Infoblox Glossary

802.1X

A

A Mid-Level Manager

Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN 1)

Active Directory (AD)

Agent

Application Programming Interface (API)

Authenticated DHCP

B

Backbone

Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (BECN)

Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)

Blacklisting

Boundary Routers

Broadcast

C

Cells

Channels

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

Cloud Computing

Cloud Security

Command-line Interface (CLI)

Core Routers

Cut-through

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)

D

Data Exfiltration

Data Link Layer

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

DDI

DHCP Server

Disaster Recovery (DR)

DNS Cache Poisoning

DNS Exploit

DNS Firewall

DNS over DLS (DoT)

DNS Tunneling

Domain Name System (DNS)

Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)

Dynamic DNS (DDNS)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

E

E-rate

E.164 Number Mapping (ENUM)

Endpoint scanning

F

Fast Flux

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (FECN)

Frame

G

Gartner SASE

Grid™ technology

Grouping

H

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Hop

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Hypervisor (also called a virtual machine manager or VMM)

I

ID Grid

IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Points)

Infoblox Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM)

Internet

IPAM (IP Address Management)

IPv4

IPv6

IT Orchestration

L

LAN (Local Area Network)

LAN Emulation

Layer 1 of The OSI Model: Physical Layer

Layer 2 of The OSI Model: Data Link Layer

Layer 3 of the OSI Model: Network Layer

Layer 4 of the OSI Model: Transport Layer

Layer 5 of the OSI Model: Session Layer

Layer 6 of The OSI Model: Presentation Layer

Layer 7 of The OSI Model: Application Layer

M

Malware

MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)

Map

MIB (Management Information Base)

Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA)

N

NetMRI®

Network Access Control (NAC)

Network Identity Operating System (NIOS)

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Node

O

OIDs (Object Identifiers)

Open Systems Interconnection Model (OSI Model)

P

Packet

Packet Discards

Patch Management

Paths

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS)

Poller

Protocol

Protocol Analyzers

Q

Quality of Service (QoS)

Queuing Delay

R

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Recursive Server

Remediation

Remote Access Dial-in User Service (RADIUS)

Root Name Server

S

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

Service-Level Agreement (SLA)

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

SNMP trap

Store and Forward

Syntax layer

Syslog

T

Threat Mitigation

Time Server

Transfer Control Protocol or Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Transport layer

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

U

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Uplink

V

Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)

Virtual Machine (VM)

Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)

Virtualization

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

W

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

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