSS Virtual Switching System