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Fortress ES-Series CLI Guide: Glossary
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DoD Department of Defense—the United States military.
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol—defined by RFC 2284, a general protocol for user
authentication. EAP is implemented by a number of authentication services, including
RADIUS.
EAP-MD5
An EAP security algorithm developed by RSA Security® that uses a 128-bit generated
number string to verify the authenticity of data transfers.
EAPoL
Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN—IEEE 802.1X (Port Based Network Access
Control) network port authentication protocol.
EAP-TLS
EAP-Transport Layer Security—a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) extension supporting
mutual authentication, integrity-protected cipher suite negotiation, and key exchange
between two endpoints, within PPP.
EAP-TTLS
EAP-Tunneled TLS—An EAP-TLS protocol that uses TLS to establish a secure connection
between a client and server.
EDIPI
Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier—United States Department of Defense
(DoD) identification number used in Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting Sys-
tem (DEERS) personnel database records.
ES210 The Fortress hardware model identifier of the Tactical Mesh Point .
ES2440 The Fortress hardware model identifier of the
High-Capacity Infrastructure Mesh Point .
ES520 The Fortress hardware model identifier of the
Deployable Mesh Point .
ES820 The Fortress hardware model identifier of the
Vehicle Mesh Point .
FastPath Mesh™
Fortress’s bridging link and traffic management protocol for optimizing tactical mobile
mesh networking.
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards—issued by NIST, FIPS mandate how IT,
including network security, is implemented by the U.S. government and associated
agencies.
FIPS operating mode
In Fortress products, the operating mode that complies with FIPS 140-2 Security Level
2.
Fortress Secure Client
A software client module for securing network communications on devices such as lap-
tops, PDAs, tablet PCs, and industrial equipment such as barcode scanners and porta-
ble terminals.
Fortress Mesh Point
(FMP)
Fortress ES210 (Tactical Mesh Point), ES520 (Deployable Mesh Point) and ES820 (Vehi-
cle Mesh Point) ES2440 (High-Capacity Infrastructure Mesh Point) radio-equipped net-
work devices that provide secure wireless networks and secure LAN, WLAN and WAN
access.
Fortress Security System
The secure network deployment of one or more Fortress Mesh Points and/or Fortress
Secure Clients.
FPMP
FastPath Mesh Point—in Fortress Mesh Points, a Mesh Point on which FastPath Mesh
routing is licensed and enabled.
FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name—the complete, unambiguous domain name specifying the
exact location in the DNS hierarchy of a particular entity on the network.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol—a client-server protocol for transferring files between hosts on a
TCP-based network.
frame
In Fortress GUIs, a portion of a larger screen or dialog, graphically set apart from other
elements on the screen and providing the interface for a specific feature or function set.
In IT, a packet of data transmitted/received.