User`s guide

Glossary
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remote login (rlogin)
A remote login to a Digi Connect device’s Command-Line Interface (CLI). rlogin is a
Unix command that allows an authorized user to login to other UNIX machines (hosts)
on a network and to interact as if the user were physically at the host computer. Once
logged in to the host, the user can do anything that the host has given permission for,
such as read, edit, or delete files.
remote shell (rsh)
A Berkeley Unix networking command to execute a given command on a remote host,
passing it input and receiving its output. Rsh communicates with a daemon on the
remote host.
rlogin
See remote login.
RSH
See remote shell.
RTS
Ready to Send.
RXD
Receiving Data.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
A commonly-used protocol for managing the security of a message transmission on the
Internet. SSL has recently been succeeded by Transport Layer Security (TLS), which is
based on SSL.
serial bridge
A connection between two serial devices over a network that acts as if they were
connected over a serial cable. Also known as serial tunneling.
serial tunneling
See serial bridge.
Setup Wizard
See Digi Device Setup Wizard.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
A TCP/IP protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail. Since it is limited in its ability
to queue messages at the receiving end, it is usually used with one of two other