Acronyms and Abbreviations (cont.)
NSA National Security Agency
NTP Network Time Protocol (IETF)
PING Packet Internet Groper (IETF)
POP Post Office Protocol (IETF)
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol (IETF)
OSPF Open Shortest Path First (IETF)
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RC4/5 Rivest Cipher (or Ron's Code) 4 and 5
RFC Request for Comments (IETF)
RIP Routing Information Protocol (IETF)
RSA Rivest, Shamir, Adleman
SATAN System Administrator's Tool for
SCUBA Self-contained underwater breathing
SDSC San Diego Supercomputer Center
SHA Secure Hash Algorithm (NIST)
SLIP Serial Line IP (IETF)
SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (IETF)
SNAP Subnetwork Access Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SSL Secure Sockets Layer (Netscape)
TACACS+ Terminal Access Controller Access Control
TCP Transmission Control Protocol (IETF)
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol (IETF)
TLS Transport Layer Security (IETF)
UDP User Datagram Protocol (IETF)
VPN Virtual private network