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Fortress ES-Series CLI Guide: Glossary
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Multi-factor Authentication™
In Fortress products, the combination of network authentication (through the network
Access ID), device authentication (through the Device ID), and user authentication
(through user credentials), that guards the network against unwanted access.
multiplexing The practice of transmitting multiple signals over a single connection.
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input/Output System—an API that originally provided basic I/O services
for a PC-Network and that has been variously adapted and augmented to support cur-
rent LAN/WLAN technologies.
network authentication
In Fortress products, the requirement that all devices must authenticate with the cor-
rect
Access ID in order to connect to the Fortress-secured network; one of the factors in
Fortress’s Multi-factor Authentication™.
network resource
An entity on the network that provides a service or function, such as e-mail or printing,
to devices and users on the network.
NIC
Network Interface Card—computer circuit board that enables a computer to connect to
a network.
NIAP
National Information Assurance Partnership—a collaboration between NIST and the
National Security Agency (NSA), in response to the Computer Security Act of 1987 (PL
100-235), to promote sound security requirements for IT products and systems and
appropriate measures for evaluating them.
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. Government agency responsi-
ble for publishing FIPS.
NMP
Non-Mesh Point—in Fortress Mesh Points, any node on a Fortress FastPath Mesh net-
work that is not an FPMP (FastPath Mesh Point).
NSA
National Security Agency—United States intelligence agency administered by the
Department of Defense.
NTLM Windows NT LAN Manager—a user authentication protocol developed by Microsoft®.
OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol—protocol for determining the revocation state of an
X.509 digital certificate, in which an
OCSP client issues a status request to an OCSP
responder and suspends acceptance of the certificate in question until the responder
provides a positive response.
operating mode
In Fortress products, the way in which access controls and cryptographic processing are
implemented on the Fortress-secured network.
OSI Model
Open System Interconnection Model—an ISO standard that defines a networking
framework for implementing data transfer and processing protocols in seven layers.
(Also see,
DLC .)
PAN
Personal Area Network—a collection of networked computers and devices worn by or
within reach of an individual person
PDU
Protocol Data Unit—often synonymous with
packet , a unit of data and/or control infor-
mation as defined by an OSI layer protocol.
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), a system of digital certificates and other registration
authorities that authenticate the validity of each party involved in an Internet transac-
tion; sometimes, trusted hierarchy.
policy
The means by which access to the secure network and its resources are controlled for
users, devices and groups.
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol—a method for communicating TCP/IP traffic over serial point-to-
point connections.
QoS Quality of Service