User Guide Part 8

Security Aspects
We.R
™
System User Guide
263
Term
Description
SK2
An Essence Term.
A We.R
™
system Smoke Detector peripheral device.
SMPP
Short Message Peer-to-Peer.
An open, industry standard protocol designed to provide a flexible data
communication interface for the transfer of short message data between
External Short Messaging Entities (ESME), Routing Entities (RE) and Message
Centers.
SMS
Short Message Service.
A text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication
systems.
It uses standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short
text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices.
SMSC
Short Message Service Center.
A cellular operator’s infrastructure for sending/receiving SMS messages.
When sending SMS messages, the user may connect directly to a provider’s
infrastructure for this purpose.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
An Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail) transmission across Internet
Protocol (IP) networks.
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol.
A protocol specification created for exchanging structured information in the
implementation of Web Services in computer networks.
It relies on XML for its message format.
It usually relies on other Application Layer protocols, most notably HTTP and
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), for message negotiation and
transmission.
SOHO
Small Office Home Office.
SRN
An Essence Term.
A We.R
™
system Indoor Siren peripheral device.
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer.
A cryptographic protocol that provide communication security over the Internet.
SSL encrypt the segments of network connections at the Application Layer for
the Transport Layer.
The Secure Sockets Layer uses asymmetric cryptography for key exchange,
symmetric encryption for confidentiality, and message authentication codes for
message integrity.