Users Guide

1058 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Glossary
Self-signed
Certificate
A self-signed certificate uses its own certificate request as a signature rather than the
signature of a CA. A self-signed certificate will not provide the same functionality as a CA-
signed certificate. A self-signed certificate will not be automatically recognized by users'
browsers, and a self-signed certificate does not provide any guarantee concerning the
identity of the organization that is providing the website.
Servlet A small Java program that runs on a server, noted for quickness. (See also: Applet.)
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. Network management protocol used almost
exclusively in TCP/IP networks. SNMP provides the means to monitor and control
network devices, and to manage configurations, statistics collection, performance, and
security.
Solution Blade The properties specified in the OCC that describe the application to be rendered. Also
called a meta application or a blade.
Solution
Rendering
The integration of all Oware elements and components into an executable application
and a set of instructions (metadata) for creating the application.
Spanning Tree
Protocol (STP)
The inactivation of links between networks so that information packets are channeled
along one route and will not search endlessly for a destination.
Spanning Tree
Protocol (STP)
The inactivation of links between networks so that information packets are channeled
along one route and will not search endlessly for a destination.
SSH (Secure Shell) A protocol which permits secure remote access over a network from one computer to
another. SSH negotiates and establishes an encrypted connection between an SSH client
and an SSH server.
SSL (Secure
Sockets Layer)
A program layer created by Netscape for managing the security of message transmissions
in a network. Netscape's idea is that the programming for keeping your messages
confidential ought to be contained in a program layer between an application (such as
your Web browser or HTTP) and the Internet's TCP/IP layers. The “sockets” part of the
term refers to the sockets method of passing data back and forth between a client and a
server program in a network or between program layers in the same computer.
Telemetry An automated communications process used to collect measurements and other data
from remote or inaccessible points and transmit it to receiving equipment for monitoring.
Transaction An atomic unit of work that modifies data. A transaction encloses one or more program
statements, all of which either complete or roll back. Transactions enable multiple users to
access the same data concurrently.
Transaction
Context
The scope of a transaction; defined by a transaction context shared by the participating
objects.
Transaction
Service
This defines interfaces that allow multiple, distributed objects to cooperate. These
interfaces enable the objects to either commit all changes together or to rollback all
changes together, even in the presence of failure. The Transaction Service typically places
no constraints on the number of objects involved, the topology of the application or the
way in which the application is distributed across a network.
Transient Data Temporary data that exists only while being used by a solution blade.