Glossary – HP e-Commerce Server Accelerator sa7120 User Manual

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Glossary

This section defines terms and acronyms used throughout the HP e-
Commerce Server Accelerator SA7100/SA7120 User Guide
.

Bypass

User action causing traffic to bypass SA7100/SA7120 processing,
done either through the CLI bypass command or Bypass button on
the front panel of the SA7100/SA7120.

Cascading

A configuration of two or more SA7100/SA7120s serially connected
together to accommodate larger e-Commerce traffic processing
(CPS) loads.

Certificate

A digitally-signed token in an SSL-encrypted transaction containing
information including the issuer (Certificate Authority that issued the
certificate), the organization that owns the certificate, public key, the
validity period for the certificate, and the hostname.

Cipher

Any encryption algorithm, either symmetric or public key, operating
either as a data stream or divided into blocks.

DNS

Domain Name Server. A mechanism used in the Internet for
translating the names of host computers into addresses.

Flash

Permanent (non-volatile) storage for configuration changes.

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