Glossary

AES
An abbreviation for Advanced Encryption Standard).
BPF
An abbreviation for Berkley Packet Filter.
BSS
An abbreviation for Basic Service Set. Also known as Infrastructure Mode.
CA
An abbreviation for Certification Authority.
EAP-TLS
An abbreviation for Extensible Authentication Protocol - Transport Layer Security.
IBSS
An abbreviation for Independent Basic Service Set.
mbuf
An abbreviation for memory buffer, the internal representation of a packet used by NetBSD and io-pkt.
NAT
An abbreviation for Network Address Translation.
npkt
The name of the internal representation of a packet used by io-net.
SA
An abbreviation for Security Association.
SOHO
An abbreviation for Small Office, Home Office.
SPD
An abbreviation for security policy database.
spoofing
The faking of IP addresses, typically for malicious purposes.
SSID
An abbreviation for Service Set Identifier.
STP
An abbreviation for Spanning Tree Protocol.
TDP
An abbreviation for Transparent Distributed Processing. Neutrino's native networking (Qnet) that lets you access resources on other Neutrino systems as if they were on your own machine.
TKIP
An abbreviation for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol.
TLS
An abbreviation for Transport Layer Security.
TTLS
An abbreviation for Tunneled Transport Layer Security.
UDP
An abbreviation for User Datagram Protocol.
WAP
An abbreviation for Wireless Access Point. Also known as a base station.
WEP
An abbreviation for Wired Equivalent Privacy.
WLAN
An abbreviation for Wireless Local Area Network.
WPA
An abbreviation for Wi-Fi Protected Access.