Glossary of Networking Terms - Oracle

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9 This Glossary does not include an exhaustive list of Terms that generally apply to all of Networking . Also, many of the Terms in this Glossary are specific to Oracle Solaris Networking technologies. 3 DES (Triple-Data Encryption Standard) A symmetric-key encryption method that applies the Data Encryption Standard (DES) cipher algorithm to encrypt data three times. 3 DES requires a key length of 168 bits. 3 DES is also referred as Triple-DES. 6to4 An automatic tunneling mechanism that transfers IPv6 packets over an IPv4 network. 6to4. tunnels enable isolated IPv6 sites to communicate across an automatic tunnel over an IPv4. without the need to configure explicit tunnels. A. Address See ARP. Resolution Protocol Advanced See AES. Encryption Standard AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) A symmetric 128-bit block data encryption technique. AES is the government encryption standard. anet resource A VNIC or an IPoIB partition datalink that is configured by using the zonecfg command for Oracle Solaris Zones and instantiated when the zone boots.

10 See also VNIC. Glossary 9. anycast address anycast An IPv6 address that is assigned to a group of interfaces, usually belonging to different nodes. address A packet that is sent to an anycast address is routed to the nearest interface having that address. The packet's route is in compliance with the routing protocol's measure of distance. anycast group A group of interfaces with the same anycast IPv6 address. The Oracle Solaris implementation of IPv6 does not support the creation of anycast addresses and groups. However, Oracle Solaris IPv6 nodes can send traffic to anycast groups. ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) A protocol that provides dynamic mapping between IP. addresses and the Ethernet addresses. ARP is used with IPv4 networks only. IPv6 networks use the Neighbor Discovery Protocol for translating protocol addresses. For more information, see RFC 826 ( ). asymmetric An encryption system in which the sender and receiver of a message use different keys to key encrypt and decrypt the message.