Selected acronyms used in the Guide to SSL VPNs are defined below.
AH ■ Authentication Header
API ■ Application Programming Interface
ARP ■ Address Resolution Protocol
CA ■ Certificate Authority
CEO ■ Chief Executive Officer
CHAP ■ Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIFS ■ Common Internet File System
CLI ■ Command Line Interface
CMS ■ Cryptographic Message Syntax
CMVP ■ Cryptographic Module Validation Program
CRL ■ Certificate Revocation List
DES ■ Data Encryption Standard
DMZ ■ DeMilitarized Zone
DNS ■ Domain Name System
DSA ■ Digital Signature Algorithm
DSS ■ Digital Signature Standard
ESP ■ Encapsulating Security Payload
FIPS ■ Federal Information Processing Standard
FISMA ■ Federal Information Security Management Act
FTP ■ File Transfer Protocol
GRE ■ Generic Routing Encapsulation
HMAC ■ Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code
HR ■ Human Resources
HTTP ■ HyperText Transfer Protocol
ICMP ■ Internet Control Message Protocol
IDS ■ Intrusion Detection System
IETF ■ Internet Engineering Task Force
IGMP ■ Internet Group Management Protocol
IKE ■ Internet Key Exchange
IMAP ■ Internet Message Access Protocol
IP ■ Internet Protocol
IPComp ■ IP Payload Compression Protocol
IPS ■ Intrusion Prevention System
IPsec ■ Internet Protocol Security
IPv4 ■ Internet Protocol version 4
IPv6 ■ Internet Protocol version 6
IPX ■ Internetwork Packet Exchange
ISP ■ Internet Service Provider
IT ■ Information Technology
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L2F ■ Layer 2 Forwarding
L2TP ■ Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LAN ■ Local Area Network
LDAP ■ Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
MAC ■ Message Authentication Code
MIB ■ Management Information Base
MPPE ■ Microsoft Point to Point Encryption
MS-CHAP ■ Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
MTU ■ Maximum Transmission Unit
NAT ■ Network Address Translation
NetBEUI ■ NetBIOS Extended User Interface
NetBIOS ■ Network Basic Input/Output System
NIST ■ National Institute of Standards and Technology
OMB ■ Office of Management and Budget
PAP ■ Password Authentication Protocol
PC ■ Personal Computer
PDA ■ Personal Digital Assistant
PGP ■ Pretty Good Privacy
PIN ■ Personal Identification Number
PKI ■ Public Key Infrastructure
POP ■ Point of Presence
PPP ■ Point-to-Point Protocol
PPTP ■ Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
QoS ■ Quality of Service
RADIUS ■ Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server
RC4 ■ Rivest Cipher 4
RCP ■ Remote Copy Protocol
RFC ■ Request for Comment
RMON ■ Remote Monitoring
RSA ■ Rivest Shamir Adleman
S/MIME ■ Secure MultiPurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SHA ■ Secure Hashing Algorithm
SLA ■ Service Level Agreement
SMTP ■ Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP ■ Simple Network Management Protocol
SP ■ Special Publication
SQL ■ Structured Query Language
SSH ■ Secure Shell
SSL ■ Secure Sockets Layer
TACACS ■ Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TCP ■ Transmission Control Protocol
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TLS ■ Transport Layer Security
UDP ■ User Datagram Protocol
URL ■ Uniform Resource Locator
USB ■ Universal Serial Bus
VoIP ■ Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN ■ Virtual Private Network