| ABNF |
Augmented Backus-Naur Form |
| APS |
Automatic Protection Switching |
| ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
| BCP |
Best Current Practice |
| BEEP |
Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
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| BOOTP |
BOOTstrap Protocol |
| CARD |
Candidate Access Router Discovery
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| CAT |
Common Authentication Technology
|
| CCM |
Counter with CBC-MAC
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| CFWS |
Comments / Folding White Space
|
| CIDR |
Classless Internet DOMAIN Routing
|
| CMS |
Cryptographic Message Syntax
|
| CRISP |
Cross Registry Internet Service Protocol
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| DDDS |
Dynamic Delegation Discovery System
|
| DMF |
Digest Message Format
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| DNS |
Domain Name System
|
| DSLCP |
Dynamically Switched Link Control Protocol
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| EAP |
Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| ECMP |
Electroning Commerce Modeling Language
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| EGP |
Exterior Gateway Protocol
|
| EHF |
Encoding Header Field
|
| EPP |
Extensible Provisioning Protocol
|
| ESMTP |
Extended Simple Message Transport Protocol
|
| FEP |
Firewall Enhancement Protocol
|
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol
|
| FWS |
(Folding) White Space
|
| GGP |
Gateway to Gateway Protocol
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| GRE |
Generic Routing Encapsulation
|
| GSER |
Generic String Encoding Rules
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| GSS-API |
Generic Security Service API
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| GTSM |
Generalized TTL Security Mechanism
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| HAP |
Host Access Protocol
|
| HMAC |
keyed-Hashing for Message AuthentiCation
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| IAB |
Internet Architecture Board |
| IEPG |
Internet Engineering and Planning Group
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| IMAP |
Internet Message Access Protocol
|
| IP |
Internet Protocol
|
| IRC |
Internet Relay Chat
|
| IRTF |
Internet Research Task Force |
| IRTP |
Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol
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| ISNS |
Internet Storage Name Service
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| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
|
| LDAP-API |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Application Program Interface
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| LDP |
Label Distribution Protocol
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| LDP |
Loader Debugger Protocol
|
| LPDP |
Line Printer DAEMON Protocol
|
| MADCAP |
Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol
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| MASC |
Multicast Address-Set Claim
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| MD2 |
Message Digest (algorithm) 2
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| MD4 |
Message Digest (algorithm) 4
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| MD5 |
Message Digest (algorithm) 5
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| MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
|
| MP |
Multilink Protocol
|
| MPLS |
Multi-Protocol Label Switching
|
| MPP |
Message Posting Protocol
|
| MTP |
Message Transaction Protocol |
| MZAP |
Multicast-scope Zone Announcement Protocol
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| NARP |
Non-Broadcast Multiple Access Address Resolution Protocol
|
| NDP |
Neighbor Discovery Protocol
|
| NETBIOS |
NETwork Basic Input Output System
|
| NETBLT |
NETwork BLock Transfer |
| NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protocol
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| NSIS |
Next Steps In Signaling
|
| NSSA |
Not So Stubby Area
|
| NTP |
Network Time Protocol
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| ODA |
Office Document Architecture
|
| OLSR |
Optimized Link State Routing
|
| OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First
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| OWAMP |
One Way Active Measurement Protocol
|
| PAP |
Password Authentication Protocol
|
| PEP |
Performance Enhancing Proxy
|
| PEP2 |
Performance Enhancing Proxy 2 |
| PINT |
PSTN INTernet Interworking
|
| PNG |
Portable Network Graphics
|
| POP3 |
Post Office Protocol 3
|
| PPP |
Point to Point Protocol
|
| PPVPN |
Provider Provisioned VPN
|
| RADIUS |
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
|
| RAP |
Route Access Protocol
|
| RARP |
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
|
| RATP |
Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol
|
| RC5 |
Rivest Cipher 5
|
| RDP |
Reliable Datagram Protocol |
| RFC |
Request For Comments |
| RJE |
Remote Job Entry
|
| RLP |
Resource Location Protocol
|
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call
|
| RR |
Resource Record |
| S/MIME |
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| SAP |
Session Announcement Protocol
|
| SCTP |
Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
| SDP |
Session Description Protocol
|
| SFTP |
Simple File Transfer Protocol
|
| SKI |
Service Key Identifier
|
| SKID |
Service Key IDentifier
|
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
|
| SNI |
Service Name Indicator
|
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
| SNPP |
Simple Network Paging Protocol
|
| SNTP |
Simple Network Time Protocol
|
| SPKM |
Simple Public-Key (GSS-API) Mechanism
|
| SRTP |
Secure Real-time Transport Protocol
