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Glossaries, Acronyms and TermsVersion 0.1 (just starting to pull together several old glossaries) IT General: SDLC - Software Development Lifecycle Security: CA - Certification Authority CAPI - Crypto API CC - Country Code CC - Country Code for Cocos (Keeling) Islands opened for public use CC - Common Criteria a grammarfor describing Information Technology (IT) system security. CC - Creataive Commons A non-profit organization providing an environment where licenses are easy to create, easy to link to content. Unlike the GNU GPL, Creative Commons licenses are not designed for software, but rather for other kinds of creative works. CC - Credit Card CC - Content of Communication CC - Control Channel CC - Call Control CCA - Cardholder Certification Authority CIFS - Common Internet File System - The file sharing protocol used in Windows. It evolved out of SMB. Submitted to the internet for standart by Microsoft but never accepted. Clipper Chip CLEI - Common Language Equipment Identifier Used to identify circuit cards and other equipment in the global telecommunications network. CMS - Cryptographic Message Syntax CSP - Certification service provider DAC - Discressonary Access Controldo.txt DCE - Distributed Computing Environment DES - Data Encryption Standard DES is a very old algorithm so there are some different implementations today. DFS - Distributed File System DSCP - Differentiated Services Code Point - Quality of Service (QoS) configurations DSIG - Digital Signature Namespace (proposed) EAL - Evaluation assurance level Fortezza Initiative - Government security PCMCIA card using PKI security keys for secure e-mail in the Defense Message System (DMS). FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name FRAD - Frame Relay Assembler Disambeler GSS - Generic Security Service GUID- Globally Unique IDentifier A pseudo-random 128-bit number that is computed by Windows in order to identify any component in the computer that requires a unique number. IPsec - IP Security IP-STB - IP Set Top Box IRIS - Infrastructure for Resilient Internet Systems ISS Internet Security Systems LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LSA - Local Security Agent image_aspect_ratio.html MAC - Media Access Control MAC - Mandatory Access Control Mandatory Access Control controls is where the system controls access to resources based on classification levels assigned to both the objects and the users. These controls cannot be changed by anyone. MAC - A Message Authentication Code A function that takes a variable length input and a key to produce a fixed-length output. NCSC - National Computer Security Centersk-top NID - network interface device the interface between the local loop connection to a DSLAM in an ADSL connection. NID - Network Identifier NID - Namespace Identifier Code used in URN's. E.g. DSIG, PIN, GUID, FQDN, IANA, UUID, CLEI URN Namespace IDs are registered at IANA See also Digital Rights Management for Research and Education and RFC 3406. NID - Network Intrusion Detector NID - National ID NSDD 145 - National Security Decision Directivecd NSS - Namespace Specific String OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards PAC - Principal Attribute Certificate PAP - Password Authentication Protocol PEM - Privacy Enhanced Mail RFC 989 [15] issued in 1987 PGP - Pretty Good Privacy PIC - Pegasus Imaging Corporation PIN - Personal Internet Name A Verisign mantained namespace for people and organizations PKCS - Public-Key Cryptography Standards PKI - Public Key Infrastructure PKIX: Public-Key Infrastructure X.509 Group PMing - Private Messageing - Sending a message to an individual rather than a group Public-Key Infrastructure X.509 group (PKIX) is an IETF working group that is specifying an architecture and set of protocols needed to support an X.509-based PKI for the Internet. RAS - Remote Access Services S/MIME - Secure MIME SAM - Security Account Manager SET - Secure Electronic Transactions SID - Security ID SIM Security Information Management SMB - Server Message Block file sharing protocol protocol in DOS (NetBIOS). SSCD - Secure signature creation device SSID - Service Set Identifier - An network identifier. Identifier attached to packets sent over the wireless LAN that is used for joining a particular radio network (BSS). May or may not be broadcast so new devices can find a network. SSL - Secure Socket Layer URN - Uniform Resource Name A persistent, location-independent, resource identifier. Format urn:<NID>:<NSS> UUID - Universally Unique IDentifier WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy - Generates secret shared encryption keys that both source and destination stations can use to alter frame bits to avoid disclosure to eavesdroppers. VOD - Video on Demand WOT - Web of Trust See:
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