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Appendix D - Glossary
PRNG
Pseudorandom number generator. An algorithm of predictable behavior that generates a
sequence of numbers with little or no discernible order, except for broad statistical patterns.
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
See PEAP.
Protocol Independent Multicast protocol
See PIM.
pseudorandom function
See PRF.
pseudorandom number generator
See PRNG.
PSK
Preshared key. The IEEE 802.11 term for a shared secret, also known as a shared key. See
shared secret.
PTK
Pairwise transient key. A value derived from a pairwise master key (PMK) and split into multiple
encryption keys and message integrity code (MIC) keys for use by a client and server as
temporal session keys for IEEE 802.11i robust security. See also 802.11i.
public key
In cryptography, one of a pair of keys, one public and one private, that are created with the
same algorithm for encrypting and decrypting messages and digital signatures. The public
key is made publicly available for encryption and decryption. See also PKI; private key.
Public-Key Cryptography Standards
See PKCS.
public-key infrastructure
See PKI.
PVST+
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree protocol. A proprietary Cisco protocol that supports a separate
instance of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) for each virtual LAN (VLAN) in a network
and maps the multiple spanning trees to a single tree, to comply with the IEEE 802.1Q
specication. See also STP.