Firewall & VPN

Firewall & VPN

Terms relating to firewalls, which help keep a network safe by not accepting potentially harmful datapackets. Also relates to VPNs, or virtual private networks, that virtually provide a different IP address which makes it seem that the user is using a computer from another location.

Industry: Network hardware

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interface-based rule

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A very general authorization rule that applies to packets that arrive on a particular interface on the firewall.

InterNIC

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Internet Information Center" and refers to the Internet's governing/charter organization.

IPSEC

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Internet Protocol (IP) Security" and refers to the suite of protocols being developed at the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) that can be used for secure, private ...

IRC

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Internet Relay Chat", or simply "Chat", and refers to the application protocol that uses 6667/TCPxr.

ISAKMP

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Internet Security Association Key Management Protocol", and refers to a proposed standard for dynamic key exchange for VPN. Also known as IKE.

ISP

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Internet Service Provider".

local tunnel

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

Local tunnelling is the basically the same as packet filtering. Packets that pass through the filter/tunnel are unaltered, hence, address hiding, traffic logging, and authorization using rules do not ...