|
| SSM |
Source Specific Multicast
|
| SSP |
Switch to Switch Protocol
|
| STD |
Standard Document |
| STP |
Spanning-Tree Protocol |
| TBRPF |
Topology dissemination Based on Reverse-Path Forwarding
|
| TE |
Traffic Engineering
|
| TESLA |
Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentication
|
| TESS |
The Exponential Security System
|
| TMUX |
Transport MUltipleXing protocol
|
| TTL |
Time To Live |
| TXT-RR |
TXT Resource Record
|
| VMTP |
Versatile Message Transaction Protocol |
| VXLAN |
Virtual Extensible LAN
|
| XOT |
X.25 Over TCP
|
DNS
| FQDN |
Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| TLD |
Top Level Domain |
IP
| AH |
Authentication Header
|
| AS |
Autonomous System
|
| BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol
|
| CATNIP |
Common ArchiTecture for Next generation Internet Protocol
|
| CBT |
Core Based Tree
|
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
|
| ECN |
Explicit Congestion Notification
|
| EIP |
Extended Internet Protocol
|
| ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
| ICMPv4 |
Internet Control Message Protocol, version 4
|
| ICMPv6 |
Internet Control Message Protocol, version 6
|
| IGMP |
Internet Group Management / Multicast Protocol
|
| IPCP |
Internet Protocol Control Protocol
|
| IPNG |
Internet Protocol Next Generation
|
| IPOA |
IP and ARP Over ATM |
| IPSec |
Internet Protocol Security |
| IPv4 |
Internet Protocol, version 4
|
| IPv6 |
Internet Protocol, version 6
|
| IPXCP |
Internetwork Packet eXchange Control Protocol
|
| L2TP |
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
|
| LIS |
Logical IP Subnet
|
| MGCP |
Media Gateway Control Protocol
|
| MLD |
Multicast Listener Discovery
|
| MOSPF |
Multicast Open Shortest Path First
|
| NAT |
Network Address Translator
|
| RIP |
Routing Information Protocol
|
| RIPNG |
Routing Information Protocol Next Generation
|
| ROHC |
RObust Header Compression
|
| RRP |
Registry Registrar Protocol
|
| RSVP |
Resource reSerVation Protocol
|
| RSVP-TE |
Resource reSerVation Protocol - Traffic Engineering |
| RTP |
Real Time Protocol
|
| RTSP |
Real Time Streaming Protocol
|
| SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol
|
| SIPP |
Simple Internet Protocol Plus
|
| SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol
|
| SNAIP |
Systems Network Architecture/Internet Protocol
|
| TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol
|
| TFRP |
TCP Friendly Rate Control
|
| TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
|
| TRIP |
Telephony Routing over IP
|
| TUBA |
TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses
|
| UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
Policy
| COPS |
Common Open Policy Service protocol
|
| COPS-PR |
Common Open Policy Service for Policy Provisioning
|
| PCIM |
Policy Core Information Model |
| PDP |
Policy Decision Point |
| PEP |
Policy Enforcement Point |
| PIB |
Policy Information Base |
| SPPI |
Structure of Policy Provisioning Information |
PPP
| ACCM |
Asynchronous Character Control Map |
| ACFC |
Address and Control Field Compression |
| BAP |
Bandwidth Allocation Protocol
|
| BAPC |
Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
|
| BCP |
Bridging Control Protocol
|
| CCP |
Compression Control Protocol
|
| CHAP |
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
|
| DESE |
Data Encryption Standard Encryption protocol
|
| DNCP |
DECNet phase IV Control Protocol
|
| LCP |
Link Control Protocol
|
| MVRCA |
Magnalink Variable Resource Compression Algorithm
|
| PPPOE |
Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet
|
| SDTP |
Serial Data Transport Protocol
|
| SNACP |
Systems Network Architecture Control Protocol
|
PPVPN
| AC |
Attached Circuit
|
| C |
Customer device
|
| CE |
Customer Edge device
|
| CPE |
Customer Premise Equipment
|
| IPLS |
IP-only LAN-like Service
|
| L2PE |
Layer 2 PE
|
| L2VPN |
Layer 2 VPN
|
| L3VPN |
Layer 3 VPN
|
| LPE |
Logical PE
|
| MTU |
Multi-tenant Unit
|
| P |
Provider router
|
| PE |
Provider Edge
|
| PSN |
Packet Switched Network
|
| PW |
Pseudo Wire
|
| RD |
Route Distinguisher
|
| RT |
Route Target
|
| TLS |
Transparent LAN Service
|
| VC |
Virtual Channel
|
| VE |
VPLS Edge
|
| VFI |
VPN Forwarding Instance
|
| VLAN |
Virtual LAN
|
| VLLS |
Virtual Leased Line Service
|
| VPLS |
Virtual Private LAN Service
|
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network
|
| VPSN |
Virtual Private Switched Network
|
| VPWS |
Virtual Private Wire Service
|
| VRF |
VPN Routing and Forwarding
|
| VSI |
Virtual Switched Instance
|
SNMP
| AE |
Application Entity |
| CMOT |
CMIP over TCP/IP
|
| DPI |
Distributed Protocol Interface
|
| HEMS |
High-level Entity Management System |
| HMP |
Host Monitoring Protocol
|
| MP |
Message Processing |
| PE |
Protocol Entity |
| SGMP |
Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol
|
| SMI |
Structure of Management Information
|
| SMIng |
Structure of Management Information Next Generation
|
| SMIv2 |
Structure of Management Information, version 2 |
| SMUX |
SNMP MUltipleXing protocol
|
| SNMPv1 |
SNMP version 1 |
| SNMPv2 |
SNMP version 2 |
| SNMPv2* |
SNMP version 2 star |
| SNMPv2c |
SNMP version 2 community |
| SNMPv2u |
SNMP version 2 user |
| SNMPv3 |
SNMP version 3 |
| USEC |
USer SEcurity |
| USM |
User-based Security Model
|
| VACP |
View-based Access Control Protoco
|
WWW
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language
|
| HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
|
| MDA |
Medicated Digest Authentication |
| URI |
Uniform Resource Identifier
|
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator
|
| URN |
Uniform Resource Name
|
| WEBDAV |
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
|
| WS |
Web Socket
|