What is a Content Switch? |
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Avance networking device that works at least at layer 7(application Layer) and hides server behind a single IP address. |
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What is InterVLAN Routing? |
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A feature on some switches to create virtual routers. |
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What is Intrusion detection/intrusion prevention? |
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A process used to detect that something has intruded into a network and that protects networks from intrusions. |
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What is Load Balancing? |
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The process of taking several servers and making them look like a single server, distributing the processing and network traffic load across the physical servers. |
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What is a Multilayer Switch? |
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A swtich that has functions that operate at multiple layers of the OSI seven-layer model. |
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What is Point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP)? |
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A protocol that works with PPP to provide a secure data link between computers usiing encryption. |
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What is Port Authentication? |
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A function of many advanced networking devices that authenticates a connecting device at the point of connection. |
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What is Prot Mirroring? |
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The capability of many advanced switches to mirror data from any or all physical ports on a switch to a single physical port. Useful for any type of situation where an administer needs to inspect packets coming from certain computers. |
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What is a Proxy Server? |
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A device that fetches internet resources for a client without exposing that client directly to the internet. Most proxy servers accept requests for HTTP,FTP,POP3 and SMPT resources. the proxy server often caches, or stores, a copy of the requested resource for later use. |
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What is a Quality of Service(QoS)? |
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Policies that control how much bandwidth a protocol, pc, user, VLAN, or IP address may use. |
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What is a Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS)? |
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A special remote access server program, originally only available on windows server, on which a PPTP endpoint is placed in Microsoft networks. |
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What is Traffic shaping? |
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Controlling the flow of packets into or out from the network according to the type of packet or other rules |
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What is a Trunk Port? |
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A port on a switch configured to carry all data, regardless of VLAN number, between all switches in a LAN. |
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What is Trunking? |
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The process of transfering VLAN data between two or more switches. |
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What is Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)? |
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A LAN that, using VLAN-capable switches, places some systems on a virtual broadcast domains. |
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What is Virtual Private Network (VPN)? |
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A network configuration that enables a remote user to access a private network via the internet. VPN's employ an encryption methodology called TUNNELING, which protects the data from interception. |
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What is a VPN concentrator? |
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A VPN-capable router that serves as endpoint of a VPN, rather then having the endpoint be a server program, residing on a server on the LAN. |
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